things feel very quiet considering this is still a fairly new release, could be a good or a bad thing at the moment but I'm wondering what the sentiment is out there? are the majority of users to young too give a flying monkey what us older Thomas fans are yapping about in this isolated corner of the internet ? or are we the only ones at the party standing around waiting for the no shows? don't get me wrong I've loved my time in Sodor (despite my hatred for the odd controls) and that's where my concern is coming from. I Want More of the content, locos, story packs, entire new line extensions . it would be an awful shame if this really cool game that I've wanted ( since the early 90's) didn't get further support with that all being said I hope dovetail are beavering away behind the scene's cooking up some more cool odd's and sods. just wish I could get Ringo to voice the game
I think someone recently confirmed the first update is a big one, so it's likely they are working full steam to get that out. If it's a big one, something tells me it's more than just bug fixes.
I’m guessing it’s quiet because there’s no concrete news to share yet but there will be a patch coming at some point. There are a lot of bugs to iron out or, as I would put it, the development of the game needs finishing properly. So much is missing that should be there. I don’t know what follow up is planned and there is nothing on what might be getting attention. I mainly want the game to be like it was in some preview videos with all the weather settings available in timetable mode. All I can add is fog, which I do not want to do. I want to add clouds and maybe rain or snow and I want the date slider fixed so it doesn’t take an entire week to change the date with my controller. I also want the HUD to have everything it should have so I know when speed limit reductions are going to happen. These are my main concerns although there are many others. I’m not that eager for DLC yet, new engines and branch lines etc. There’s plenty of time for that kind of thing after the game itself is finished.
When the update does drop, I'd suggest keeping a look out for anything new in the game. I don't expect a new engine or a new branchline, but maybe we'll see new easter eggs and references that weren't there before.
It's a flop. Further to my separate post, Steam DB shows a whopping 82 players currently in game, with a 24 hour peak of 119. By contrast, the ancient OMSI 2 bus game, which I'm currently enjoying, has 1192 currently in game (shortly to be joined by your's truly) with a 24 hour peak of 1278. Even if you allow for console use and people hiding their online status, that does not bear the hallmark of a successful business venture. Seems DTG went wide of the mark - people interested in Thomas want to read the books or watch the TV series, not play with it in a spin off of the flawed TSW game engine/mechanics...
