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由Gaming Minds Studios开发的《铁路帝国2》现已上线Steam ，预计于2023年正式发售。该作为《铁路帝国》的续作，玩家将在游戏中化身智慧过人的企业家，于19世纪初期接管一家小型铁路公司，将你的蒸汽机车变成经济发展的主力军。
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在《铁路帝国2》中登上特快列车，驶向财富与名望！您将在游戏中化身智慧过人的企业家，于19世纪初期接管一家小型铁路公司，将您的蒸汽机车变成经济发展的主力军。您要把公司发展成大陆上规模最大的铁路公司，并通过不断扩大的铁路线、桥梁和隧道网络将城市和公司连接起来，从而超越竞争对手。您可以调遣60辆用来牵引货运列车和客运列车的著名蒸汽机车。它们将在工业革命时期开启一个具有历史意义的时代。
《铁路帝国2》拥有比以往面积更大、细节更丰富、环境更生动的地图。两张庞大的地图包含了整个美国和欧洲大陆，而每片大陆的重点区域都拥有更加细致的地图。经过改进的轨道建设，可帮助您在推动经济发展并帮助城市发展时专注于重要决策。游戏中的铁路信号将自动放置，桥梁最多可容纳4条轨道，可扩展的车站现在最多能容纳8条轨道。
从6个不同角色中选择一位来领导您的铁路公司，每个角色都有自己的长处和短处。如果您想挑战自己的能力，可以体验游戏中的5个剧情章节或14个不同场景。在完全可定制的自由模式中设置喜欢的难度，或在建设模式中建立完美的铁路网络。您甚至可以登上一辆您拥有的列车，在蒸汽机车沿着轨道疾驰而过的时候，坐下来欣赏过路的美景。
Gaming Minds Studios and Kalypso have announced that Railway Empire 2 is on the way in 2023, complete with sprawling maps depicting the entirety of Europe and North America. It'll come to Steam, and I'd guess Epic too, and publisher Kalypso notes that it'll come to Xbox Game Pass for PC. The announcement was made at GamesCom 2022. It'll feature much larger maps than the previous game. Two large maps will cover the entirety of the US and Continental Europe, while smaller regional maps will put detail on specific areas. Railway Empire 2 also promises to have more intuitive, improved track construction with automatically placed signals, larger train stations, and real-time terraforming. There will be 60 historical steam engines in the game, which begins in the early 1800s and focuses on running train companies in 19th century amid the railway-driven industrial revolution. Back in 2017, Leif Johnson liked the first Railway Empire (opens in new tab) well enough, calling it a "mostly satisfying management sim" that "captured the complexity behind building a railway." He noted, however, that it first and foremost a railway expansion simulator, not a historical piece, and glossed over complex political issues around building rails in the 1800s. Nonetheless, Railway Empire did pretty well for itself, racking up a fat pile of globe-trotting expansions in places like Mexico, Europe, the Andes, and Japan. This train-building sequel will clearly focus on its strengths, and Kalypso's announcement mentions difficulty settings catering to both casual trainset-builders and those who like tough transport logistics. Railway Empire 2 was revealed as in development early last year, but we've heard little about it since. It'll once again have main characters to play as, each with their own abilities, alongside five campaigns, 14 different scenarios, and a free play mode. You can read the full announcemen (opens in new tab)t for Railway Empire 2 on Steam, as well as check out its Steam page. (opens in new tab)