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Everyone is hating on this game and I understand why. The main problem is it isn't worth the price for most people. I am enjoying it, however.
Over Railway Empire 1 you are basically paying for nicer graphics and better quality of life and some new features. Overall the game looks better and feels like less of a hassle to play.
The automatic track laying feels much better and the generated earthworks are much more complex and beautiful than before, being able to build large raised stone walls instead of bridges and tunnels to save money. Merging tracks is also easier and more intuitive and 4 way cross intersections are now possible with 2 sets of parallel lines.
Setting up signals is automatic (which people seem to hate but for me I like it) and you can set up multiple trains per line and add/reduce them seamlessly and the game gives you more information to help you decide how many trains you might need on a line over time without spelling it out for you either.
Stations have up to 8 tracks now. You can still set up dedicated lines per track or use gridiron switches with all or some tracks which are now included in game as an option.
Personnel has also been streamlined, for example no more managing the stoker for each individual line, you have stokers for every line that are automatically hired (or quit if you have bad work conditions).
Also warehouses have been implemented in a different way, now not acting as permanent storage but letting goods switch lines within a station to get to an eventual destination allowing you to make use of rural stations as a means for freight to line hop among other things. I think this is genius compared to before, as now when a train is leaving a city it can calculate if a city's goods are needed basically anywhere in your network if you build warehouses in the right places.
Hotels have been added as a counterpoint to warehouses, they are also built at stations and allow passengers to get from city to city using their own logic using hotels to get off and wait for the next train on their chosen journey. With this, there is now a demand for routes between any city and any other city on your network. For example there are separate passengers wanting to go between New York and Baltimore, and also others between New York and Washington. How you get them there is up to you whether directly or using hotels.
Cities look different depending on region, and overall things look less cartoony and more polished.
There are other changes but that's what stood out most in the time I have played.
I understand basically what amounts to quality of life and graphics aren't worth the price tag but for me it has been so far.
also yes for what it's worth making you pay for a game manual as a DLC is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen but I am reviewing the game not that DLC lol see my reviews there for those views