As noted, the devs that created those lines have recently released a route based on a section of the Tōhoku Shinkansen, from Sendai to Morioka and of the Tōhoku Main Line (Kitakami to Morioka).Īnd there's also the A-Train series of tycoon games that let you ride the lines you create. The Japanese routes of Train Simulator are cool but they have a more countryside feeling to them. Again, lots and lots of content out there! There's a ton of content for BVE/OpenBVE or varying degrees of quality, but the experience is more centered around the driving and the surroundings can be a bit crude for some lines. But be aware, the latest game in the Japanese Rail Sim (Sangi Railway) has only been released for the Switch and is only in Japanese. The Japanese release has full English support integrated. It's the Eiden Railway, based around the mountains to the North of Kyoto, so the beginning is the outskirts of Kyoto and then into the mountains, with awesome fall colors. These are video-based sims, meaning that instead of a game engine generating the environment you play using a video that moves accordingly to the game controls. Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto for the Switch and PS4. The game is older and some of the trains are no longer in service, but being able to play with the train controller without needing a console is a huge plus! This one has lines from Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto and lots and lots of different train services along those lines, from commuter trains to night express services. The Switch version also has a train controller, but you can use older controllers or even the Switch train controller on the PS4 using a controller adapter.Īnother good option (albeit pricier) is the Densha de GO! Plug & Play, a reworking of an older title in the series (Densha de GO! Final) with HD rescaling and build as a plug and play system into a train controller, so you don't need any console to play it. And the Chūō-Sōbu Line along the bank of the Kanda river is just amazing The latest game for the PS4/Switch also has a cab-view mode, with the game playing itself and you watching from the cab. Not just the famous landmarks like the Tokyo Tower, the Harajuku Jingūbashi Bridge or the Gakuen Cocoon Tower but also smaller buildings, shops, hotels are located where they are in real life. It really feels like you're in Tokyo, and the surrounding buildings and places have been painstakingly recreated. Densha de GO! is probably your best option, given the simplified controls and the level of detail it has.
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