Train Station 2 is a strategy game where you gather resources by train, combine them in factories to make manufactured goods, then deliver them by train again. It’s not a train simulator by any means – more like FarmVille on rails. But it has trains.
Right off the bat you are greeted by George Stephenson himself – who, in case you didn’t know, is renowned as the “father of railways”. He then proceeds to ask you to bring him different types of resources to get started. The tracks are already made, so you only have to tap on a resource location, assign a train to go and grab it, then wait a little while to collect the resource then give it to Stephenson, which prompts another timer to appear.
At the beginning, you can only a maximum of 3 trains active at the same time, though this number can be increased by using the premium currency, gems, or by reaching certain levels. When you’ve helped Stephenson enough, other people will also start asking you to deliver them this and that, meaning you will have to start thinking about which train goes where.
There’s no real goal other than to increase your level and unlock more new stuff, but the new stuff doesn’t change anything. It just gets you more stuff at a faster pace. But there’s no automation here. Everything you do has to be initiated by you – you can’t set a train to eternally gather resources until your warehouse is full while you’re away, for example.
But ultimately, TrainStation 2 is a game about waiting. Waiting to get resources, waiting to deliver resources, waiting to craft resources. It all costs time, and there’s nothing to do but watch it happen.
