

Of course you can just drive the MAN Lions City Bus to schedule passing the more than 43 detailed sightseeing spots while listening to the original announcements. Theres the newly developed vehicle management system for a never before seen level of reality, the tuning options for the engine as well as the interactive Traffic Director. The new Citybus Simulator Munich surely sets new standards in terms of graphics for simulation and comes with unique elements making it a fun to play game. For the first time ever the technical aspects of a bus simulator have been modeled and are based on a real training simulator making the driving characteristics absolutely realistic. The true courses of the roads have been designed in an unbelievable graphical detail.

The main Rail Station Nord it passes 22 museums and other sightseeing spots to conclude its journey at Munichs Ostbahnhof. It’s another example of a title that understands what it is and doesn’t take itself too seriously, which works in it’s favour.A new milestone in simulation: Citybus Simulator Munich, the successor of the popular City Bus Simulator 2010 - New York, covering the complete 100 line also known as the museum line. Often serving as the humorous interlude between stops that fills the silence. The frequency of which can also be toggled which is a lovely touch and compliments the developers use of such features to act as a natural difficulty setting.Īnother fantastic and comical addition is the passengers dialogues as you take them to their destination. Keeps things interestingĪside from the authentic bus driving experience, this title also keeps the gameplay interesting by using hazards, different routes and other considerations such as disabled passengers and ticket gates to keep players on their toes. Though if we to be critical, as a sum of all it’s parts, the graphics to look dated and not in touch with what’s on offer in 2018. Plus with dynamic weather options and day/night cycles, it truly feels as though you are inhabiting this world. To the point that you often forget you aren’t sitting behind the wheel of a bus for real. The buses exterior and interior is rendered perfectly. Offering authentically captured European city’s and surrounding areas. Then in terms of aesthetic detail, it’s very much as you would expect from a game in this genre.

Each fully licenced bus offers a varying difficulty to handle and operate, somewhat mimicking a difficulty setting that is often missing from this genre of title.

Bus Simulator 18 finds a happy medium though, offering as much detail and complexity as players are comfortable with. Though these simulator games often take detail to the max and sometimes suffer through offering players too much.
