Tails of Trainspot
- July 30, 2023
- Poly Poly Games
Get on Steam"Tails of Trainspot"is a unique and enjoyable puzzle game that takes you on a journey to a mysterious island filled with stories. As a railway builder, you'll lay tracks, connect stations, and uncover secrets and myths on the Packan Islands.
Mac OS
Nintendo Switch
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features adorable characters and a fun, unique puzzle design that gradually increases in difficulty.
- The story is engaging, and the game offers additional online challenges after completing the main story mode.
- Overall, it provides good value for its price, with a charming visual style and enjoyable gameplay mechanics.
- The game suffers from grammatical errors in translation, which can lead to confusion.
- Mouse controls are finicky, and there is no option to skip lengthy dialogue during level replays, which can be tedious.
- The online mode is misleadingly labeled as 'endless' but is actually time-limited, undermining the logic puzzle experience.
- story24 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The story is generally well-received, featuring cute animal characters and an interesting plot presented in a visual novel style, though some users noted minor spelling and grammar issues in the translation that could cause confusion. The narrative is straightforward and complements the gameplay, which lasts about six hours, offering good value, especially during sales. However, a key concept is mistranslated, leading to some initial confusion for players.
“Cute animal characters, and an interesting story.”
“This is a cute train track puzzle game with four mini games and a straightforward storyline.”
“The art is attractive and the characters/story are presented in a visual novel style.”
“While the story is grammatically fine throughout the end of the game, the plot gets a little lost in translation and a key concept is mistranslated.”
“It doesn't take away from the story, but had me initially wondering if I was missing something and reviewed some previous cut scenes just to make sure.”
“The translation into English is well done with a couple of very minor grammatical errors leading into the story's finale.”
- gameplay8 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by its charming characters and engaging mechanics, with puzzles that evolve from simple to more complex as the game progresses. However, players find the lengthy and nonsensical dialogue during level replays to be a tedious distraction, detracting from the overall experience. Overall, the game offers a well-balanced length of gameplay.
“Very cute game with great characters and fun game mechanics.”
“Just the right length of gameplay.”
“Players are forced to endure lengthy, nonsensical dialogue upon replaying levels, adding unnecessary tedium to the gameplay.”
“The puzzles start very simple, but the game begins introducing other mechanics that complicate things.”
“Players are forced to endure lengthy, nonsensical dialogue upon replaying levels, adding unnecessary tedium to the gameplay.”
- graphics3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The graphics and sound settings are fixed and cannot be adjusted, which has disappointed players. Additionally, the mouse controls are described as finicky, likely due to the game's origins as a Nintendo Switch port, further detracting from the overall experience.
“The graphics and sound are not adjustable, and the mouse controls are finicky since this game is a port from the Nintendo Switch.”
“The lack of adjustable graphics and sound settings leaves much to be desired, and the finicky mouse controls, a result of the game's origins as a Nintendo Switch port, only add to the disappointment.”
“The lack of adjustable graphics and sound settings leaves much to be desired, and the finicky mouse controls, a result of the game's origins as a Nintendo Switch port, only add to the disappointment.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is highlighted by its cute characters and challenging stages, with many players finding the dialogues to be amusing and entertaining.
“Very cute characters and challenging stages; the dialogues are also quite funny.”
