I must admit that I've umm'd and Ahh'd over whether or not to buy this for some time. This is because having accepted and learned to live with my inner geek, I decided to treat him to a bus sim once before and..well.. it wasn't very good.
This time around I'm pleased to report that it is good. Very good.
If like me you were traveling to school on a bus in the seventies, then there's a good chance you've got fond memories of some of the sights and sounds involved. Maybe you were one of those annoying kids who sat at the front upstairs and kept blocking the drivers passenger view by peering down that periscope? Who me? No I never did that!
Well ten minutes driving 'OMSI' will be a real blast of nostalgia. I never rode a bus in Germany,('OMSI' is set in 1970's Berlin) but the model simulated here feels just like the ones we used to ride on. I think it's the sound that clinches it, it sounds exactly the way I remember it!
Back in the day, it used to be ok to want to grow up to be a bus driver, or a train driver. this was obviously long before 'I want to be famous' became a legitimate career choice. If you ever wanted to be a bus driver, but ended up filling telephone orders for spare parts for floor cleaning machines instead, then here's your big chance.
You also have to be aware of passenger comfort, driving safely and keeping tabs on the temperature so our German friends don't sweat or shiver on their way to and from work. They're a little whiney and mutter at you in German (fair play in Berlin)if you get things wrong and they really don't like it if you knock one of them down! Calm down dear..it's just a little accident!
Oh and you get to sell tickets, which is actually a lot more satisfying than it sounds.
All in all a definite recommendation if you're remotely into this kind of thing, or if you just want to see if the bubblegum you stuck under that seat upstairs is still there.
Something on the minus side for you sir? Alright then... the logic of the other traffic can be a little dodgy now and then, though for the most part it does the job. Pedestrians and passengers come straight out of the 'Night of the Living Dead' style of animation and all walk around with fairly major sticks shoved up where the sun don't shine. But most tellingly, 'OMSI' is a system hungry beast!
I'm sure it's fine on the most modern machines, but mine is a few years old (Dual Core CPU 2.50 Ghz & 4 Gig of Ram)and as such I've had to make major concessions to get it to run at anywhere near an acceptable frame rate. (I have found a suitable setting combination though.)
Perhaps a little unfair to level such a criticism at a modern game, when the machine is clearly a little long in the tooth. But in fairness this machine throws around the graphics in 'DCS Black Shark' quite happily (A high spec helicopter sim)and I can't really see anything here, at least on the surface, which seems as though it should be using so much CPU power. Anyway.. it's something for you to keep in mind if you don't have the latest high tech kit.
Happy driving.
zum Fahrer der Hautpstraße bitte
This time around I'm pleased to report that it is good. Very good.
If like me you were traveling to school on a bus in the seventies, then there's a good chance you've got fond memories of some of the sights and sounds involved. Maybe you were one of those annoying kids who sat at the front upstairs and kept blocking the drivers passenger view by peering down that periscope? Who me? No I never did that!
Well ten minutes driving 'OMSI' will be a real blast of nostalgia. I never rode a bus in Germany,('OMSI' is set in 1970's Berlin) but the model simulated here feels just like the ones we used to ride on. I think it's the sound that clinches it, it sounds exactly the way I remember it!
Back in the day, it used to be ok to want to grow up to be a bus driver, or a train driver. this was obviously long before 'I want to be famous' became a legitimate career choice. If you ever wanted to be a bus driver, but ended up filling telephone orders for spare parts for floor cleaning machines instead, then here's your big chance.
You also have to be aware of passenger comfort, driving safely and keeping tabs on the temperature so our German friends don't sweat or shiver on their way to and from work. They're a little whiney and mutter at you in German (fair play in Berlin)if you get things wrong and they really don't like it if you knock one of them down! Calm down dear..it's just a little accident!
Oh and you get to sell tickets, which is actually a lot more satisfying than it sounds.
All in all a definite recommendation if you're remotely into this kind of thing, or if you just want to see if the bubblegum you stuck under that seat upstairs is still there.
Something on the minus side for you sir? Alright then... the logic of the other traffic can be a little dodgy now and then, though for the most part it does the job. Pedestrians and passengers come straight out of the 'Night of the Living Dead' style of animation and all walk around with fairly major sticks shoved up where the sun don't shine. But most tellingly, 'OMSI' is a system hungry beast!
I'm sure it's fine on the most modern machines, but mine is a few years old (Dual Core CPU 2.50 Ghz & 4 Gig of Ram)and as such I've had to make major concessions to get it to run at anywhere near an acceptable frame rate. (I have found a suitable setting combination though.)
Perhaps a little unfair to level such a criticism at a modern game, when the machine is clearly a little long in the tooth. But in fairness this machine throws around the graphics in 'DCS Black Shark' quite happily (A high spec helicopter sim)and I can't really see anything here, at least on the surface, which seems as though it should be using so much CPU power. Anyway.. it's something for you to keep in mind if you don't have the latest high tech kit.
Happy driving.
zum Fahrer der Hautpstraße bitte
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OMSI: The Bus Simulator is a Simulation game and published by Aerosoft GmbH released on 11 Dec, 2013 and designed for Microsoft Windows.This game is successor of well known and awarded omnibus simulator OMSI – The Bus Simulator. OMSI 2 not only offers the routes & buses you already know from OMSI but adds lots of exciting new features.