Trains vs. Zombies: The Ultimate On-Rails Undead Showdown

Andy Chalk

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Trains vs. Zombies: The Ultimate On-Rails Undead Showdown


Only you can save civilization from a rampaging horde of the undead in Trains vs. Zombies, the super-hot seasonal DLC for Train Simulator 2012!

It's not about just driving a train anymore. It's not about cargo and passenger manifests. It's not about switches and speeds and making your stops on time. No, things are different now. Because today, the dead walk the Earth; and today, you find out if the blood of a hero runs through your veins.

That's Trains vs. Zombies, the new Halloween DLC release for Railworks 3: Train Simulator 2012! [http://www.amazon.com/Tri-Synergy-Railworks-Train-Simulator/dp/B005OTVI9Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319736903&sr=8-1] You can forget about all of that plant stuff, because nothing says "get offa my lawn, you brain-sucking scumbags" like a million pounds of screaming steel. Anyone can drive a train* - but can you save the world with one?

"With a zombie plague in full swing, you find yourself in Oxford amongst a group of survivors, one of whom is The Professor," says its Steam Store [http://store.steampowered.com/app/65235/] description. "He has the entry code to a secret bunker beneath Paddington Station, and will lead you all to safety as long as you can drive everybody there!" But don't expect a smooth ride - you'll have to switch trains and even do some magic driving if you want to survive!

Trains vs. Zombies includes zombie and witch figures, glowing pumpkins and four life-or-death scenarios along the Oxford-Paddington route: Drive For Your Life, Be Very, Very Quiet, Off the Rails and Enter the Labyrinth. And check out those screenshots! Aren't they great? Yeah, you probably want to get all over this before they run out or something.

[* - not everyone can drive a train. It's actually a very complex job that requires years of training and experience.]

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Proverbial Jon

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Mind = Blown

I seriously never saw this one coming. Dare I say it actually sounds a little bit fun..?
 
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DVS BSTrD said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
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The Zombie fad has officially gone off the rails. Is there a training mode?
There are so many zombie games, it's hard to keep track of them all. But a zombie mode might be just the ticket for a Train sim.
Especially if it's on Steam, possibly the perfect station for it.
 

diebane

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How does one save the world from Zombies in a train? It's not like the zombies are going to line up on the tracks waiting for you to tear them to pieces with your train.

mfG diebane
 
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DVS BSTrD said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
DVS BSTrD said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
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The Zombie fad has officially gone off the rails. Is there a training mode?
There are so many zombie games, it's hard to keep track of them all. But a zombie mode might be just the ticket for a Train sim.
Especially if it's on Steam, possibly the perfect station for it.
t'would indeed be an ideal coupling, but it's hard to gauge what the reception will be.
I think the signals are there for it to be a run-away success, as long as it's not derailed by the ex-press.
 

ZakCanard

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Forget horse armour, this has got to be both the zenith and nadir for DLC on any platform.

I wonder if the zombies shamble about mumbling "Trainsss..."?
 

Owlslayer

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
DVS BSTrD said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
DVS BSTrD said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
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The Zombie fad has officially gone off the rails. Is there a training mode?
There are so many zombie games, it's hard to keep track of them all. But a zombie mode might be just the ticket for a Train sim.
Especially if it's on Steam, possibly the perfect station for it.
t'would indeed be an ideal coupling, but it's hard to gauge what the reception will be.
I think the signals are there for it to be a run-away success, as long as it's not derailed by the ex-press.
YOu know the meme-picture thingy called "Not bad", right? Well, that was my face after reading your first post. And going down the posts, the expression on my face grew stronger and stronger until i slapped my face with both of my hands. That was just...horrifically brilliant. Or brilliantly horrible. Either way, those puns were something alright.
Also, this actually seems quite an interesting concept. I wonder how exactly it'll play out...
 

CrystalShadow

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Having owned railworks for some time, this was quite amusing.

It's actually quite fun to see an otherwise 'serious' simulation do something fun for once.

Lots of pretty weird stuff happens relative to how you'd normally play this kind of simulation.

Though the best part by far is when a magic spell cast by a witch makes your train fly.

It's really weird seeing things from that kind of angle... (It's also not something I was expecting the engine for that kind of simulator the be able to cope with. Even if it's otherwise obvious that it just involves invisible rails.)

Oh...

Yeah, some pictures



The view from the cab of a British HST flying about 30 meters above part of London.

[http://s370.photobucket.com/albums/oo149/KuraIthys/forum%20images/?action=view&current=Screenshot_TrainsVsZombiesHalloweenSpecial2011_5151961--070856_22-11-55.png]
... The zombies have been quite busy. Ripping up tracks and starting fires...


And just to entirely clear about what's going on... Notice there's no track anywhere in sight.

Trust me, that's not something you see normally in a simulator. XD