Overview: Mini Metro is a metro service simulation game.
As a city begins to grow and people want to get from one location to another, it's your job to set up lines and trains to service their needs. For every in-game week of service you successfully provide, you are awarded with a new train and the choice for one of two options (the options vary and consist of an extra carriage, an extra line, or extra tunnels).
20141112:
I played a little bit of Mini Metro today and I'm sort of getting the hang of it.
[20141207]
20141113:
Today while waiting for some code to run, I was playing some more Mini Metro. Though there was practically no instruction (note that the game is still early access), I was starting to develop a strategy and was getting into it more with each successive go ("Commuter", "London").
Later in the evening, I was thinking about trying some other exciting games on my to-play list, but Mini Metro was so fun I just had to play some more.
[20141207 Edit]
20141115:
I might have played yesterday, but I definitely played more today.
While the game doesn't have any achievements yet and changes to it are still being made, I simply enjoy trying to figure out an optimal strategy. Note, however, this is particularly hard because of the randomness involved with the game.
[20141207]
20141117:
Similar to 20141115, I definitely played more today, but I might have also played yesterday. This day, however, was the last day I spent with the game.
Summarizing the several hours logged on this game over the course of several days, I mainly played on the London map and I played a couple of times on a different level. I'm not sure, however, on the differences between the different levels, especially since the game is in early access and is still going through changes.
[20141207]
20150120:
Today I played a game or two of Mini Metro and it seems that some of the interface has been tweaked. It's also possible that the developers have added more levels, but I still just continue playing the London map.
[20150120]
20240130 Snapshot:
Steam Game Time: 7.6 hours (cumulative game time) / 7h 36m (Playnite)
Last Played: 20150905
20240131:
I've been going through my library using Playnite - starting from most time played and moving down. Reaching Mini Metro down at 7h 36m, I had set the game's completion status as "Endless", but it occurred to me that the game had a set of achievements which established a nice set of goals and a sense of completion. As an aside, I'm pretty sure these achievements were added after I had last played the game. In any case, it seems that beating the game is to unlock "Deliver [number] passengers in [place]" achievement for the [place] level. For example, with the London map we have "Deliver 200 passengers in London." Some levels have multiple milestones but I would define beating the main game as just hitting the smallest milestone.
Gameplay Log:
Looked at the Guide.
Not sure how the game has changed since I last played but I managed to go from a prior high score of 125 to a high score of 3,199 in just my first try back into the game (London). It did, however, take about 1.7 hours.
Paris 646 passengers
New York City 1,723 passengers.
Warsaw 2,749 passengers (with no more than one loop)
Lisbon 2,417 passengers (using no more than four lines)
Steam Game Time: hours (cumulative game time) / hours (session game time)
Thoughts:
Pros:
+ Many maps including user-created maps (though I haven't tried any)
+ Many game modes
+ Great interface (both in the menu and in-game)
+ Visually appealing transitions and animations despite the minimalistic design
+ Post-game graphs and visuals
Neutral:
~ For some reason I don't have the drive to play through all the levels (in contrast, I could spend hours trying to figure out the solution to a Toki Tori level)
~ Sometimes a new station pops up but I don't notice it - I wish there were the option to have the game auto-pause when a new city triggers (and on that note an option to auto-pause when a station becomes overcrowded)
Rating: 4.4 out of 5
Mini Metro (PC) (2015)* *Mini Metro (PC) (2014) (Early Access)
Relevant Links:
Mini Metro Webpage
Mini Metro (game) (Wikipedia.org)
Mini Metro (Steam Store Page)
As a city begins to grow and people want to get from one location to another, it's your job to set up lines and trains to service their needs. For every in-game week of service you successfully provide, you are awarded with a new train and the choice for one of two options (the options vary and consist of an extra carriage, an extra line, or extra tunnels).
20141112:
I played a little bit of Mini Metro today and I'm sort of getting the hang of it.
[20141207]
20141113:
Today while waiting for some code to run, I was playing some more Mini Metro. Though there was practically no instruction (note that the game is still early access), I was starting to develop a strategy and was getting into it more with each successive go ("Commuter", "London").
Later in the evening, I was thinking about trying some other exciting games on my to-play list, but Mini Metro was so fun I just had to play some more.
[20141207 Edit]
20141115:
I might have played yesterday, but I definitely played more today.
While the game doesn't have any achievements yet and changes to it are still being made, I simply enjoy trying to figure out an optimal strategy. Note, however, this is particularly hard because of the randomness involved with the game.
[20141207]
20141117:
Similar to 20141115, I definitely played more today, but I might have also played yesterday. This day, however, was the last day I spent with the game.
Summarizing the several hours logged on this game over the course of several days, I mainly played on the London map and I played a couple of times on a different level. I'm not sure, however, on the differences between the different levels, especially since the game is in early access and is still going through changes.
[20141207]
20150120:
Today I played a game or two of Mini Metro and it seems that some of the interface has been tweaked. It's also possible that the developers have added more levels, but I still just continue playing the London map.
[20150120]
20240130 Snapshot:
Steam Game Time: 7.6 hours (cumulative game time) / 7h 36m (Playnite)
Last Played: 20150905
20240131:
I've been going through my library using Playnite - starting from most time played and moving down. Reaching Mini Metro down at 7h 36m, I had set the game's completion status as "Endless", but it occurred to me that the game had a set of achievements which established a nice set of goals and a sense of completion. As an aside, I'm pretty sure these achievements were added after I had last played the game. In any case, it seems that beating the game is to unlock "Deliver [number] passengers in [place]" achievement for the [place] level. For example, with the London map we have "Deliver 200 passengers in London." Some levels have multiple milestones but I would define beating the main game as just hitting the smallest milestone.
Gameplay Log:
Looked at the Guide.
Not sure how the game has changed since I last played but I managed to go from a prior high score of 125 to a high score of 3,199 in just my first try back into the game (London). It did, however, take about 1.7 hours.
Paris 646 passengers
New York City 1,723 passengers.
Warsaw 2,749 passengers (with no more than one loop)
Lisbon 2,417 passengers (using no more than four lines)
Steam Game Time: hours (cumulative game time) / hours (session game time)
Thoughts:
Pros:
+ Many maps including user-created maps (though I haven't tried any)
+ Many game modes
+ Great interface (both in the menu and in-game)
+ Visually appealing transitions and animations despite the minimalistic design
+ Post-game graphs and visuals
Neutral:
~ For some reason I don't have the drive to play through all the levels (in contrast, I could spend hours trying to figure out the solution to a Toki Tori level)
~ Sometimes a new station pops up but I don't notice it - I wish there were the option to have the game auto-pause when a new city triggers (and on that note an option to auto-pause when a station becomes overcrowded)
Rating: 4.4 out of 5
Mini Metro (PC) (2015)* *Mini Metro (PC) (2014) (Early Access)
Relevant Links:
Mini Metro Webpage
Mini Metro (game) (Wikipedia.org)
Mini Metro (Steam Store Page)
Date/Time
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
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