Bus Simulator 21

Hi Ryan [TML-Online Team]. I watched Bus Simulator 21 gameplay last month. Here is the complete video (maybe someone hasn't seen it yet):

Gamescom 2020

There was also a video from Astragon, but there the driver does not know how to operate the bus at all

My opinion on Bus Simulator 21

The only thing I liked was smart car traffic and people.

Lots of people ... lots of people on the streets. Such a number of people, first of all, creates a lively atmosphere in the city and gives reality.

I also liked the various situations that arise on the bus and with passengers (passengers forget things, talk on the bus, travel without tickets, are late for the bus).

Otherwise, I didn't like the game. Yes, yes, it's a game. Not a simulator!

The bus control remained, as always, arcade, unrealistic, with parking bonuses, etc. Plus, all maps and cities in Bus 18 and Bus 21 are fictional. For me this is a very big minus! It's nice to drive around a real city, not a virtual one.

Also, the developers replied that there will be no change of seasons in Bus 21 (once again). That is, all the players will again have summer and nothing but summer.

In general, only locations and people have changed. In fact, this is the same Bus 18, only with a new map and again unrealistic buses.

And the buses are not realistic from physics to appearance. If you take a screenshot from the game, then it cannot be compared with a real-life bus.

In general, I like European buses more, but not American ones.

Also, the main disadvantage for me is that in Bus 18, at the end of the route, the player got into the menu and had to choose a new route This disappoints me the most in all bus simulators

I really love the way it was done at OMSI. When, at the end of the route, the player could choose a new route, set the IBIS without going to the main menu.

At the end of the route, you can wait until a new route starts or go to another stop.

For me it is very cool and realistic!

When I bought Bus 18 for the first time, I enjoyed traveling with other players on the network (multiplayer). This was the first bus simulator with multiplayer! That is why I bought it. But soon I was disappointed. I wrote about this on this forum. The problem was in multiplayer.

One day I went into the game and found that in my game company they went through all the tasks for me, bought buses that I did not want to buy And I lost interest

I got upset, deleted the game and returned the money for it. And now I do not regret it at all.

At the moment I really like the Tourist Bus Simulator and Fernbus Simulator (TML-Studios) and I also like the LOTUS-Simulator (Oriolus) (formerly OMSI).

It is these real simulators that I prefer and spend a lot of time. And I play with pleasure over and over again

This is not an advertisement, but the true truth and my love for these simulators

And in 2021, The Bus: Berlin (early version) will be added to my list. And nothing will change my position

I am sure that my opinion will differ from the opinions of the participants in this forum. I shared my thoughts on this matter

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Hi Ryan [TML-Online Team]. I watched Bus Simulator 21 gameplay last month. Here is the complete video (maybe someone hasn't seen it yet):

Gamescom 2020

There was also a video from Astragon, but there the driver does not know how to operate the bus at all

My opinion on Bus Simulator 21

The only thing I liked was smart car traffic and people.

Lots of people ... lots of people on the streets. Such a number of people, first of all, creates a lively atmosphere in the city and gives reality.

I also liked the various situations that arise on the bus and with passengers (passengers forget things, talk on the bus, travel without tickets, are late for the bus).

Otherwise, I didn't like the game. Yes, yes, it's a game. Not a simulator!

The bus control remained, as always, arcade, unrealistic, with parking bonuses, etc. Plus, all maps and cities in Bus 18 and Bus 21 are fictional. For me this is a very big minus! It's nice to drive around a real city, not a virtual one.

Also, the developers replied that there will be no change of seasons in Bus 21 (once again). That is, all the players will again have summer and nothing but summer.

In general, only locations and people have changed. In fact, this is the same Bus 18, only with a new map and again unrealistic buses.

And the buses are not realistic from physics to appearance. If you take a screenshot from the game, then it cannot be compared with a real-life bus.

In general, I like European buses more, but not American ones.

Also, the main disadvantage for me is that in Bus 18, at the end of the route, the player got into the menu and had to choose a new route This disappoints me the most in all bus simulators

I really love the way it was done at OMSI. When, at the end of the route, the player could choose a new route, set the IBIS without going to the main menu.

At the end of the route, you can wait until a new route starts or go to another stop.

For me it is very cool and realistic!

When I bought Bus 18 for the first time, I enjoyed traveling with other players on the network (multiplayer). This was the first bus simulator with multiplayer! That is why I bought it. But soon I was disappointed. I wrote about this on this forum. The problem was in multiplayer.

One day I went into the game and found that in my game company they went through all the tasks for me, bought buses that I did not want to buy And I lost interest

I got upset, deleted the game and returned the money for it. And now I do not regret it at all.

At the moment I really like the Tourist Bus Simulator and Fernbus Simulator (TML-Studios) and I also like the LOTUS-Simulator (Oriolus) (formerly OMSI).

It is these real simulators that I prefer and spend a lot of time. And I play with pleasure over and over again

This is not an advertisement, but the true truth and my love for these simulators

And in 2021, The Bus: Berlin (early version) will be added to my list. And nothing will change my position

I am sure that my opinion will differ from the opinions of the participants in this forum. I shared my thoughts on this matter

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well, in bus sim 21 at the end of the route, you will have a chose to continue or to go to the menu, it is true about the seasons, they are working on it they said. We will see, i'm more interested in tramsim

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@hadi - yeah TramSim should be good, and it released on 29th October, so will be buying that for sure! But Bus Simulator 21...., need more information on it before its released.

Kind Regards.

I'm also definitely going to buy tramsim, but about bus sim 21, if i had to option i think i will skip bus sim 21 and will buy "the bus" instead. Because the bus looks nicer and more realistic than bus sim 21. which is sad, because i always liked the bus sim series except for the physics, maybe. Because looking at their gamescome livestream, the physics do need quite a lot of work, indeed! It's like you are driving a go car or something it stops way to quick for my liking an when you have a accident, it's like nothing happend, but you still get find.

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After the pretty successful Bus Simulator 18, I was expecting much more than what was showcased in Bus Simulator 21. There was a massive leap between Bus Sim 16 and Bus Sim 18, but not so much between Bus Sim 18 and Bus Sim 21 it seems. This makes me quite disappointed as I actually enjoyed playing Bus Sim 18 and I was expecting more map extensions from the developers but they didn't really explore this opportunity; except for the one airport DLC. Instead, they're working on Bus Sim 21 which looks almost the same except the new American-style map and bus. They have the resources, but they lack the enthusiasm it seems.

They promised updates for the game bus sim18, but even when the support ends of the game, i will keep playing it, because i know already that i'm going to like bus sim 18 more than 21. But we will see....

Daniel F Unfortunately, there are a lot of such games lately. Take Train Simulator, TSW or WRC 9 for example. Every year a new series comes out, but almost everything stays in place, without any changes

Instead of improving an existing game or creating a new one (for the first time), the developers of many companies also began to release remakes: Mafia, Need For Speed Hot Persuit and many others.

Instead of new ideas, they create copies and want players to buy essentially the same product at a very decent price. They want to make a lot of money, but instead they are losing their audience (players)

This primarily applies to Stillalive Studios. When Bus 16 first came out, I gave hope that someday a great bus simulator would come out. Bus Simulator 18 came out 2 years later and I was disappointed

I think that in the future they are unlikely to do something interesting. Everything is like a carbon copy. No creativity whatsoever

This is why I struck Bus Simulator 21 off my list.

After watching this video, I get the impression that this game is for the Android platform These buses look old

First "Blue Bird", and now this

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After watching this video, I get the impression that this game is for the Android platform These buses look old

First "Blue Bird", and now this

Thats maybe because they where in contact a long time ago, before the game even was announced (or rather "teased") so they couldn't have chosen the newest model, they chose the model that was the "latest" back at that time. Because licensing isn't a easy thing to do. Look at ets2, back when they wanted to license the latest renault truck, they just couldn't because the badge of renault trucks is also part of the volvo group (trucks group). So its either that or they just went with the best they could afford in terms of licensing and also, in terms of their budget. I don't know, the game doesn't look so promising like bus sim 18 did back when it released. But we will see, otherwise i will just by the bus, their i think it would defenitly be cool because its a 1:1 map (of berlin?) and also the cars and the bus(ses) look so much cooler than bus sim 21 does. But we will see....