GamesRadar+ Verdict
Pros
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Controller adds real lever magic
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Realistically modeled bullet trains
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Feels like controlling a train
Cons
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So boring
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Passengers know we're slowing?
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Where are the crashes?
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Train love is disconcerting at the best of times. Admiring steam engines with their majestic plumes of smoke puffing through rustic vistas is just about understandable, but it takes a real sick cookie to get enjoyment out of the Japanese bullet trains ripping through mile after mile of cold, empty tunnel. So with this latest installment of the popular Densha de Go! arcade train experience focusing on the Sanyo Shinkansen, the bullet train from Osaka to Fukuota, it’s with some degree of apprehension that we don our driver’s cap and yell “all aboard!”
