Train Sim World 5 Thomas and Friends DLC Review for PlayStation 5: All Aboard for Nostalgic Fun!
Get ready to embark on a journey through nostalgia with the “Train Sim World 5 Thomas and Friends DLC review” on PlayStation 5, where classic childhood memories meet modern gaming. With its highly detailed graphics, fully voiced characters, and a roster of exciting scenarios, this DLC promises an interactive experience that fans of all ages can enjoy. But does it deliver on the charm of the original series while offering compelling gameplay? Dive into our in-depth review to see if this is the must-have DLC for your gaming collection!
Train Sim World 5 Thomas And Friends DLC Review Pros:
- Beautiful, highly detailed graphics.
- 2.13GB Download size. (That’s the size of the West Somerset DLC, and Thomas doesn’t have its own entry)
- Fully voiced characters for Thomas, the narrator, and Sir Topham Hatton.
- Playing the scenarios will trigger in-game cutscenes as it tells the story of Thomas’s adventure.
- A great bit of DLC for kids.. And adults!
- Earn experience for playing the DLC and rank up Thomas.
- When the narrator and characters are talking, you get speech bubbles coming up, and it has their name on the bubble.
- The in-train view lets you see all the workings of the Steam train, you can look through the window and hang out the side.
- Performance breakdown of each completed scenario.
- You can still earn main game trophies whilst playing the DLC.
- I found reading all the dials on the train a lot easier with the Steam train setup.
- All scenarios can be replayed.
- It is very well presented, and it feels like an interactive episode.
- You get to ride Diesel and experience a whole new cockpit? Driving seat view. I dunno, but it’s a new look.
- Excellent, the realistic sound effects and music from the show.
- You can save when you want, so if you remember this, it could help when you make mistakes.
- Stand up and walk around the train whenever you want.
- As you interact with elements of the train, you can watch it animate.
- Earn experience towards your driver level when playing the DLC.
- Any and all trains you drive in the DLC have their own level and exp earned.
- Ten scenarios to play.
- Free roam is available, and you can set the weather, date, and mess with individual weather elements with a slider; it’s things like fog density, wind strength, etc.
Train Sim World 5 Thomas And Friends DLC Review Cons:
- Very wooden-faced people with no animation people in the world.
- Requires the Somerset line DLC to be bought.
- You cannot skip the cutscenes, and this is annoying when replaying a scenario.
- No checkpoints through a scenario so any screw up and you start again from the start.
- There are markers for scenarios, but it only says a brief one-liner of what to do, and that in itself is not always clear.
- Restarting is slow and annoying.
- I couldn’t find a way to load a save when I messed up in the scenario mode.
- Thomas is only playable on the West Somerset line.
- On the scenario selection screen, the theme tune plays over and over.
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Train Sim World 5 Thomas And Friends DLC:
Developer: Dovetail Games
Publisher: Dovetail Games
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