So the game does a few things right. It is engaging, each level (or city, if you will) adds some novel quirk. Beautifully drawn, (mostly) fluid gameplay, nice concept for getting more pieces of track to introduce new cities.
So why the 2-star rating? They really overdo it with the advertising. Getting a “free” piece of track - a 30-second video. Fine, I get that. An “undo” - again, a video. Fine. But then at random points a video plays as well. Starting a level, opening track, whatever - every so often it just plays. Too much.
Well, I hear you say, so pay up! Yeah, the no-ads option is $4.99. And sorry, but this is just not a $5 game. It’s a nice game, don’t get me wrong. But considering that they’re selling you track (and bonus “objectives” as well), it’s just not worth that much. I’d have paid 0.99 or probably even $1.99 in a heartbeat and enjoyed the game a lot more. But even then it isn’t worth $5. Especially being buggy - TrainConductorWorld often applies my tap to the wrong train, which is both further from where I touched and which it made no sense to move. All in all, just not worth $5 - but there are enough ads to make clear that they *really* want you to pay up.
Still a nice game. That I’m still playing it notwithstanding all of the above is something.