Train Crisis: Whatever you do, do not let the trains collide!

We all have traveled by planes and wondered the sophistication of the planes and also how accurately the air traffic is controlled with near to zero accidents. Well it is not just the air traffic control which needs skill and experience, our humble trains also need lots of planning and skills so that it can run with safely and with high efficiency.

"Train Crisis" is a game which lets you experience what goes behind operating trains on the tracks safely and guiding it to reach the destination. This game is presented by developer U-Play online. In this game you play the role of a rail traffic controller whose job is to avert train accident at any cost. There are trains coming from all directions and the train drivers are clueless about the other trains heading in their direction. Can you prevent the accident?

This is a strategy game and gets tougher as you move forward in terms of levels.

Train Crisis: Launch screen

At the launch screen, you are presented with few options to connect with other players, view leadership scores etc., along with the shop to buy the in-game currency.

By choosing the play option you move to the next screen where you can select which era you want to play. There are in-total 7 eras to choose from. Each era is set in a different time period with matching locations and rolling stocks for example, the Farwest Era covers the location from farwest like the rivers, tunnels and trains from that time period. Each era presents you various kinds of difficulties and is quite different from each other.

Train Crisis: Era selection

Within each era there are 24 levels, and you must complete all the levels of one era to move to and play the next era which is locked in the beginning.

How to play

After choosing a level to play, you see trains ready to move and the layout of the tracks and as soon as you tap on the screen it comes alive. On the tracks there are some spots which are highlighted, you need to touch the spots to change the tracks and send the trains to another track. As a rail traffic controller you control the movements of train on right time and right track so that it reaches their respective sheds safely and on time.

There are few options which can help you in playing the level, these are shown on the upper right of the screen. Options such as, getting hints on how to clear a level, making the trains run slow etc. Each option charges you in-game money. You earn in-game money by successfully completing a level.

Train Crisis: Tracks and train sheds

As you move to higher levels the number of trains increases and so the hurdles. As the game begins, all the trains starts moving simultaneously and you should operate the tracks considering all of them at the same time as even a single accident can end the game and you have to start from scratch.

Train Crisis: Avoiding accidents getting trickier

Train Crisis: Avoiding accidents gets trickier

Train Crisis: Completion of industrial era

I could only complete the Industrial Era and unlock the Farwest era. In the Farwest era, you will see trains travelling through valleys, rivers, tunnels. I must tell you the tunnels are very confusing because the tracks get switched in the tunnels and its very accident prone.

Train Crisis: Collecting money from bank

Train Crisis: Tunnels adds more chaos

You will find some new elements in Farwest era like banks where the trains need to collect money, tracks blocked by big rocks which you must blow using the dynamite etc. Such elements keeps you glued to this game for hours. Each level challenges you to think more.