Some even see the player starting with an abundance of motorways but no bridges. These come with a range of interesting modifiers such as doubling roundabout rewards or having all buildings be big business circles. Mini Motorways isn’t just about slowly unlocking the map locations, there are also daily and weekly challenges. The game could go further in this though with perhaps one way roads, highways and such – though there is enough there to keep players coming back for more. Working effectively the same as bridges, these still add a spot of additional variety into the mix. Later maps introduce the issue of mountains that require tunnels. For the first handful of levels players get bridges, motorways and such. Each naturally comes with it’s own challenges – often from the shape of the map and the water zones. Included are a range of maps to unlock from the likes of Munich, through Rio de Janeiro, to Mexico City. While they slightly annoyingly cannot path onto roundabouts, these allow the vehicles to zoom over heavy traffic areas. Motorways cause this lower bridge dependency, as they span over rivers and buildings alike. Bridges can be vital depending on the map being played, though aren’t as important as in Mini Motorways predecessor. The first two are there to ease some of the congestion that starts to build up. Given a choice of two rewards these range from roundabouts and traffic lights through to bridges and motorways. With the clock ticking, and the number of delivered citizens counted, as each in-game week passes the player is rewarded. This means players often have to save road pieces in case a new store opens, or be unable to connect it.

While the entrance points, the homes, are a bit more flexible in how roads are drawn from them the shops and stores have set entrances for their car parks. This shift has allowed the puzzle of linking things up to be completely changed, with random starting points and destinations spawning over time. Instead, players are limited by the number of road pieces they can draw. Unlike Mini Metro players are no longer limited by the number of lines, or in this case roads. The aim is simply to survive for a long as you can before too many people are left waiting. Whilst balancing the number of road pieces they use, players will link up homes to destinations – with roundabouts, tunnels, bridges and more potentially at their disposal. With the traffic being the problem, cars just want to get back and forth to coloured buildings, with more slowly spawning as time passes. Released on Steam and Apple Arcade, the game sees players build out the road networks of a bustling metropolis. Mini Motorways is the brand new, single player, casual simulation game from developer Dinosaur Polo Party.

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