The Bus

Please take notice that the version of The Bus I am talking about today is a game that is still in early access. If you go to the official site or steam, you can see what they have planned for the game as it “drives” along development. So far, I think that this is showing a great deal of promise. I have played other bus simulators before and this one has the makings of something that could be very special.

Taking People Where They Need To Go

As I write this, you do not have much to actually do in The Bus. The game takes place in Berlin and it is a 1:1 recreation which is very impressive. At the moment we are just working our routes. However, from what I understand, eventually, the idea is that you will have a fleet of buses and pretty much control the public transport sector that is on the roads of the city of Berlin. I think that it sounds like it is going to be a great deal of fun once it is implemented in the game.

Four Ways To Go!

Again, The Bus is in early access as I am writing this. While they have done a great job in recreating the city of Berlin here. At the moment, we only have four routes in the game that we can drive. These are pretty long routes so it will take you a while to master the roads. However, the game can be extended as you can play routes that have been created by other players. While there is not a great deal of content here as I write this, what is here is a lot of fun.

The Wheels On The Bus

There is going to be many styles of bus available once the game is complete, but at the moment The Bus only has a handful of very realistic looking and well detailed buses for us to drive. The attention to detail here is just fantastic and while I was going to just talk about how well done the buses are. Everything in this game looks great! It is one of the best looking simulator style games that I have ever played and the crazy thing is that they are still working on the game.

Hold On To The Hand Rail

One of the drawbacks that The Bus has at the moment is that it is not quite running as smoothly as I feel it should and could. To be fair, this already in the early access state that it is in, looks amazing as I just said. However, it does come at a cost and that cost is a bit of a jerky framerate. It is not a constant issue to be fair, but when it does happen, it can be quite jarring. I have also noticed a little bit of pop-in. To be fair, these issues that I have had may be down to my computer and the fact that the game is still being worked on right now.

Pros:

• You can drive through a 1:1 recreation of Berlin
• The game looks incredible
• There are four large routes you can drive through
• The roadmap for what is to come looks very exciting

Cons:

• The current early access build does not have a ton of content
• The game did have a few technical issues while I was playing it