https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW-ordsLy6c

0. inacceptable/engine
0a) 250MB Savegames
0b) cant choose directory
0c) no rolling Autosave
0d) small preview window for selected vehicle leads to massive stuttering, totally unnecessary, then just get rid of it!!!11eleven

1. Newbie-friendliness
1a) Pseudo-Tutorial
1b) Pseudo-Handbuch

2. Usability
2a) no planning function, no undo
2b) every vehicle has to be replaced manually!
2c) no dual track laying
2d) no upgrades eg of train stations possible
2e) cant reserve areas for future use
2f) UI is just a flood of windows
2g) no comparison of properties when buying vehicles
2h) laying tracks is much less user friendly than necessary

3. Gameplay
3a) no level track crossings
3b) freight/passengers are strictly separate, no post
3c) every train station has this front building prepositioned, so no real terminal stations (Simutrans)
3d) crucial options are not moddable via txt file (Simutrans/OTTD)

4. Ambience
4a) background music
4b) green suburb grass, everywhere

The most massive problems exist in the most important fields, especially for usability, this is incomprehensible.

Overall, the game is in Open Beta. Open Beta/early Access is great, but if you sell this game as “released” in the current form, you earned yourself the bad steam reviews.

In development and especially in the release phase a person was missing, who has the experience and overview to see those issues and prioritize them, to the point of no releasing in this state or changing to open beta. A typical engineers project, where money was saved by not hiring seemingly “unproductive”/non technical staff.