And every minute the marmot greets you…
Besides, I have no choice but to somehow get the jobs over with so that I can unlock the winter service at the end. Most missions are not only structured identically, they also last what feels like an eternity.
Which doesn't necessarily have to be bad, but it's pretty bad in Road Maintenance Simulator 2. To make this clearer, I'll tell you all four main tasks in the summer and you'll notice: Variety looks different:
- Remove the earth layer and compact the soil
- Frost layer applied and compacted
- Apply a layer of gravel and compact it
- Apply a binder layer and – of course – compact it
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These are the tasks of a road maintenance worker, but the actual job is completed in a very short time and I don't even receive a review. After all, I can only perfect my work and not complete it incorrectly or inadequately. That's a real shame.
But the worst thing is the annoying driving from A to B. With every mission I have to haul the big buckets to the construction site again instead of parking certain vehicles there, like the asphalt roller, which I always need anyway. This means that every time I cruise the same route several times.
This is pure Sisyphean work and is simply there to extend the playing time. Not even hardcore simulation fans will be happy – unless they like the spongy semi-trailer controls and empty game worlds. Because there are more than enough of them.
The cherry on the dump truck
But the tip of the iceberg is yet to come: orders sometimes take over an hour; Of that, 30 minutes are easily spent traveling back and forth. If I ever run out of fun or have appointments squeeze into my gaming session, I can save the game, but the progress of the respective mission is completely lost.
This means that after successfully saving and reloading, my orange character – no, I'm not talking about Donald Trump, but my road maintenance uniform – is standing in the workshop at the starting point of the job.
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And there the whole ordeal starts again. If the mood wasn't already at the bottom of the tar pit, it would be the ultimate atmosphere killer. The recently released Highway Police Simulator clearly outperforms the Highway Police Simulator 2 when it comes to bugs, but the police game at least has a trash factor to at least be a little entertaining.
As a road manager, I am exposed to the dreary and monotonous everyday life. Nobody knows why the thing received funding of 300,000 euros except the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection itself. It can't have been the advertising of the job, because I prefer to work as a diver in a sewage treatment plant.
