In Tokyo Bus Annai the player is a bus driver with all of the attendant responsibilities - namely picking up passengers, dropping them off, and announcing destinations with the press of a button. Following the rules of the road are contingent on your success as an operator and your duties include staying off curbs, obeying traffic lights, and heeding the mundane trivialities of accelerating and braking in a smooth fashion that is both pleasant and non-threatening to your riders. Abrupt bursts forward and screeching stops may rouse latent Gigantors from their berths. A versatile camera affords four views of the bus ride and a trailing view, which follows your bus from the outside, is the default. Two windshield views and a distant camera shot are the other options for scoping out your road moves.
Similar in every respect to the Dreamcast original, the PS2 version of TBG boasts an extra game mode which adds a yellow school bus and a red double-decker to the vehicles you commandeer. Of course, the original green and white commuter bus found in the DC version sits in anticipation of your manhandling. Publisher Forty Five developed TBG with the help of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bus Service and included actual bus routes in the game. Virtual bus drivers perform tours of duty ranging from noon to night and contend with varying traffic conditions as well as passenger density spikes and troughs throughout the shift. Taito took care of train fanatics with the Densha! series of games and Forty Five does their part to sate the curiosity of bus fans. Yes, bus fans. They're out there and amongst the general population...
Tokyo Bus Guide 2 allows you be become the bus driver you have always wanted to be when you were young, a dream come true type of game.
There is an exceptionally long list of things to do as a driver to ensure the safe ferrying of passengers to their destinations. You will need to open the door for passengers, listen to the radio communication, set directional indicator and more. One of the key principles of the game is the requirement to obey all traffic safety regulations and to send passengers to their destination on time. With the strong support of the Tokyo Traffic Department, all types of buses are present in their original form and all roads are actual roads that exist in reality! We welcome you to come and enjoy a ride of the public bus!
There are 18 routes for gamers to choose from, including to and from routes with morning, afternoon and night scenes. The actual routes that are being used are "Return Route No. 96", "Morning Route No. 81", "Up Route No. 23", etc. Each bus stop also looks similar to the actual one.
2 modes of game play are available: Drivers Mode and Isho Mode. In the Drivers Mode, gamers can choose from 3 main routes to drive on. In addition, if you are unfamiliar with the Tokyo traffic safety regulations, you can practice step by step how to drive a public bus; there are 12 types of practice to select from. In the Isho Mode, you can challenge 20 different topics, from S reverse to spot parking and more. In addition, you can also challenge against time by driving the loop bus service.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Driving simulator based on the purpose of the Road Traffic Act, to carry passengers by the time that while defending the rule, it was decided. Because as a subject the bus a friendly, you can children and adults enjoy. With volume up from previous work, Gotanda-Akabanebashi, Waseda Shibuya-front of the main gate, course recorded three routes with real-Ueno Station Hirai Matsuzaka course!
FEATURES:
- Third person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Bus driving theme.
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