Get ready for Bus Simulator 27, the most advanced entry in the history of the franchise. Look forward to our most comprehensive bus fleet yet, with new officially licensed brands and bus models, as well as iconic buses from the series.
All that said, I have mixed feelings about Bus Simulator 27. Its audiovisual presentation is solid, and the sheer amount of content is impressive, particularly the satisfying selection of buses. However, that currently feels like its only real advantage over the competition. On a technical level, there’s still plenty of room for improvement. Overall,...
Bus Simulator 27 feels stagnant and lacking in innovation and iteration. Something like this might be forgivable in an annual series, but with six years since the last game, that can’t be pardoned. Simteract burdens new and returning players alike with an overwhelming, poorly designed wall of onboarding tasks up-front, and plenty of bugs to demonstrate...
In its current state, it’s going to be hard to recommend Bus Simulator. At its core, it’s an incredible Simulation experience with so many different mechanics to master, and I had genuine fun listening to passengers talking about aliens and pyramid schemes, screaming at obnoxious passengers listening to loud music, and navigating political corruption.
However,...
The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...
Bus Simulator 27 is an interesting one to score because there are two very different stories surrounding it. One is the launch version, which had more technical and gameplay problems than it really should have. The other is the game sitting on Xbox after numerous hotfixes, where many of those frustrations have already been addressed and the underlying...
