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中原大戰:南京中央篇 vs Metro Master

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

中原大戰:南京中央篇

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《chinacivilwar》是一款以 1930 年中原大戰為背景的手機戰略遊戲。你將從南京中央視角出發,在 22 個節奏緊湊的微戰役中,面對晉、馮、桂等勢力的合流壓力,重新掌握鐵路樞紐、城市據點與戰區補給線。 遊戲採回合制戰鬥,專為手機操作設計。你需要在地圖上調度步兵、騎兵、炮兵、裝甲、鐵道與空軍等兵種,利用地形、射程、剋制與補給判斷進攻節奏;不同將領也有各自擅長的部隊方向與戰場定位。 除了戰場推進,你也可以閱讀將領名鑑、兵種圖鑑與戰役脈絡,從可玩的角度理解中原大戰的節點與變化。適合喜歡歷史題材、戰棋策略與短局高密度決策的玩家。

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Metro Master

Design and simulate metro networks on real city maps. Manage station placement, line drawing, and train operations to optimize ridership and finances. Features detailed statistics, cinematic views, and challenging scenarios.

Highlights
  • Design metro lines on real city maps
  • Simulate population and travel behavior
  • Manage station placement and train operations
  • Detailed statistics and performance analysis
  • Cinematic 3D views and sharing options
  • Engaging planning challenges and achievements
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Plan a metro network on real city maps and watch a city start to ride it. Population and travel are estimated from real map data. Residents choose between scooter, car, bus, walking, cycling and your metro by door-to-door time: a well-placed station fills up, while a line that wanders or runs too few trains loses riders to other lines or back to the road. BUILD • Place stations and draw lines on the map; extend, insert, move or remove stations • Automatic station names from local places and intersections, which you can rename • Heavy rail, medium capacity or light rail, with a choice of train length • Taiwanese cities can start a new plan with the existing national railway in one tap, plus high-speed rail in Taipei • Undo and redo OPERATE • Peak trains per line, off-peak as a percentage; headway follows from the trains and the round trip • Short-turn and express services, with expresses overtaking slower trains at passing stations • Too few trains leave riders on the platform; too many raise operating costs • Construction is free; finances are judged by the farebox ratio, fare revenue divided by running costs SIMULATION • Continuous time with morning and evening peaks • Riding habits build up, and daily ridership grows with them • Follow any train or passenger across the network • The same network always gets the same official result STATS • Figures for the city, districts, neighborhoods, lines, stations, trains and passengers • Trends in ridership, mode share, farebox ratio and quality score • Quality score broken down into waiting, transfers, crowding and riders left behind • Hourly entries and exits at each station CINEMA VIEW AND SHARING • Tilted 3D shots of buildings and trains, including Follow cam, Cab, window and platform views • On-board station display; track shown elevated, at-grade or underground • Map themes: Blueprint, Paper, Night and Satellite • Share cards of stations, lines, trains, cities and challenges in five aspect ratios, or a short video of a line CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVEMENTS • Planning challenges in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong, such as Small and Fine, Two by Ten and Light Rail City, with goals for ridership, quality or farebox ratio • 63 achievements for network design, ridership and mode share, viewable in Game Center CITIES Taipei (with New Taipei, Keelung and Taoyuan), Taichung, Chiayi (city and county), Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong and Macao UNLOCKING Taipei is free. Other cities, medium capacity and light rail, 100x speed, map themes and extra line colors each unlock permanently with one ad. Each city starts with one plan, and ads add up to three; one ad also lets every line add a short-turn or express service. The Unlock all in-app purchase opens everything, with five plans per city, two extra services per line and no interstitial ads. ALSO • No timer and no budget cap • Everything works without an account; sign in with Apple or Google to sync plans and achievements across devices • Interface in English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Indonesian, German, French, Portuguese and Spanish; street and station names appear in Chinese Passengers and ridership are simulated estimates from map data, not real figures. Metro Master is an independent game, not affiliated with Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, MTR Corporation or any other operator.

Screenshots

中原大戰:南京中央篇4 screens
Metro Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 中原大戰:南京中央篇 at none against Metro Master's 4. 中原大戰:南京中央篇 also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Metro Master sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. 中原大戰:南京中央篇 asks for nothing beyond the download.

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中原大戰:南京中央篇 versus Metro Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter中原大戰:南京中央篇Metro Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB13 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYOU TYNG LUOYouci Huang

In-app purchases

None

中原大戰:南京中央篇

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Metro Master

One-time4
  • Game Function$2.99
  • Game Function$3.99
  • Unlock all$4.99
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  • Game Function$19.99

Questions

Is 中原大戰:南京中央篇 free?
中原大戰:南京中央篇 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metro Master free?
Metro Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 中原大戰:南京中央篇 or Metro Master have ads?
Metro Master shows ads; 中原大戰:南京中央篇 does not.

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