Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)Transport Giant really has a good idea behind it. It is certainly more realistic than that of Chris Sawyer's Locomotion. but it isn't necessarily more fun. The game seriously lacks in terrain. The towns are excellent and grow realistically, but the terrain is lacking. As in: there is none. The only "variations" in terrain are images of cliffs that make track and road building impossible, but you can go around them. Anyone who has played a game like this knows that path and route finding is often severely limited by terrain, which makes the absence thereof in this game very noticeable.
Also, routing is very difficult. The trackbuilding elements all but require you to master routing of trains, and then they won't pick different platforms, which makes mainline services almost impossible, and the simplest of routes are complicated by the incompatibility of tracks to be manipulated like they can in Locomotion.
A huge plus is that passengers actually have destinations! What a novel idea! Just hope your new bus doesn't get stuck behind one of your old horse teams, because vehicles *will not* pass each other on a road.
It is a good game, but you'll probably get so aggravated trying to play it that it will probably sit on your shelf for some time before you attempt it again. At least, that's what happened to me. Solid game, poorly implemented.
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Product Description:
Manufacturer's DescriptionThis is the year 1850. It's an age of radical change and new departures. The era of mass production and mass transportation has just begun. The resourceful entrepreneur has plenty of opportunities. It's a time to build empires with just a little capital and a clever business idea.New manufacturing plants are springing up everywhere. The world craves goods of every kind. Towns are growing at a breathtaking rate. But how to get the goods to the customers? How can workers get to the plants? Who will haul the vast amounts of raw materials? The time is ripe for a big and powerful haulage firm. Industry transportation in particular is getting out of hand and conventional methods just can't cope anymore. Invest your little starting capital wisely, buy modern vehicles, and slowly build up a growing enterprise.Present yourself in a favourable light to your customers, and oust your opponents from the market. You'll need all your know-how and your skills to survive two centuries of changing economic tides and changing demands. For a start, steam locomotives might do, but later on you'll have to replace them with monorails or even superconductor trains.The world is your oyster--grab your chances!
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