Transport Giant

[ixnay]

http://www.transportgiant.com

Yes, it looks as though we'll be getting what looks to be an unofficial sequel to Transport Tycoon, one of the GREATEST GAMES EVER. Jowood is developing this one, and the graphics look outstanding. Plus there's 100 more years of gameplay, going all the way back to 1850 and a lot more industries and such.

I have high expectations for this, so I'll probably be disappointed, unfortunately. Anyways, mark this one down as a game I'll be closely following the development of.

Also in Transport Tycoon-related news, I read on another forum that Firaxis may in fact have the rights to Transport Tycoon.

[Adagio]

Sounds interesting... though I must admit, I've never really played Transport Tycoon

[Daz]

I did and it got somewhat boring towards the end. And the games took forever to finish...

[Harry Seldon]

Looks pretty cool. I never played Transport Tycoon, either. Maybe I'll hunt down a copy and give it a spin.

[General Ludd]

Re: Transport Giant

Originally posted by ixnay

http://www.transportgiant.com

Jowood is developing this one

Oh well.

[FrustratedPoet]

Yep, that was my reaction too Osweld. I don't really trust JoWood. Hopefully they won't mess it up too badly.

[Harry Seldon]

Could be worse; could be Quicksilver.

[Risky]

Well I did like Transport Tycoon but it must be said it had the worst AI in history. Most of the comp players did things like build airports where they couldn't pick up any passengers and mostly went bankrupt in the end.

[Standup]

It seems more like a mixture of traffic giant and industry giant2. Both of which i found a bit dry. Transport Tycoon just seemed to have that extra something that made it feel a bit more than a spreadsheet.

[Barley]

Looks good, a bit like an old Maxis game (cant remember what it was called) I used to love to play as you got to see the land and buildings develop around your station, you could build office buildings and other things like ski slopes. Ive played Railroad Tycoon but it got a bit boring for me after id made it to a medium size railway.

I'd like to see Transport Tycoon with a multiplayer option (think all games should be multiplayer - I hate AI's), do you know if it will have one - oh and when is it due out??

[DRoseDARs]

Barley, you're thinking of A-Train by Maxis.

[Victor Galis]

A-Train was great, but at some point my disks got corrupted

[ixnay]

You have to admit, it does look good:

Boeing 707 flying over canyon

[General Ludd]

What's with the western theme?

[ixnay]

The site says they're going to have seperate US and European scenarios. I'd say most of the stuff they're showing is just screens from the west.