Traffic Giant Demo

Certain things are taken for granted nowadays, even if they are immensely complicated and a real challenge to maintain most of the time. One of these things is the public transportation system, since it does take a lot of work and planning to be able to keep all the trains and buses arriving according to schedule and take every person wherever they might want to go.

Traffic Giant is a tycoon-type game in which you have to build, maintain and monetize a city-wide transportation city, as well as defeat the other competitors and keep all the market for yourself. It might sound rather simple in theory, but there are many things you must keep an eye on and you have to plan ahead every time you are about to make an important decision.

The game allows you to build bus, tram and various other kind of routes, all of which have a specific purpose and they require different amounts of care. While buses do not need much, other than a few stops and a specified route, the infrastructure for trams is much more complicated and expensive, which makes good planning very important, otherwise you can end up losing a lot of money for nothing.

In order to make the gameplay that much more challenging and entertaining, you must also keep an eye on the competition, which is liable to steal your business if you do not move fast enough. There are a couple of different A.I.s to choose from, all of which have different personalities and play styles to fit your requirements. The end goal is to reach a certain company value, but you can do so in as much time as you want, since there are no time limits.

As you can probably observe, the game is quite old and it doesn’t play well with new-age technology, which means that you may run into some trouble when it comes to operating system compatibility. There are workarounds, though, and the isometric graphics aged incredibly well over the years, helped by the fact that the engine supports decent resolutions, even if they are not widescreen compatible.

Traffic Giant may not be as complex as Transport Tycoon, since the cities are much smaller and the number of available options is substantially lower. However, things can get pretty hairy if you put your mind to it, thanks to the sandbox nature of the game that allows you to play for as long as you want.