Software:Traffic Giant

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Traffic Giant
Traffic Giant.png
Traffic Giant cover art
Developer(s)JoWooD Productions
Publisher(s)JoWooD Productions
Macmillan Software
Platform(s)Windows
Release
  • EU: March 2, 2000
  • NA: February 28, 2001
Genre(s)City-building game, real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Traffic Giant is a video game released in 2000 by Austrian developer JoWooD Productions. It allows players to create a working public transportation system in a city[1] using buses, streetcars, commuter rail, suspended monorail (much like the Schwebebahn Wuppertal), and Maglev trains.[citation needed] The game used 2D isometric graphics for its interface.[1]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic57/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
4Players85%[3]
CGM2/5 stars[4]
CGW2.5/5 stars[5]
GameStar67%[6]
GameZone8.5/10[7]
PC Gamer (US)74%[8]
PC Zone55%[9]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Traffic Giant". Archived from the original on June 7, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080607215103/http://www.jowood.com/?lang=en&site=2&gameid=trafficgiant. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Traffic Giant for PC Reviews". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/traffic-giant/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. Retrieved February 9, 2021. 
  3. Ben (October 16, 2000). "Test: VerkehrsGigant" (in de). 4Players GmbH. https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/492/127/0/VerkehrsGigant.html. Retrieved February 9, 2021. 
  4. Chick, Tom (March 30, 2001). "Traffic Giant". theGlobe.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030405110847/http://www.cgonline.com/reviews/trafficgia-01-r1.html. Retrieved February 9, 2021. 
  5. Kapalka, Jason (July 2001). "Traffic Giant". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (204): 93. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_204.pdf. Retrieved February 9, 2021. 
  6. "VerkehrsGigant" (in de). GameStar (Webedia). March 2000. 
  7. Lafferty, Michael (April 2, 2001). "Traffic Giant Review". Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081225225527/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r13282.htm. Retrieved February 9, 2021. 
  8. Trotter, William R. (May 2001). "Traffic Giant". PC Gamer (Imagine Media) 8 (5): 64. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060315140401/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/traffic_giant.html. Retrieved February 9, 2021. 
  9. Clayden, Martyn (November 2000). "Traffic Giant". PC Zone (Dennis Publishing) (95): 81. https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_095_2000-11_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n79/mode/2up. Retrieved February 9, 2021. 

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