Traffic Giant - PC

Have you ever been stuck in traffic and thought just what exactly is the city doing with the roads and traffic lights? Often there is the temptation to start thinking about how things could be better and more efficient. There has to be a viable solution or alternative to wasting years of your life stuck in traffic jams. How do you fancy being in charge of the public transport system? Do you think that you can show them how it’s done? With Traffic Giant from Jowood Productions you finally have your chance.

Resource management simulations are becoming increasingly more diverse and original. The first really successful game in the genre has to be Theme Park, this title showed that being in charge could actually be fun. Resource management games are about dealing with the constantly changing situations and adapting your strategy to accommodate the new challenges. This is exactly what Traffic Giant offers.

You start the game by planning a simple bus route around the city and populating it with a few rusty old busses. You will soon start to earn profit as people decide to use your services and pay your fares. This is a business game so remember to plan popular routes and don’t charge too much, initally. You can also do several things to improve your popularity / image rating such as giving free rides to schoolchildren for example.

As time passes you will begin to see the fruit of your wise decisions as the cash comes rolling in. Or alternatively you can ignore your phone calls on the off chance that it’s the bank wondering about that repayment that is still in the post. If you are doing well you can improve the quality of public transport with trams and mag-lev railway. The cities in Traffic Giant can hold up to 40,000 virtual people all with individual needs that you have to try to please.

If being the head cheese sounds appealing, Traffic Giant is a comprehensive and challenge public transport simulation.

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