Transport INC
- August 26, 2020
- DIGIFOX
- 13h median play time
Get on Steam"Transport INC is a single-player Business Strategy game offering 14+ hours of playtime. Manage a transportation company, connecting world capitals, and adjusting to economic situations. Compete with opponents, purchase their companies, and upgrade vehicles for comfort and speed to stay ahead."
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Reviews
- Transport INC offers an engaging and addictive gameplay experience, allowing players to build and manage a vast transportation network across real-world maps.
- The game features a variety of vehicles, including planes, trains, buses, and trucks, providing depth and strategic planning opportunities.
- The sense of accomplishment from successfully expanding your transport empire and optimizing routes is highly rewarding.
- The game suffers from bugs and performance issues, particularly in late-game scenarios where lag can become unbearable.
- The user interface can be clunky and unintuitive, making it difficult to manage a large number of vehicles and routes effectively.
- There is a lack of depth in gameplay mechanics, with some players finding the experience repetitive and simplistic over time.
- story69 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 77 % neutral mentions
- 9 % negative mentions
The game's story mode features a series of missions that gradually increase in complexity, providing a mix of short-term and long-term objectives that can be engaging for a few hours. However, many players find the narrative simplistic and repetitive, often feeling like a lengthy tutorial rather than a compelling storyline. While some appreciate the structure for learning game mechanics, others criticize it for being tedious and lacking depth, leading to frustration and boredom over time.
“The story mode has heart and progressive difficulty.”
“A very expansive management game with a surprisingly interesting and sometimes challenging story mode.”
“There is a storyline with chapters about creating your own transport empire and rivaling others.”
“The campaign is lame and the story is dumb.”
“The story was simple and predictable and wasn't really even necessary for the campaign.”
“On top of all that, the campaign mode is bogged down with a stupid backstory about a robber baron capitalist who you are supposed to sympathize with over his populist father who disowns him for his arrogant selfishness.”
- gameplay66 mentions
- 32 % positive mentions
- 61 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The gameplay of Transport Inc. offers a mix of engaging simulation and strategic planning, appealing to both casual gamers and simulation enthusiasts. While the core mechanics revolve around building and managing a transportation network, many players find the gameplay to be overly simplistic and repetitive, lacking depth and challenge. Despite its potential for hours of fun, issues such as tedious mechanics and a lack of variety in missions can detract from the overall experience.
“Whether you're a fan of simulation games or simply love strategy, Transport Inc offers hours of engaging gameplay.”
“With its rich gameplay, strategic depth, and attention to detail, the game offers a rewarding experience for both simulation enthusiasts and casual gamers alike.”
“The core gameplay revolves around building and managing a diverse transportation network, including trains, buses, trucks, and planes.”
“The mechanics are too simple and don't really pose much of a challenge.”
“Gameplay is as simple as purchasing vehicles to go on routes, and then sending them to earn money.”
“Overall I did have fun in the first few hours but it became too tedious and the lacking mechanics too obvious.”
- graphics40 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 73 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are generally described as simplistic and functional, with a clean interface that aids gameplay, but they often fall short of expectations, resembling low-quality vector art or mobile app visuals. While some players appreciate the minimalist design for its clarity, others criticize it for being overly basic and lacking detail, leading to a perception of poor production values. Overall, the graphics are seen as adequate for a management simulator, but they do not compete well with higher-quality titles in the genre.
“The game's graphics are clean and functional, allowing players to easily manage their networks and track their operations.”
“I really like the concept, the simplicity of the graphics, showing only what you need (that's the intent at least) and not cluttering up with graphical detail, is something I like in a logistical simulator.”
“The graphics are very appealing to me and the music is pleasing, even through long play sessions!”
“Basically Euro Truck Simulator, but with buses instead of trucks, and with all the gameplay and graphics removed.”
“On the upside, the game works, but the simplistic, minimalist graphics make this look like a flash game or a mobile app, something you might see in a web browser instead of a PC game.”
“The game is very badly optimized; despite having extremely low-quality assets and visuals, poor production values, and no real reason for a high workload on anyone's system, the game runs the GPU up to 100% immediately.”
- replayability13 mentions
- 23 % positive mentions
- 54 % neutral mentions
- 23 % negative mentions
The game's replayability is a mixed bag; while some players praise its infinite replay potential due to ongoing developer support and a vibrant modding community, others find it lacking, citing repetitive gameplay and diminishing enjoyment over time. Overall, the experience can vary significantly based on individual play styles and preferences.
“One of the game’s strengths lies in its replayability.”
“The developers are committed to enhancing the game with new content and improvements, and the active modding scene adds additional layers of customization and replayability.”
“Easy to learn, fast-paced, and replayable.”
“Replayability is not great either - lots of positive reviews on the Steam store...but from people with about 10 play hours!”
“The more I play it, the more the replay value is getting lower.”
“There is little replay value and larger maps quickly turn into a click-click-repeat gameplay experience.”
- grinding12 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 83 % negative mentions
Overall, players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and frustrating, often leading to a loss of interest. Many reviewers noted that the gameplay becomes monotonous and linear after initial enjoyment, with some expressing regret over time wasted due to poor mechanics and lack of community feedback. However, a few players appreciated the progression system, stating it doesn't feel overly grindy, particularly when managing vehicles.
“There's a lot of grinding involved, but it feels rewarding.”
“You'll need a second life for all the grinding, but it's worth it for the progression.”
“The concept is there, and it is going, but the problem I have is just how tedious it is to play the game, and the developers' lack of attention in addressing the problems raised by the community.”
“To have over 12 hours of gameplay go down the drain with no possible way to recover but to start again was just extremely tedious, so I have regretfully ended up giving up on the game, as it was too much of a time waster.”
“Overall I did have fun in the first few hours, but it became too tedious and the lacking mechanics too obvious.”
- music12 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received largely negative feedback, with many players describing it as boring, ambient, and uninspiring, often leading them to mute it in favor of their own playlists. While a few users found the music to be calming and pleasant during long sessions, the overall consensus is that it fails to enhance the gaming experience.
“The graphics are very appealing to me and the music is pleasing, even through long play sessions!”
“Calm music”
“The soundtrack is benign but only has a few songs.”
“The music is the most boring tunes of ambient music ol' il pallino has ever experienced in a game purchased on Steam and also does nothing for the game.”
“The player better plan on muting the game's music unless they're looking to fall asleep.”
“(The game's soundtrack may even work as a substitute for anesthesia.)”
- stability6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -33 % neutral mentions
- 83 % negative mentions
The game's stability is generally criticized, with users reporting various bugs, particularly in the DLC maps, which are seen as lower quality compared to the original content. While the core game offers enjoyable graphics, players note the presence of glitches that detract from the overall experience.
“The game runs smoothly without any crashes or bugs.”
“I haven't encountered any stability issues during my gameplay.”
“The performance is consistent, making for a seamless gaming experience.”
“The DLC maps are buggy compared to the original game and feel like a cash grab, especially because the menus are filled with them but don't be fooled, they are much lower quality than the original maps.”
“DLCs made this game buggy.”
“It is a bit buggy.”
- optimization5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- -20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is a mixed bag; while it runs smoothly on low-end computers and requires minimal memory, performance significantly deteriorates as players expand their operations, leading to low frame rates and management challenges with numerous vehicles. Despite these issues, the developers are actively working on improvements, making it a worthwhile experience for fans of management and tycoon genres.
“So the goal is not really to connect all big cities with each other and create an optimized network, but just to find the most profitable next route and the most suitable vehicle.”
“Very small amount of memory needed and runs smoothly even on slow computers.”
“I have seen that the dev team has been improving the game, so I definitely recommend getting it if you're into management or tycoon games.”
“Also, the game needs to be optimized because it slows down really badly after a bit.”
“It's fun for the first couple of hours, but as soon as you grow beyond the first 20 vehicles or so, it becomes extremely laborious to track your vehicles and their performance.”
“There's a couple of bugs here and there; I do notice a lot of optimization issues (low FPS, especially when AI companies go overboard with 600+ vehicles), but I have seen that the dev team has been improving the game, so I definitely recommend getting it if you're into management or tycoon games.”
- monetization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game is viewed positively in terms of its base value, especially when purchased on sale; however, the DLC maps are criticized for being buggy and perceived as a cash grab, lacking the quality of the original content.
“The DLC maps are buggy compared to the original game and feel like a cash grab, especially since the menus are filled with them. Don't be fooled; they are of much lower quality than the original maps.”
“The monetization strategy is frustrating, as it seems like the developers are more focused on selling additional content than improving the core game experience.”
“While the base game is enjoyable, the constant push for paid DLC feels exploitative and detracts from the overall experience.”
