Transport Services
- September 14, 2019
- Hammer Games
Get on Steam"Transport Services" is a logistics simulation game where you manage transportation for passengers and cargo between contracted cities, with the goal of promoting city growth and profit. Build roads, rails, and airfields to facilitate travel, and manage resources carefully to meet demand and avoid penalties. The game offers three difficulty levels to suit various player preferences.
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Reviews
- The game can be enjoyable, especially for those who like building and managing transportation systems.
- There is potential for the game to develop into something great, with a charming design and a satisfying gameplay loop.
- The developer has shown responsiveness to feedback and has made some improvements, which gives hope for future updates.
- The game is plagued with critical bugs that can make it unplayable, including issues with saving progress and vehicles getting stuck.
- It feels unfinished and lacks polish, with a weak user interface and basic graphics that detract from the experience.
- Many players feel the game has been abandoned by the developers, with no updates or fixes for over two years.
- graphics10 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the clean and pleasing visuals, while others criticize the basic quality and frequent graphical glitches, such as trains behaving erratically. Additionally, issues with save files leading to blank maps detract from the overall experience. Despite these concerns, some users find the graphics enjoyable and comparable to other titles, though there are calls for more updates and improvements.
“Signalling system is easy for a change with trains with a brain, and graphics are clean and pleasing.”
“Graphics are awesome, the app never feels slow... gameplay has potential, the passenger movement requires developing a strategy but cargo movement lacks any interest.”
“The visuals are great.”
“I spent many hours building an endgame city, and then a bunch of my progress was wiped just because I changed the graphics detail settings and loaded a save game after that.”
“Very basic game with basic graphics and the most annoying music.”
“Upon loading a save, I am consistently presented with a blank map, different from the map originally played, with no money, no cities, and no people, and no geographical features except for a few rivers.”
- music7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received overwhelmingly negative feedback, with many players describing it as annoying and headache-inducing, leading some to turn it off entirely. While a few users appreciated the option to play their own music, the overall sentiment suggests that the game's soundtrack fails to enhance the experience and detracts from the enjoyment of gameplay.
“It's a fun, casual transport simulator game where you can play your own music or listen to a podcast and lose track of time.”
“The game does look great and has a neat soundtrack.”
“The game has a good transport vibe.”
“Very basic game with basic graphics and with the most annoying music.”
“Horrible interface, horrible controls, horrible music.”
“I had to turn off the music because it was terrible.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized as simplistic and casual, appealing to those who prefer a light experience; however, many users find it dull and frustrating due to cumbersome navigation and issues with train movement that can disrupt enjoyment. While the minimalist UI complements the transport theme, the overall execution leaves some players wanting more engaging mechanics.
“Simplistic and casual gameplay with a suitably minimalist UI.”
“The gameplay feels overly simplistic and lacks depth, making it unengaging.”
“The controls are clunky and unresponsive, which detracts from the overall experience.”
“There are frequent bugs and glitches that disrupt the flow of gameplay.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game exhibits significant stability issues, including frequent graphical glitches, such as vehicles behaving erratically and not following designated paths, as well as inconsistencies in language usage. Overall, players report a buggy experience that detracts from gameplay.
“I have observed multiple instances of graphical glitches with trains, such as cars riding perpendicular to the track.”
“The game is still rather buggy, with vehicles not following paths and a mixture of languages appearing in the interface.”
