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Firedshot · Post by **Firedshot** » 06 Sep 2004 21:43

I'm new to the site so first of all hi!

I found this site trying to find a way to run Transport tycoon and never thought it was this big till i typed it into google!!!

I've played this game for years and when transport giant came out i thought i'd give it a go!!!

What a mistake, 1 it's to easy no matter what lvl you set it on!
Trains are boring as hell and you have to connect them all to each other!!

When you buy other companies out new companies don't re-start! so gets lonly!

Maps are way to small!

Some of it has some intersting idea's such as passagers will only go where they want which i liked (about yhe only thing!!!)

The game has a few intersting forward steps with the Building and trading empire style of game but compared to Transport Tycoon it has A LOT more backwark steps than forward!

spaceman-spiff · Post by **spaceman-spiff** » 06 Sep 2004 21:50

And then there's locomotion, some serious competition

Firedshot · Post by **Firedshot** » 06 Sep 2004 21:54

Not tryed that yet!

fire87 · Post by **fire87** » 07 Sep 2004 18:59

Well.. Why is this post in Transport Giant forum when it's only TTD chat here?

spaceman-spiff · Post by **spaceman-spiff** » 07 Sep 2004 19:26

fire87 wrote:Well.. Why is this post in Transport Giant forum when it's only TTD chat here?

What do you mean , only ttd chat

Firedshot was talking about transport giant and said that ttd was better, that's all
I said that locomotion is better too
Why do post your remark, this puzzles me, are you insinuating something

fire87 · Post by **fire87** » 07 Sep 2004 20:23

I only saw TTD chat here.. Need to put glasses on next time

Slace · Post by **Slace** » 08 Sep 2004 02:31

i got it the other day and after playing for a while i still couldn't work out how to place a station or even buy a verhical

damn glad i didn't play for it!

spaceman-spiff · Post by **spaceman-spiff** » 08 Sep 2004 07:36

Did you play or not ?

Firedshot · Post by **Firedshot** » 08 Sep 2004 13:51

If you need to know anything on how to play it ask me!

Slace · Post by **Slace** » 12 Sep 2004 01:30

spaceman-spiff wrote:Did you play or not ?

haha woops, I meant to say "pay"

stupid fingers not going to the right keys n what have you

Eddy · Post by **Eddy** » 07 Nov 2004 11:54

I played it too and to say I WAS impressed at first but then those already mentioned things started to annoy me so I would really reconsider buying it if I were you.
I think Open TT is the best of all and its free.
If you have any sorts of skill please contribute becouse progress there seems very slow to me.

tower · Post by **tower** » 19 Feb 2005 17:50

Now How do you guys think about locomotion and ttd, who 's better?

Eddy · Post by **Eddy** » 23 Feb 2005 18:50

Ask that in the off topic forum...this forum is about Transport Giant

redback · Post by **redback** » 15 Mar 2005 03:02

I was one of those fools who bought this game.

I don’t mind supporting the industry when they deliver a good product, but JoWood has pulled a big scam with this one.
They only added signals in a patch after the game was released, that had to do this because they had specified on the box that it incorporated a sophisticated signal system in the game.
Only trouble is, signals is a dead duck, because it was not working, they decided to do a reset every month to fix all the glitches. It is a big rip off, deliberate case of fraud.

randknu · Post by **randknu** » 25 Mar 2005 21:56

ok, I just found this game and after looking at some screenshots i must say the graphics are amazing, but are you saying that this is where the good stuff stops or what?

I like TTD very much but it's seriously outdated and i love 3DTT or Trains & trucks tycoon. But we all know how unfinished it is, and Locomotion is out-dated even before it hit the shelves in my humble opinion.

However they all suffer from one great drawback, The maps are too small.

TTD should have at least twice the size of the map and 3DTT and locomotion even more like 4 times the size!
and not more cities or industries but farther apart.

So how is Transport Giant on theese questions?
What game am i looking for?

Villem · Post by **Villem** » 26 Mar 2005 09:13

The Trains turn in very ugly fashion, JoWood could've easily allowed the trains to turn smoothly, instead they jerk around when they have to turn like they would have aimbot on counter strike. And there is no tutorial that comes with the game, a newbie will rip his hair off his head figuring out how to build a piece of rail.

Gurluas2000 · Post by **Gurluas2000** » 13 Apr 2005 15:14

honestly i liked the game...
it had all what ttd was missing...
and looks realistic... beside 200 years of game play!!
only bad thing is that there is too few competitors.

and that ebensee closed so tg wont be updated anymore.

d00mh4mm3r · Post by **d00mh4mm3r** » 14 Apr 2005 00:30

i have 0 idea on even how to place a horse down, and get it to carry lumber to the saw mill.... arrrr
The graphics are neat'o but TTD and Locomotion still have my vote

Samurai · Post by **Samurai** » 14 Apr 2005 10:09

I remember when this game came out, ages ago.

I installed it, and gave it a good 2 hours. I then quit the game, uninstalled, ejected CD and snapped it in half. That's what I thought of it.

At the moment, there is only a couple of games worth playing, it just depends whether you want single-player or multiplayer.

Single-player: Locomotion

Although the graphics are ten times better than any other game at present it certainly doesn't look ten years ahead which is the head-start this game has had since the release of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. The maps are still small, and the vehicles don't look to have even been touched. I believe there is not even a Maglev in Loco. That being said it is still the best single-player game... I just wish they had listened to us (the customers) in what we wanted. I'm not sure if a "TTD 3" or "Loco 2" will be released, but if it does, I'd check to see about whether it has been significantly updated before purchasing it.

Multiplayer: OpenTTD

Locomotion failed miserably. Although MP is present in Loco, it plays like you yourself are in 1930's America, and are using tin cans and a piece of string to connect, whatever your connection and although I haven't tried it on a LAN, I shudder to think if anything is better in that dept.

OpenTTD however, have got it just right. Simply load up the game, select MP, and find a server. All the relevant details come up regarding the map type, companies playing, year etc... that's it's a piece of cake. A 6-y-o could do it no problem. Can play up to 10 people at once.

Loco's method of entering is via IP address only, so security concious folks may not wish to divulge this info. Max players is 2 and you have no info at beginning of game to know what the map is etc... unless your opponent tells you, or you're of course hosting the game itself.

Bang for buck (or pound

) I'd get OpenTTD.

Sorry this was long people.

Samurai

Gurluas2000 · Post by **Gurluas2000** » 14 Apr 2005 15:56

I think Transport Giant is a different game and has its own advantages and disadvantages...
forexample it has better graphic but a faulty engine (no elevation)
200 years of gameplay is also a good addition...

down-under adds australia.
etc.

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