Traffic Giant

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Traffic Giant
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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 (German : Der Verkehrsgigant) 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]

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Reception

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

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