Transport Fever 2

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Transport Fever 2
Transport Fever 2 cover.jpg
Cover art of Transport Fever 2
Developer(s) Urban Games
Publisher(s)
Series Transport Fever
Platform(s)
Release
  • Linux, Microsoft Windows
  • 11 December 2019
  • macOS
  • 23 February 2021
  • PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • 9 March 2023
Genre(s) Business simulation
Mode(s) Single-Player

Transport Fever 2 is a business simulation game developed by Urban Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. It is the third video game of the Transport Fever franchise. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Linux on 11 December 2019 and macOS on 23 February 2021, with the console versions of PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S released on 9 March 2023.

Contents

Gameplay

Similar in design to the first game of this series, Transport Fever 2 still focuses on the transport evolution of the past seventeen decades, from 1850 to date. [1] The game consists of nearly 200 vehicles that are modelled from real life examples or historically accurate depictions. These include various examples of trains, buses, trams, trucks, airplanes and ferries. All of these vehicles are accessible from first-person camera angle. [2] The campaign mode rewrites the transport history in comparison to Transport Fever , and takes place across three different continents. [3] The game also features a sandbox mode, a map editor and mod tools. [4]

Development and release

Transport Fever 2 was announced in April 2019. It is developed by Urban Games, the developer of the Transport Fever franchise, and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. [5] The game was initially released for Microsoft Windows and Linux on 11 December 2019 worldwide on Steam, [6] with a macOS version released later in February 2021. [7]

In September 2022, Urban Games announced a major update, titled Transport Fever 2: Console Edition, would release on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S, alongside a free update bringing the same "enhancements" including graphical updates and increased stability and performance to the PC version. [8] The Console Edition was published by Nacon, [9] and was released on 9 March 2023. [10]

Downloadable content

On March 9, 2023, the deluxe edition upgrade pack for Transport Fever 2 was released on Steam by Urban Games and Good Shepherd Entertainment. As an exclusive limited-time offer, customers who purchased the downloadable content on or before March 16, 2023, were also granted the Early Supporter Pack at no additional cost. [11] The Early Supporter Pack included five additional vehicle skins. [11]

Reception

Transport Fever 2 received "fairly positive" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. [12] [13]

Matt S. of Digitally Downloaded rated the game 4.5 stars out of 5. He wrote: "It's elegantly presented and understands that some efficiencies are required for the sake of playability." [21]

Rick Lane from The Guardian awarded the game three out of five stars. He compared the game with The Sims franchise of Maxis and Cities: Skylines of Colossal Order, commenting the growth of the in-game cities would bring players a lot of fun. However, despite Rick believing there to be a credible amount of detail, he felt the game lacked depth in certain areas. [20]

The game scored an overall 7 points in a review by TheSixthAxis, which commented on the games "Great attention to detail for vehicles and the environment". The review noted that the game felt more or less like a refined expansion rather than a proper sequel. [22]

Jeremy Peel of Rock Paper Shotgun implied the game had room to improve and wrote "A great management game is distinguished by its central lesson, and Transport Fever 2 has one worth learning." [23]

The game scored 78 from Mark Steighner of COGconnected. Steighner reviewed the PlayStation 5 version, where the graphics were still glitchy despite the upgrade, but noted that the gameplay was "deep and engrossing" and that the game performed well with controller support. [24]

The Xbox Series X/S version received 4 stars out of 5 from Gareth Brierley of TheXboxHub, who praised the game's campaign story as "A brilliant mode and gives you plenty to do with a superb historical backdrop that takes you around the world". [25]

Sales

As of February 2021, Urban Games suggested that the game had sold about 500,000 copies, more than the original Transport Fever . [7]

On June 7, 2023, after the launch of the console version in March of the same year, the company announced it had reached 1 million players. [26]

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