SgtErich

TransOcean - The Shipping Company could be seen as a spiritual sequel to the old PC game Ports Of Call. For people interested in the world of shipping by sea and an interest for tycoon games this sounds like the great happening of 2014. And I would like to be straight forward and tell you that it is, as long as playing multiplayer with friends; isn't a must. When playing you can choose from playing a campaign or too freely explore the game. I would recommend the campaign as it gives you the possibility to do tutorials and also gives you missions to complete. In the campaign you start-off by selecting your home port and buying your first ship. Early in the game you are locked to Europe and some 10+ ports. Each port have their own design and some also landmarks from their real counterpart. Later on you get access to the whole world and number of ports is increased to a total of 55 giving you enough to explore. When having all ship-classes unlocked there is 22 different types to choose from giving you good variation. Overall gameplay is fun and it's easy too be **** into the game and constantly saying: Just one more shipload! There are a few things missing though, just to mention one crucial: Multiplay. The developers say pricing is dependent on how others play but when playing you neither feel or count every single € to see differences. Another feature that would have been nice would be: Routes. The possibility to set up a route between two ports with predetermined cargo and assigning to specific ships to follow by automatic. But again, overall a very fun gaming experience. As the year is 2014 and computer graphics have come long since the first release of Ports Of Call. Expectations is to find 3D-graphics with detailed water, objects and terrain. You do get them all and they do look quite nice for this kind of game. Together with the pretty menus you get an overall good looking experience. When it comes to performance my computer isn't the best for reference as I built it for games like Battlefield and Flight simulator. It do run very well on my system on highest settings and with the available amount of settings it should be possible to get it smooth even on an entry-level gaming computer or a more expensive home-pc/laptop. In conclusion this is a fun, good looking, singleplayer tycoon game. It has good potential for the developers to add some more content trough DLCs or updates (did I say passenger traffic?) and will give you many hours of fun.