Разработчик: Deck13 Hamburg
Описание
55 of the largest and best known, as well as the most exotic harbors in the world await your visit; one of these is your home harbor, which you will choose yourself. Every harbor has its advantages and disadvantages, so you should carefully consider which one you choose. A highly polished bonus system will lend an element of suspense to every decision. And with 20 classes of ship available, you will have to bear a lot of factors in mind: is your new ship designed for the Panama Canal, or will you have to take a longer route? Would you rather take the shortest route through the Suez Canal, or head for the ports of Africa to land other lucrative assignments? Are you likely to encounter a storm on your chosen route, or is there currently a threat of piracy somewhere along the way? Is there even adequate space at your destination port for your newest freighter?
Painstakingly crafted harbors based on real-world models as well as realistic ships and routes make TransOcean – The Shipping Company a unique gaming experience. An elaborate trade system with dynamic prices allows you to constantly keep an eye on the most lucrative routes, as this is the only way you can secure the best jobs. Try to keep a balance between expenses and profit, and keep your nerve when you have to choose between different possibilities: would it pay to smuggle goods, or would you risk your good reputation? Then consider that the more successful you are and the better your reputation is, the better the offers you will receive. In online mode, you can compete with other players for the more lucrative routes and the best prices; the law of supply and demand applies in this case. Numerous paths can lead you to your goal – find the right strategy to continually expand your empire and become the most successful transport company of all time!
Features
- Complex assignment management that always poses new challenges
- 55 detailed harbors, 20 of which have iconic landmarks
- 20 realistic ship classes with ships that have to be maintained
- 22 trade goods
- Exciting chance occurrences and global events influence what happens
- Self-guided or automated mooring and casting off
- Online mode: other players influence routes and commodity prices
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, hungarian, czech, polish, russian, traditional chinese
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows Vista/7/8
- Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz (AMD or Intel)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 7600 Series/ATI Radeon X1600 or better (min. 256 MB VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: n/a
- OS *: Windows Vista/7/8
- Processor: Dual Core 2,66 GHz (AMD or Intel)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI 4800 Series or comparable with 512 MB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: n/a
Mac
- OS: Mac OS X 10.7 or higher (64-Bit)
- Processor: 2.0 GHz CPU or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 8600, ATI Radeon X2600 or higher (min. 512 MB VRAM)
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: n/a
- Additional Notes: The game does not support newer OSX versions than 10.14 (Mojave)
- OS: Mac OS X 10.7 or higher (64-Bit)
- Processor: 2.0 GHz CPU or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 8600, ATI Radeon X2600 or higher (min. 512 MB VRAM)
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: n/a
- Additional Notes: The game does not support newer OSX versions than 10.14 (Mojave)
Отзывы пользователей
TransOcean: The Shipping Company is a strange game because I really like the core mechanics and would say it's a good game that I could play a lot of, but I also can't really recommend it to management sim fans because it has so many frustrations too. The gameplay also feels unfair quite frequently.
The core gameplay loop is fun and satisfying, but there are far too many RNG, BS events.
I'm playing Campaign on Hard and the actual game of managing your ships, trading goods, completing large contracts etc. is fun and enjoyable.
However the game likes to throw constant hurdles at you that are very random and have no real rhyme or reason. For example, pirate attacks. The game tells you to "defend yourself against pirates", but actually there is no way to do this until you unlock the ability to buy the absolutely massive ships, which is late game. Until then, you will randomly have pirate attacks that requires you pay THE FULL PRICE OF THE ENTIRE SHIP or otherwise lose that ship forever.
This can be 40-60 million euros, which is absolutely insane money for some RNG event that happens every few months and basically wipes out your entire profit margin that you've been painstakingly building up. Yes, I know pirates exist, but why can't I hire some private security for my ships like an actual shipping company would? Why do I only have access to a "water cannons" upgrade on massive vessels that I haven't yet unlocked?
Also, the game forces you to keep smaller ships such as "Feeder" ships around for certain scripted missions at small ports that you must do (and if you fail you must again pay an enormous penalty). These ships have no pirate defence available, so you're basically forced to have a chance of getting screwed by RNG and losing tens of millions at random.
You then also have an "investor" in the campaign who provides a lot of the challenge by taking huge cuts of your profits every quarter and also randomly signing you up to BS massive contracts that are difficult to fulfil. I can understand why she is in the game (it provides a lot of challenge), and sometimes her demands are fun. But the way it's structured is also annoying and the rewards are paltry compared to the huge penalties if you fail. Just when you start to profit, she keeps popping up and takes 30 million out of your account.
Just when you sign a massive profitable contract in Asia that you want to fulfil, she pops up and tells you that actually you also need to acquire 10,000 tons of coffee from South America and you have 3 months to do it or you will get slapped with a 20,000,000 penalty fine, so you're screwed.
It feels unfair and artificially difficult when these events occur. I'm not even counting stuff like 90% condition ships randomly catching fire for no reason, causing their big shipment to be late and netting you millions in penalty fees.
If the game didn't have so much artificial difficulty like this, I think it'd be excellent. It really should provide the player with ways to mitigate risk, but instead it's just dice rolls that screw you whenever you feel like you're starting to make progress.
I also forgot to mention the "ship docking" mini-game, which is completely pointless and irritating too. At the start you're basically forced to manually dock your ships since it costs a large amount of money to auto-dock them. This is just a waste of 1-5 minutes every time, and some ports are obnoxiously hard to dock at for no reason. Later you'll be paying for auto-dock every time, but it also means it's YET ANOTHER profit-sink and also another menu you have to click every. single. time. you dock.
Basically: core game good, fake difficulty and stupid events bad.
I play this game with a spreadsheet open to keep track of contracts, deadlines, and ships. Love it.
I have had this game in my wishlist for over 2 years and always hesitated buying it because of the mixed reviews. Recently, I finally bought it on sale and can only say that I regret not having bougt it earlier. Frankly, I don't understand all the negative reviews. Anyone who has played ports of call will love transocean. It plays like and improved and more modern POC. It is just as addicting and I can't stop playing once I get started. It could be optimized to use fewer clicks and give a bit more info but I can live with that. If you don't expect too much more than POC could offer you will be more than happy with the game. Newer players who have never played POC may find the game too simple but i consider it quite fun and if you ramp up the difficulty you can make it more challenging by getting fined for carrying illegal cargo and the timed delieveries are more challenging too then. Try to get it on sale and you won't regret it.
Very cool game
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Great game for killing time
It's too simple but it's okay for killing time. It's basically Anno 1404 series but on modern ships. You send good to one place to another then check for repairs and filling up the fuel tank.
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Deck13 Hamburg |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 18.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 73% положительных (401) |