''Transport Fever'' is a

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developed by Urban Games and published by

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. It is the second

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of the ''

Transport Fever ''Transport Fever'' is a business video game series developed by Urban Games and published by Gambitious Digital Entertainment. The franchise was introduced in 2014, when the first game was titled as '' Train Fever'', with the latest game titled ...

'' franchise, and was available worldwide for

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on 8 November 2016.

Gameplay

Like its predecessor ''

Train Fever ''Train Fever'' is a business simulation game by Swiss developer Urban Games, funded via the crowdfunding platform Gambitious on 20 March 2012 for a total budget of €300,000 and therefore published digitally by Gambitious Digital Entertainmen ...

'', ''Transport Fever'' focuses on traffic simulation, but offers more varieties of transport vehicles, including buses, trains, ships and planes. The game starts in 1850 and allows players to play until the modern days, experiencing the transportation history stretching more than 150 years. New and better transport vehicles will be released gradually until the year 2014. The game also features American and European campaigns, with each provides seven challenges by telling the historical context of the 19th and 20th century.

Development and release

''Transport Fever'' was revealed in April 2016. It was developed by Urban Games, which was the developer of the ''

'' franchise. The game was released on 8 November 2016 worldwide for

Reception

''Transport Fever'' received "fairly positive" reviews, according to

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. The game scores an overall 7 points from ''TheSixthAxis'', which suggests the game "great attention to detail", and praises the campaign mode is a good new content to enjoy. However, the cluttered UI system, inflexible roads and tracks placements and occasional bug would likely to make players lose their interests. Sergio Brinkhuis of ''Hooked Gamers'' writes that in comparison to its predecessor ''

'', the game improved in almost every term of aspects. However, time progression in the game is a bit off. He also criticises the time system that "travel time versus distance is completely out of whack and a day in the game lasts mere seconds." The highest score among the thirteen reviews comes from

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. Benjamin Danneberg praises that the game offers better cargo systems and good new transports, but the controls are still flawed.

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