評論

• gamedeal user

  Sep 28, 2021

  Everything in this game is worse then the first one. It's annoying to buy a ship. It's annoying to upgrade or repair a ship (if you can find a spot to do it). Contracts are annoying to deal with. The map is ugly and makes it harder to find you ships among all your competitors ships. The voice acting is terrible. You don't get to customize you company in campaign. The campaign instead of one long game its setup into scenarios that is like an arcade. The whole game is more arcade. It's nice to upgrade your port but they failed with the way they did it. I've tried numerous times to go back to this game to see if they have updated it to make it better, but unfortunately they would do better to start over from scratch. If they make a third one i hope they go back to the first one and improve on that and just scrape this mess.
• gamedeal user

  May 11, 2016

  "I AM AN OFFICER IN THE MERCHANT NAVY" This is a review on release day and is subject to change as updates appear! I was and am still a big fan of the first game! For those of you that want a short read, just buy the cheaper first game there are little to no differences, apart from multiplayer, even the graphics look much the same in my opinion. Pros: Muiltplayer - Of no interst to me what so ever But its there! Graphics - More attractive world map. Port graphics have changed but not for the better in my oppinion! Cons: Muiltiplayer - could it not have just been an update for the first game? Graphics - dont appear to have really changed at all apart from world map and port screen. Game Play - Exactly the same as the first game no real changes inculding with the two new ship types managment of them all is exactly the same whats the point? Manual Berthing (subject to change) - appears to be gone even though the controls are in the options menu! Dry Dock - In reality ships go into dry dock aproximetly once every two years not every month as they degrad so quickly! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However to be honest there doesnt seem to be a noticable difference bettween the first and new games apart form the introduction of two different types of vessels, which on a management stand point to start with appears very, very basic! There is litterly no difference to the management of tankers/container/bulk ships what was the point in adding them??? Graphics no real change that I can see and I am running on Ultra. The only change I have noticed for the benifit of the player is the world map appears more visually attractive! And although the port screen has had work on it, I personaly feel it looks worse! Also I am hoping I simply cant find the option or figure out how to manualy command the vessel in and out of port like in the first game, it appears to haven been removed?!? What the hell is sabotage doing in the game? What is this Airline Tycoon now??? Thats all I have to say on that matter! Brokerage of second hand vessels can occur anywhere in the world why have you limited them to certain ports. I can understand ship yards and dry docks in kimited places but the rate of degregation of vessels needs to be radically decreased and ship yards need to be confind to new builds. All in all I have to say im severly dissapointed! As someone who works in the industry I was looking forward to a new, more indepth approch to the first game. With a more hands on contract stage(managment), and a more realistic set of physics for the manual handeling of the ships when berthing, as the first was awful (arcadey, nothing close to realistic). In my honest oppinion it feels like they are trying to flog you the idea of a new game when infact all they have done is add two new catogories to the ship market, neither of which really bring anything new to the game, as the contracts work exactly the same as in the containers/first game (litterly no readily apparent change). And multiplayer which should have, and could have been an update for the original. Feels like they've removed more than added!?! These are my opinions and I hope they help you decied if TransOcean 2: Rivals is for you or not!
• gamedeal user

  May 11, 2016

  I preorder this game, offering my trust in this developer and I'm disappointed. I loved the first game, a management game that was very relaxing and quiet, and very entertaining. Here I found my haven of peace among so many explosives games. I expected this game more than any AAA this year. Now with this second part I find a competitive and exhausting game. The disappearance of the pause, the limitation of time in multiplayer, the short campaign and removal of dockage, have ruined my experience. It is true that I did not play too much, because I'm thinking of applying for the return if developers do not listen to its fanbase and announce changes. I do not understand why these decisions against his own followers. Astragon I'm sorry, but I must give my negative vote.
• gamedeal user

  May 11, 2016

  Having everything in very fast real time pace is not what I want from this type of game, I want time to think about the best possible route and then sign the contract. The gameplay is worse than in part I, and the release of the game has still half of the text translated in German instead of English. Disappointing!
• gamedeal user

  May 11, 2016

  Triggerwarning: (this will be a ranting first impression review) TL:DR version at the bottom. (playtime is not reflective of actual playtime. I left the game running with computer on for nearly 400hours) My oh my. Deck13 along with publisher Astragon Entertainment, what is this and did you listen at all to your fanbase? I don't even know where to begin, I clearly remember a dialogue about what the fans wanted for the follow-up and did you collectively decide to do the opposite of what they wanted in about every way imagineable? 2 hours in Im hating everything about this game! Even the good aspects like its music and graphic design which is completely irrelevant in an economic simulator! Why would you focus on that...why? Here's a list of the top of my head: -The impossibility of micromanaging a fleet of ships when one day at normal speed lasts like 7 seconds. Even with pause this game feels like a chore since there's not enough tactical considerations to be made when in port. An AI-captain system would have been nice. Thou, that would automate the only gaming aspect of this release... so yeah... :-( -The attempt at a story...why, its an economic simulation game?! -The non-pause catastrophe. Which ironically is currently somewhat saved by what looks to be a bug (you can pause the game by double-clicking spacebar.) -Developers haven't done anyhing to add in fun gaming elements to break up the monotony. Sending the exact same 3 versions of every ship type around in ports picking up the same-sized identical cargo with little to no variation until the end of time. Or some arbitrary deadline if you play campaign. There's just no decisions to be made in this game of consequence. -Whats with the horrendously random repair costs automatically accepted every time a ship comes in? (ships that currently also detoriate way too fast. Don't think a ship goes from 100% to 33% condition in like 2 months time...) -Are there any pop-up events or gameplay or anything happening ever in this game? Nearly 8 hours in I've not come across anything that wasn't better in the first version in the game. (which was just the "docking and undocking"-minigame when tugboats were on strike) -Why is the AI driving back and forth between just two docks in the first tutorial like tug of war OCD-victim? -The simplicity of the economy simulator. Let me re-iterate: The simplicity of the whole point of a game like this. A sequel should ADD to the complexity, not SUBTRACT from it. Dear Deck13. Did you even playtest this? How about listening to your fanbase the next time around instead of wasting everyones time with this possibly meme-creating epic disaster of a game? I keep seeing you guys mention that people wanted multiplayer in this game. Were you listening to the players actually playing your first game, or the few not in your targetgroup which has no idea how next to impossible it is, making a game like this play in real-time? Your target audience are NOT people who like to frantically click their fingers stiff in some headache-inducing RTS-mode to beat the map before anyone else. They are methodical empire-builders happily spending minutes in port with each ship weighing their alternatives if enough options are given them. Often grinding for hours on end in a relentless "just one more turn"-mode until the early morning birds are chirping away... And thats just finishing the first three months of play. TL:DR To anyone considering this game: Do not buy at this point. It's the plague incarnate. (aka modern gaming developers focusing on nothing of relevant importance in their genre games catering to none in their actual audience) Pro: -the UI is functional, mostly because there's no complexity Con: -everything else. edited 11th of may.(completed 2 campaign chapters with silver and gold. I couldn't bring myself to start chapter 3.) P.S: Music is no longer good. I tried it turned on for 4 hours. My ears are now asleep from the monotony of it all.
• gamedeal user

  May 11, 2016

  Not sure what else is to be said about this. From a first impression, I found it hard to find anything good in this game aside the concept. And if it's a shipping business simulation you want. Stick with the original. The ui and controls are confusing, the story mode seems a waste of time, so on so forth as in the other reviews. Having started the game I looked forward to getting back onto the ship and taking her for her maiden voyage only to be told "Oh no, we'll just get the tugs to do it each time, just load up them contracts" only to have my ship left in dock for 4 days as I couldn't cast her off. I understand that they will want to provide a thorough tutorial, but most people considering this game will be players of the first. But a simple re-cap and focus on the new content would have been far better. The game isn't finished, and I'm not sure if I will try it when it is. It's a mismatch that just doesn't seem to be my cup of tea. And I will most definatley stick to the original.
• gamedeal user

  May 11, 2016

  This game should have been an improvement to ther very fun part 1: Trans Ocean the shippingcompany. Unfortunaltely, it is not. (UPDATE) though the game certainly has some improvements over the first game, it has overall not become a better game. Some of the flaws: - no longer can you chose to dock manual/automatic, this is now determend at random with as reason tug boat company strikes. therefor you cant save money by docking manualy in a finachaly poor situation (or whenever you feel like it). - manuvering of ships feels very "un ship like" this makes manualy sailing in and out of port a lot less fun then in Transocean 1. the ships feel like they dont have a rudder to steer but just turn at a preset speed based on rudder input and speed (feels strange and works best in reverse) - when sailing in and out off port, the AI ship traffic is TERRIBLE. all the ships are moving at top speed and have no intentions to stay in the waterways. they will sail onto and through land at speed without any trying of avoiding collisions (the will stop and blow the horn a lot when you get in there way). what did improve: - now there is not only container cargo but also bulk and tanker cargo. this however does not add anything new since the jobmarkets for container bulk and tanker in on way related to eachother. however, teh new ship models and cargotype bonuses a a nice feature.. - when leaving port manualy (or entering) there is now a much bigger enviorment. - there is a minimap and a fullscreen map when sailing in to or out of a port. if you liked trans ocean 1 this still is probably not the game for you, however you might want to give it a try if you can pick it up cheap. overall 3/10
• gamedeal user

  May 12, 2016

  TL:DR - This, this is a piece of crap. Do not waste your money. What was presented as a promising and entertaining game/simulation is far from what is expected. Horrible gameplay mechanics are fused with an inadequate UI that together are about as refreshing as Ghandi's flip flop on a hot summer's day. The constant battle against the inexorable timer to get your cargo in before its deadline passes, mixed with an AI that is always far more powerful than the player even on the easiest settings, leads to a feeling of emptiness. I feel all used and neglected after painstakingly investing 11 hours of my life in the hopes that it would get better. I particularly disliked the story. It's a joke. The way the goals are laid out it doesn't really make sense. They somewhat contradict each other. I'm all for something that's a hard challenge, but there's got to be some light at the end of the tunnel. So far it seems the only way to progress through the laughable story is to manually choose every contract, which then leaves you in the ineviable position of not being able to take a holistic approach while you frantically find the next contract before you send the boat on its way. And therefore you end up losing out on neat little Subsidiaries to the AI's 'Mongol Horde' approach. The performance of the software, is poor. It slows down far too quickly and leaves your computer whimpering like it just did ten rounds with Mike Tyson on adderall. Are there any positives? No. Wait! I might, I might just get my money back if I'm lucky. Why is it not possible to see which ports are size limited? I have to take a huge guess and a leap of faith to discover if it's just too big to fit. Why can't the automate cycle actualy do something useful? Why is it unable to be told which speed you would like to set it at... Why can't it keep doing that cycle until I tell it to stop? By the time you get to six ships you just don't have the time to do anything but fill them with contracts. Yes Automator, this is where you step in. Only it's that inept that you might as well be urinating onto an icecap in a bid to melt it. Don't even bother giving this a go. It is by far the most miserable gaming experience I've ever had. I'm a patient person, and will happily admit I don't get them straight away... But after 11 hours, surely I should be feeling like I'm enjoying it? Not just growing ever more frustrated.
• gamedeal user

  May 13, 2016

  If there is 3rd opinion than Yes, No, and Netural. I would choice Netural. But, If people ask me for this game. I would have say "yes" and "up to you" Many review upset about no pause. At first I think it's not big deal about no pause. After all I have only one ship... then two ship.. 3rd ship... as you get more ships it become stress for not able to pause as they arrive port. you're not there to dock while tug ship is on strike as you time run out then get fined for arrive late. I hope they will patch to add the pause for single game. I will understand if there's no pause in mutilplayer. But It's still good game. They just need little fix like able to pause and some other issue.
• gamedeal user

  May 16, 2016

  With the addition of the pause system from TO 1, this game is enjoyable now. I'm still looking for some tweaks to the tug boat system