Traffic Giant

{{Infobox video game

| title = Traffic Giant

| image = Traffic Giant.png

| developer = JoWooD Productions

| publisher = JoWooD Productions
Macmillan Software

| designer =

| engine =

| released = {{vgrelease|EU|March 2, 2000|NA|February 28, 2001}}

| genre = City-building game, real-time strategy

| modes = Single-player, multiplayer

| platforms = Windows

}}

Traffic Giant ({{langx|de|Der Verkehrsgigant}}) is a video game released in 2000 by Austrian developer JoWooD Productions. It allows players to create a working public transportation system in a city{{cite web |url=http://www.jowood.com/?lang=en&site=2&gameid=trafficgiant |title=Traffic Giant |website=JoWooD |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607215103/http://www.jowood.com/?lang=en&site=2&gameid=trafficgiant |archivedate=June 7, 2008}} using buses, streetcars, commuter rail, suspended monorail (much like the Schwebebahn Wuppertal), and Maglev trains.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} The game used 2D isometric graphics for its interface.

Reception

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| MC = 57/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/traffic-giant/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Traffic Giant for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}

| 4P = 85%{{cite web |author=Ben |date=October 16, 2000 |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/492/127/0/VerkehrsGigant.html |title=Test: VerkehrsGigant |language=de |website=4Players |publisher=4Players GmbH |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}

| CGM = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Chick |first=Tom |date=March 30, 2001 |url=http://www.cgonline.com/reviews/trafficgia-01-r1.html |title=Traffic Giant |website=Computer Games Magazine |publisher=theGlobe.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030405110847/http://www.cgonline.com/reviews/trafficgia-01-r1.html |archivedate=April 5, 2003 |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}

| CGW = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Kapalka |first=Jason |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_204.pdf |title=Traffic Giant |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=204 |date=July 2001 |page=93 |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}

| GStar = 67%{{cite magazine |title=VerkehrsGigant |language=de |magazine=GameStar |publisher=Webedia |date=March 2000}}

| GameZone = 8.5/10{{cite web |last=Lafferty |first=Michael |date=April 2, 2001 |url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r13282.htm |title=Traffic Giant Review |website=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225225527/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r13282.htm |archivedate=December 25, 2008 |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}

| PCGUS = 74%{{cite magazine |last=Trotter |first=William R. |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/traffic_giant.html |title=Traffic Giant |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=8 |issue=5 |date=May 2001 |page=64 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315140401/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/06/traffic_giant.html |archivedate=March 15, 2006 |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}

| PCZone = 55%{{cite magazine |last=Clayden |first=Martyn |url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_095_2000-11_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n79/mode/2up |title=Traffic Giant |magazine=PC Zone |publisher=Dennis Publishing |issue=95 |date=November 2000 |page=81 |accessdate=February 9, 2021}}

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The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.