When comparing TransOcean: The Shipping Company vs Rise of Industry, the Slant community recommends TransOcean: The Shipping Company for most people. In the question“What are the best transport management PC games?” TransOcean: The Shipping Company is ranked 7th while Rise of Industry is ranked 8th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Very Addictive
Pro "Empire-building" feeling
Start with one ship and upgrade to manage a whole fleet. By slowly growing ones business the game simulates building a shipping empire.
Pro Numerous ports, each with their own feel
Each port in the game looks and feels different, just as they would in the real world, which gives a sense of originality as well as a feeling of progress in the game due to new environments.
Pro Is full Release
It gets updated by versions but is not Alpha anymore, is beyond that.
Pro Alpha demo can be played for free
You have to remember that the demo is not the actual game yet, so it's going to have limitations. Some buildings are still locked, you can't save, and some things are not as updated.
Pro Promises a lot of potential
Still in alpha, yes, but it shows great potential.
Cons
Con Micromanagement
As your fleet grows, having to select each destination and cargo for each journey of each boat could become tiresome. Compared to the set-it-and-forget it approach of route planning in other games. This may be time consuming for some players who would rather focus on the main aspects of the game.
Con Limited route planning
Shipping on an international scale differs from a lot of the single-city transport management games where specific routes must be constructed. Rather, you pick start and end points for individual journeys focusing on things like fuel and delivery time and then each ship follows the only possible path.