TransOcean 2: Rivals

TransOcean 2: Rivals is a shipping business simulation in which you run a shipping line and compete for lucrative contracts. Start in one of 60 ports with a small fleet of worn-out Feeders, take contracts to nearby ports and use the earnings to expand your fleet and establish subsidiaries around the world. Plan routes and business decisions around oil prices, rival companies and a livelier economy that affects different goods.

Build your shipping line

Choose among Tankers, Container Ships and Bulk Carriers, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, and improve ships with a range of upgrades. You can specialize your fleet, buy larger ships and develop a global shipping enterprise. The game has three single-player modes: Campaign, Endless Game and Competition against AI opponents.

In all single-player modes, you can take direct control of a ship in a 3D mini-game. When tugboats go on strike, steer small and large vessels through harbor basins without damaging them, across a variety of 3D environments.

Campaign

The campaign follows a former shipping magnate whose empire has collapsed. Living as a dog sled pilot in Alaska, you return to the world’s ports to help your old consultant and friend, Hiram T. Witherspoon, who is in prison, and stop your adversary Lydia Blythe-Smith’s plans. The campaign has six chapters that introduce the game’s mechanics gradually, with three medals to earn in each chapter. You meet old acquaintances and new characters while competing against unscrupulous rivals.

Multiplayer competition

In real-time multiplayer, you compete against up to seven other players for economic dominance. You can contest control of different regions or sabotage rivals, who may retaliate. Each game runs for several rounds of defined tasks that award Victory Points; the player with the most points at the end wins.

Victory Point criteria are randomized at the start of each game, so objectives might include earning the most money or owning the most modern ship. You can set the game’s duration, up to two hours, and choose from varied strategies as the objectives change from game to game.