I found it very interesting to add transportation into the industry building mix, and would have liked to be able to mix and match advantages of building from scratch vs. Unfortunately, it didn't also allow the individual flexibility of those two games. Industry Giant felt like a cross between Capitalism and Transport Tycoon. If the other player already had the best location for, say, a railroad terminal, I'd have liked to be able to use his (for a reasonable fee, of course). About the only thing you could share was exploitation of natural resources (a really bad idea as that would severely restrict production capacity). That means that in areas of competition, each town had two or more giant retail outlets (each taking four city squares in cities that seldom had more than thirty such squares to begin with), two transport terminals, two (or more) factories, etc. Each player had to have all of their own stuff for each town. That means that you are absolutely unable to make a profit by selling competitor's products in your outlets.
There is no cooperation possible in Industry Giant. I've already mentioned it, but it bears repeating. Ever see a city with three rail terminals with access to downtown? Each player must build their own railroads with their own terminals and their own production facilities. On the other hand, there is absolutely no way to cooperate in Industry Giant. Wresting a market from an opponent is costly in the extreme and should only be attempted if you have a large cash stockpile and some time to kill. I really hated trying to beat anybody in this game. There is ample room on the side for a scale map, and for some reason I kept looking for single-click ease of moving between my active cities. For example, the world map is only accessible by zooming your view out to the maximum setting. There are a few odd quirks that take some getting used to, though. You can remove obstructions, rotate, zoom, and highlight your world view to easily identify needed resources and plan production and transportation networks. Industry Giant's game controls are for the most part easy to use and intuitive.
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