Although this may come as a surprise to some, JoWood has actually managed to produce a business simulation that is entertaining, a paradox of sorts yet it speaks the truth. JoWood has taken it upon themselves to develop a product to fully manage business everything from transportation to financial management is in your hands. Although the genre is not overly popular on it's own, business models are commonly added to any management simulations such as RollerCoaster Tycoon or Sim City, although on a much lesser scale.
JoWood Productions seems to be one of only a small handful of publishers producing business simulations Trevor Chan's Capitalism II is the first to come to mind. Industry Giant II offers improved zoom functions and a dynamic mouse-click menu system to replace the static menus of the original, opening up the full screen for management of your industrial projects and layouts. Shops, storage facilities, production facilities, transportation, maintenance and repair, vehicles, and special buildings are topics of discussion in the glossy manual, each with a full array of tips and suggestions to help ease the learning curve. Play at beginner or professional skill levels in Skirmish mode against the computer, or indulge in multiplayer action via LAN or the Internet with up to three other players.
Gameplay modes include three mission-based campaigns or an "endless" scenario that gives you 80-years (1900-1980) to meet one of three winning conditions, but play can continue to the year 9000. Three tutorial missions cover basic game concepts, production of a complex production chain, and elements of transportation (routes, methods, and timing). Major facets of controlling an industrial conglomerate include gathering and processing raw materials, establishing optimum sites for your factories, planning effective shipping transportation (more than 50 methods are available), and marketing your goods. Changing weather can now affect production and shipping, as many consumables are seasonal and require a deeper sense of managerial planning. It's your choice whether you start out as a small-time fruit-growing framer with a little orchard and retire as the owner of the biggest foodstuff empire around, or end up owning a multinational conglomerate with a vast portfolio of products.Industry Giant II expands the levels of corporate management of the original title by offering a wider range of resources and products (more than 150), diplomatic interaction, and an improved, more intuitive, menu system.
Make critical decisions which products you should manufacture, where to gather the best raw materials, where to sell them and how to effectively transport them there. Now you can become the greatest power in industry! Begin in the year 1900 with little money but large ambitions and through skilfull decision-making you can build up an enormous business empire. Economic booms, stock market crashes, oil crises, upswings, triumphs.
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