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This is a stretch. 4 was alright, but it also marked the death of the series. 3 was great, 2 was legendary. There's a great reason Cities: Skylines became the spiritual successor.
I prefer SimCity 2000. I feel like it hit a pretty good sweet spot between simulation and fun (which is to say, not even a vague gesturing at anything remotely realistic). Realistic simulation in games is almost universally less fun than simple, predictable game logic. Probably the most extreme example of this is chess: way more enjoyable than real warfare. Back on topic though. My beef with SimCity 4 is that it adde…
I think SimCity 4 is the best city simulator game. Cities Skylines is an excellent city painter ; however.
Nostalgia wave at seeing images from this game again I like Cities: Skylines but am a little turned off at how central the traffic management is to the gameplay. Maybe I just never figured out all the right optimizations, but it feels like after a certain city size you're just spending all your time reworking your roads
That’s actually why I like the game. Logistics is everything. A city is not merely a beautiful arrangement of buildings, it is a machine with many moving parts. If you neglect the movements, the city won’t function and your people will move out. Unless it kills them first.
I think SimCity 4 is the best city simulator game. Cities Skylines is an excellent city painter ; however.
Cities Skylines just turns into "transportation mode simulator" for me. Still fun, but it is not the same thing.
I think SimCity 4 is the best city simulator game. Cities Skylines is an excellent city painter ; however.
I think SimCity 4 is the best city simulator game. Cities Skylines is an excellent city painter ; however.
CSL as a virtual model hobby is a great way to save space and money. The cool thing is you can paint your cities and still play the traffic management game, down to timing the signals at individual intersections.
Nostalgia wave at seeing images from this game again I like Cities: Skylines but am a little turned off at how central the traffic management is to the gameplay. Maybe I just never figured out all the right optimizations, but it feels like after a certain city size you're just spending all your time reworking your roads
It's a little annoying that they chose to be super realistic with realism in some aspects then kind of fuzz the details on others. Hopefully the sequel corrects this.
But this article motivated me to play sc4 again.
I think SimCity 4 is the best city simulator game. Cities Skylines is an excellent city painter ; however.