Why the new SimCity is the first true sim city
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Why the new SimCity is the first true sim city
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Re: Why the new SimCity is the first true sim city
#2It would be interesting to see a Sim City type game where "winning" looks more like what Jane Jacobs thinks is good for a city, rather than "typical development co's" of the last 50 years. One idea: +1 for each person that passes by another while walking on the sidewalk.
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#3SimCity has always been about recreating Bay area sprawl. I hope that changes. There actually are places where more people bike than drive.
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#4I used to play Sim City years ago and I'm really looking forward to playing this new version!
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#5I used to play Sim City years ago and I'm really looking forward to playing this new version!
me too!! this looks amazing!! I never could get into The Sims though. Sim City is where it's at!
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#6I can't believe this kind of promotional guff has made it onto the front page of Hacker News. The new SimCity looks pretty cool, but any decent publication would at least raise the issue of the game's draconian DRM. Though what should we expect from a site run by an energy drink brand?
Re: Why the new SimCity is the first true sim city
#7It would be interesting to see a Sim City type game where "winning" looks more like what Jane Jacobs thinks is good for a city, rather than "typical development co's" of the last 50 years. One idea: +1 for each person that passes by another while walking on the sidewalk.
Maybe I'm missing something.
Sim City has always seemed like choose-your-own objectives.. Why can't you make a quiet sidewalk city?
I've made several nice farm towns, and it's part of what makes SimCity fun for me.
Re: Why the new SimCity is the first true sim city
#8It would be interesting to see a Sim City type game where "winning" looks more like what Jane Jacobs thinks is good for a city, rather than "typical development co's" of the last 50 years. One idea: +1 for each person that passes by another while walking on the sidewalk.
Maybe I'm missing something. Sim City has always seemed like choose-your-own objectives.. Why can't you make a quiet sidewalk city? I've made several nice farm towns, and it's part of what makes SimCity fun for me.
Small town usa is sort of doable. Small town rest-of-the-world is not. I think the main issue is no mixed use buildings.
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#9Maybe I missed it in the article, but did it actually say what it does differently than Sim City 4?
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#10I used to play Sim City years ago and I'm really looking forward to playing this new version!
me too!! this looks amazing!! I never could get into The Sims though. Sim City is where it's at!
Same here. The Sims was too much about the, well, Sims. I prefer constructing the entire city and dipping into their lives, if I choose to.