maybe the best city-building sim ive ever played. managing traffic is a fucking chore, but that makes it all the more realistic imo. between walking paths, cars, buses, subway, trains, boats, and airplanes, sometimes it feels like thats all you really are managing, but i guess thats exactly what managing a city would be like.

if you waited a decade for simcity and you thought it blew horribly, try this out.


This post has been edited by blind_chief on Sun - Mar 22 2015 - 21:41:46

i never bought simcity on principle
might have to check this out though for sure

same. public reaction was all i needed to continue to ignore it.

This post has been edited by blind_chief on Thu - Mar 26 2015 - 20:24:04

Played 3 times so far... Went bankrupt immediately lol. Trying to expand too quickly

my first city hit 50k then everyone died/moved away. im still not sure what happened, but once it started falling apart i couldnt stop it. and just for science, i reloaded it and didnt lose my city. the layout was horrendous and every street was terrible. i think i got sewage in my drinking water or something.
second city i trashed due to bad start
third city is current 40k, better layout (roads), decent public transportation, moving right along.

purch'd

i keep going broke at milestone where you can build police/fire
building one or both without enough income to sustain

i wouldnt build the police or fire until the need arises
dont be afraid to raise taxes on everything to 12%-15% if you need cash. though if you just bide your time well at some point you will have a couple of mil and cash isnt an issue.

also, use your map view buttons at the top left to gauge need. 1 police station will get you a huge coverage while you may have many fire depots/stations.

i keep making cities to about 10-15k and then restarting and making the exact same layout for no reason
ive done this maybe.. 4 times
i think its coming down to frustration with traffic

couldnt figure out why people kept getting sick no matter how many clinics and hospitals i made
turned out i had a water tower near the trash incinerator plant and was pumping shit water to all my citizens

patch coming next week, additions etc

bought this game and played it a little last night. entertaining but my shitty laptop can barely run it, even on lowest video settings.

even had to upgrade my OS for it to run.