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You build a city, and they will come - or leave, if you call in Bowser to destroy the town!
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09-01-14 02:50 PM
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CP: 19834.2
VIZ: 1243384
POSTS: 53/828
POST EXP: 193055
LVL EXP: 1502228
CP: 19834.2
VIZ: 1243384
Likes: 0 Dislikes: 0
Simcity is a lot of fun. Its an early sandbox game. The game lets you pick a map, and you build however you want. The game has a mentor named Dr. Wright, who will try to guide you towards building the biggest, happiest city you can make. And while thats fine and good, you don't have to listen to him. You can make a bad city, full of crime and pollution. A city with NO fire departments, or a city that has no highways, only railroads. ?Its open to you from the beginning, you can build however you want, whenever you want, as long as you have the capital to buy it. However, there is not much in haphazard building. You will need a power plant, first. and consider that. Then you must start plotting your land. This game wants grids, not just power grids, it also wants from the 3 types of districts, Industrial (jobs), Commercial (jobs and relaxation), and Residential (population). Building these according to needs is paramount to city growth, as is supply power to each, and roads to run to them - else they move out quickly with no connection to the rest of the town.? If you enjoyed the game Populous, this is somewhat like that. Just be warned this game is about admiring your buildings, looking for trouble spots, and reading a lot of graphs. You are a mayor, but beyond city control and allocations of funds and taxes, your involvement stops there. You direct what people do, but not how fast the groups do their jobs. You are not going with the fire department to put out a fire, but you can build more fire departments nearby to hasten them. Graphics: 7 The game takes place with a bird-eye view over your city. Because of the distance, there is no way to zoom in for detail. But you get some touches: the waves lap at the shores, you can see ant-like traffic jams, your planes patrolling the skies, the crowd at a football stadium, etc. You can watch the areas grow, each zone changes form based on the success of the city.l The highlight being the bright graphics of some of the awards you get from your mentor, and the merging of two successful buildings into one big one. But the graphics are not this games strong point.? Sound: 6 The music is different depending on the level of your town (village to town, town to city, etc). All of it is fairly nice, but there is no going back to Addictiveness: 9 Simcity is very fun. From having free reign to build, and the difficulties of juggling managing a bustling city, there is a lot to do here. As you build things and perform well, Dr. Wright the helper will offer you rewards. Its great fun in the main game, but perhaps you prefer some structure. ?There are also scenario games, such as rebuilding after a disaster, which give you cities already, and let you deal with their problems. Story: 4 If it was just up to you taking scenarios, or freeplay growing your town, I'd give this game a 2. But with the introduction of Dr. Wright, you at least get a small feel for having planning strategies, and the many forms and graphs help everything seem more official. Its not much of a story, but it also doesn't get in the way of what you want to do - and thats a good advantage. But also, you don't quite feel like a mayor, and more like a dictator. You never leave office, you don't have any committee meetings, its streamlined for ease of playing --but no one says no to you - and that feels a little weird. Depth: 8 The people of your city are often complainers. There is always something they're mad about, and popularity is a big responsibility in this game. Learning how to grow your town efficiently, balancing their needs with the requirements of expanding takes some patience and planning. Its not just responsibility, you also get to have a lot of fun. Your gifts add variety to the landscape, and there is many things to get. Difficulty: 6 The game just has a curve to master it, and managing your money. Most of the times the natural disasters are yours to choose to implement, and do not affect the main game. I would have liked to see situations like you facing getting voted out of office, or perhaps using your police department to prepare for say a crime spree.? SimCity is great fun to build, fairly easy to understand, and takes awhile to master. With your ability to name the region, enjoy living in ZOMBIETOWN, or perhaps you'll call it EVERYBODY RUN!! or even NEOTOKYO. ?The Biggest hangup is at the beginning, where you are drawing maps to However, there is not much in haphazard building. You will need a power plant, first. and consider that. Then you must start plotting your land. This game wants grids, not just power grids, it also wants from the 3 types of districts, Industrial (jobs), Commercial (jobs and relaxation), and Residential (population). Building these according to needs is paramount to city growth, as is supply power to each, and roads to run to them - else they move out quickly with no connection to the rest of the town.? If you enjoyed the game Populous, this is somewhat like that. Just be warned this game is about admiring your buildings, looking for trouble spots, and reading a lot of graphs. You are a mayor, but beyond city control and allocations of funds and taxes, your involvement stops there. You direct what people do, but not how fast the groups do their jobs. You are not going with the fire department to put out a fire, but you can build more fire departments nearby to hasten them. Graphics: 7 The game takes place with a bird-eye view over your city. Because of the distance, there is no way to zoom in for detail. But you get some touches: the waves lap at the shores, you can see ant-like traffic jams, your planes patrolling the skies, the crowd at a football stadium, etc. You can watch the areas grow, each zone changes form based on the success of the city.l The highlight being the bright graphics of some of the awards you get from your mentor, and the merging of two successful buildings into one big one. But the graphics are not this games strong point.? Sound: 6 The music is different depending on the level of your town (village to town, town to city, etc). All of it is fairly nice, but there is no going back to Addictiveness: 9 Simcity is very fun. From having free reign to build, and the difficulties of juggling managing a bustling city, there is a lot to do here. As you build things and perform well, Dr. Wright the helper will offer you rewards. Its great fun in the main game, but perhaps you prefer some structure. ?There are also scenario games, such as rebuilding after a disaster, which give you cities already, and let you deal with their problems. Story: 4 If it was just up to you taking scenarios, or freeplay growing your town, I'd give this game a 2. But with the introduction of Dr. Wright, you at least get a small feel for having planning strategies, and the many forms and graphs help everything seem more official. Its not much of a story, but it also doesn't get in the way of what you want to do - and thats a good advantage. But also, you don't quite feel like a mayor, and more like a dictator. You never leave office, you don't have any committee meetings, its streamlined for ease of playing --but no one says no to you - and that feels a little weird. Depth: 8 The people of your city are often complainers. There is always something they're mad about, and popularity is a big responsibility in this game. Learning how to grow your town efficiently, balancing their needs with the requirements of expanding takes some patience and planning. Its not just responsibility, you also get to have a lot of fun. Your gifts add variety to the landscape, and there is many things to get. Difficulty: 6 The game just has a curve to master it, and managing your money. Most of the times the natural disasters are yours to choose to implement, and do not affect the main game. I would have liked to see situations like you facing getting voted out of office, or perhaps using your police department to prepare for say a crime spree.? SimCity is great fun to build, fairly easy to understand, and takes awhile to master. With your ability to name the region, enjoy living in ZOMBIETOWN, or perhaps you'll call it EVERYBODY RUN!! or even NEOTOKYO. ?The Biggest hangup is at the beginning, where you are drawing maps to |
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(edited by endings on 09-09-14 12:39 AM)