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SimCity a disaster for you? Take a look at Cities: Skylines (not related to CitiesXL)
- Thread starter Mad Season
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TimeEffect
Member
When do reviews go up again?
March 10th I think.
Day of release.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I kinda feel like the crematorium and picking up dead bodies is an unnecessary mechanic, but I'll see what it's like when I actually play the game.
CrimsonEclipse
Member
Can't wait for this game.
Got it pre-ordered via GMG and just waiting for dat code now. Even reinstalled Sim City 2013 to get back into the city building scene till this drops.
Got it pre-ordered via GMG and just waiting for dat code now. Even reinstalled Sim City 2013 to get back into the city building scene till this drops.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
have you been watching any of the videos posted? Not only do I come into this looking me cynical but watching bits and pieces of videos posted throughout this thread has absolutely sold me beyond belief and I can clearly see that this game just absolutely trumps SimCity
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
From a gameplay perspective, it seems like a redundancy of trash pickup and ambulances.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/vip/
You just need to create a profile. Don't know why it's called VIP
GreenManGaming. They have a specials VIP section that has the game for $21.89. I don't think there is anything needed to access the VIP area beyond simply having an account with them.
Different developer. The branding on this game is really poor.
Basileus777
Member
It's a different game from a different franchise from a different developer and publisher.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Dude, even the thread title says this isn't related to XL at all. This is from the CIties In Motion developer.
I like that we have to take care of cemetary crematorium capacities. It's something that's everywhere but not touched upon in these types of games. My city is currently running out of places to bury people so now all funerals are done in crematoriums unless your religion forbids it. I would like elderly care too though, like nursing homes and such.
sleepwalkcapsules
Member
It's a different game by a different developer.
I really don't know why they made the title so similar to the Cities XL series. It doesn't help at all.
edit: beaten
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
For those of you who are playing the game already, does it matter how far police and fire stations are from robberies and fires? There's that radius that shows their range, but if that was the max distance, it seems like you'd need a lot of them. They can travel outside that range, right?
The fact that it's a new concept is interesting, I agree, but it still seems like managing trash.
The fact that it's a new concept is interesting, I agree, but it still seems like managing trash.
Not yet. Is there a post with the best ones collected, or do you recommend a YouTube channel?
MrAstronaut
Member
I've never played a city-builder but this looks really satisfying to play. Definitely gonna buy it when I have money.
Thanks!
well body disposal is basically like managing trash, except irl it's got emotional resonance attached and in a videogame it's... well... trash
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Right, and I'm not necessarily against its addition to this game, but from a purely gameplay perspective, it's basically just managing two types of trash, that for all intents and purposes, behave in almost the same way.
I might be missing something, though.
That Damn Kid
Member
So are most people getting the regular edition or the deluxe edition?
I'm getting the regular edition. I don't have any desire, really, to fill my city with famous landmarks and I'd rather save that money to put it towards whatever future DLC there's going to be. There's liable to be a fair bit, given that it's from Paradox and Colossal Order.
LumpOfCole
Member
I'm cautiously optimistic. Preordering seems super silly though - wait for reviews and feedback, guys!
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
There's been several hours of gameplay footage seen so far from multiple sources. Granted, it's not the same as a review of final release code and we have yet to see mid to late gameplay or any real stress test of large cities with elaborate infrastructure systems all going, but a lot of people who have just pre-ordered did so after watching those gameplay vids, combined with the attractive cheap price.
Now, pre-ordering blindly or based solely off of a 5 min trailer would be super silly.
There are a ton of raw gameplay videos out there and streamer feedback. It's a pretty safe bet for anyone at this point to preorder if they like what they see out of the gameplay videos, especially at $20.
Basileus777
Member
Not when pre-ordering is cheaper.
That Damn Kid
Member
Does anyone know when the VIP deal on GMG for this ends?
Feedback has been overly positive, with the full game in the hands of youtubers and streamers currently.
This isn't EA or Ubisoft we are talking about here.
Watched a stream where someone nearly killed off his entire town after unlocking the higher zone tiers by pausing the game, then re-zoning most of his city. Both hilarious and sad. Gotta say, watching others build cities is amazingly entertaining.
I'm kinda annoyed that the pre-installed highways are subtly incompatible with the T junction in the toolbar. The highway connectors seem to be ever-so-slightly differently spaced as the highways.
Also: I wish they had a junction you could basically drop on top of the highway. Right now you appear to have to manually erase some of the highway, eyeball the angle of the junction, then reconnect it with the rest.
Plus, why the hell is the pre-installed junction that initially connects you to the highway not in the toolbar? Minor oversight. I mean, it's by no means a beauty, but judging from the streams, connecting a single road to a highway is some rocket science level wizardry. Most streamers seem to be utterly stumped when it comes to that.
I'm kinda annoyed that the pre-installed highways are subtly incompatible with the T junction in the toolbar. The highway connectors seem to be ever-so-slightly differently spaced as the highways.
Also: I wish they had a junction you could basically drop on top of the highway. Right now you appear to have to manually erase some of the highway, eyeball the angle of the junction, then reconnect it with the rest.
Plus, why the hell is the pre-installed junction that initially connects you to the highway not in the toolbar? Minor oversight. I mean, it's by no means a beauty, but judging from the streams, connecting a single road to a highway is some rocket science level wizardry. Most streamers seem to be utterly stumped when it comes to that.
SneakyStephan
Banned
He's still right, pre ordering any game is super silly.
Are you afraid the game will be out of stock?
It has a review embargo till release day, right?
I can't wait to play this game but nothing bad has ever come from waiting till something is out and finding out if there are any nasty surprises before you put money down.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Deluxe
Well, yeah, but I think I'm confident enough in this purchase. I've followed the development, I've seen people play it, and the price is well within my "fuck it, lets go" range. I'm also a fan of the genre, so even if it's not that great, I'll still like it. Hell, I still played SimCity2013 a bunch, despite its flaws. Civ Beyond Earth, too.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
same. I think I did the same thing about sim city, though. but sim city looked very basic and simple from the beginning. this game looks more meaty.I've watched like 7-8h of live streams yesterday
I was just watching them. And then I went to bed. And it is t-1day left. I need this even more than I needed it.
It's not a good time to be a zombie city sim genre fan. People don't realize it, but we're a big silent market just waiting to be appealed to. The zombie city sim genre needs its own Star Citizen. A kickstarter would surely bring in tens of millions!