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I was just looking into city builder games this weekend, after having binged on SC4000 for two weeks. There are actually a lot of new city builder games on the

I was just looking into city builder games this weekend, after having binged on SC4000 for two weeks. There are actually a lot of new city builder games on the market, but their focus is mostly more narrow than the original SC series.

rpastuszak 5y ago
Have you played Cities: skylines? I feel like it’s hard to even compare it to SC at this stage. It’s a wonderful game.
- capableweb 4y ago
  Biggest difference (for me) was that Cities: Skylines is marketed as a "city simulator" but it's more of a traffic simulator than anything, while SimCity focuses more on the city simulation part and just has a small focus on actual roads.
  - rpastuszak 4y ago
    I see what you mean. Traffic is a really important part of the game and people (including the modding community) seem to focus on it a lot. But I do think there's a lot of freedom in terms of how you play and shape the game using mods. To me CS is more of a weird mix of Factorio and a bonsai tree. I need to tend to it from time to time, slow down the gameplay and trim here and there (plop a new neighbourhood or a small detail). Fixing traffic issues is a small part of it (in my case). I loved SC2000 and SC3000, but now SC4 (edit: SC4, not SC4000) feels just really ugly.
    - petepete 4y ago
      Sorry what is Sim City 4000? Is it a mobile game or are you referring to Sim City 4? Or was SC4 called different things in other markets?
      - rpastuszak 4y ago
        Hehe, nope, just went on autopilot when listing different versions of the game. I meant Sim City 4 of course.
        petepete 4y ago
        Ah thanks! Thought I'd missed out for a bit there.
    - bombcar 4y ago
      Cities Skylines ends up being a city painter after awhile once you’ve learned how to solve traffic problems (roundabouts and planning go a long way). The parklife DLC greatly enhances the painting aspect.
      - electroly 4y ago
        IMO, the Industries DLC makes it strongly about traffic again, with the huge amount of industrial traffic it generates. Then, once you run out of space in the relatively small 9-tile city area, there's not much city painting left to do. It's been a long time since my main city was about city painting; it's all about traffic again.
        rpastuszak 4y ago
        Honestly, I rarely play the game with 9 tiles. It's much more fun to unlock the entire map and work with a bunch of smaller satellite towns connected to the main one, local rail transport, perhaps a few villages with farms etc...
        electroly 4y ago
        I play on the Xbox edition where you can't unlock it :(
      - NylaTheWolf 4y ago
        I've tried many times to get into Cities: Skylines but it always ends up with people dying, traffic, pollution, and me bleeding money into the negatives. I really need to start looking at tutorials or something
88840-8855 4y ago
Try THEOTOWN. Available on mac/windows/iOS/android. On iOS it is free. It has mods, end game content, is well balanced and has a lot of beautification content if you in that kind of stuff. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084020/TheoTown/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084020/TheoTown/

rpastuszak 5y ago

Have you played Cities: skylines? I feel like it’s hard to even compare it to SC at this stage. It’s a wonderful game.

capableweb 4y ago
Biggest difference (for me) was that Cities: Skylines is marketed as a "city simulator" but it's more of a traffic simulator than anything, while SimCity focuses more on the city simulation part and just has a small focus on actual roads.
- rpastuszak 4y ago
  I see what you mean. Traffic is a really important part of the game and people (including the modding community) seem to focus on it a lot. But I do think there's a lot of freedom in terms of how you play and shape the game using mods. To me CS is more of a weird mix of Factorio and a bonsai tree. I need to tend to it from time to time, slow down the gameplay and trim here and there (plop a new neighbourhood or a small detail). Fixing traffic issues is a small part of it (in my case). I loved SC2000 and SC3000, but now SC4 (edit: SC4, not SC4000) feels just really ugly.
  - petepete 4y ago
    Sorry what is Sim City 4000? Is it a mobile game or are you referring to Sim City 4? Or was SC4 called different things in other markets?
    - rpastuszak 4y ago
      Hehe, nope, just went on autopilot when listing different versions of the game. I meant Sim City 4 of course.
      - petepete 4y ago
        Ah thanks! Thought I'd missed out for a bit there.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    Cities Skylines ends up being a city painter after awhile once you’ve learned how to solve traffic problems (roundabouts and planning go a long way). The parklife DLC greatly enhances the painting aspect.
    - electroly 4y ago
      IMO, the Industries DLC makes it strongly about traffic again, with the huge amount of industrial traffic it generates. Then, once you run out of space in the relatively small 9-tile city area, there's not much city painting left to do. It's been a long time since my main city was about city painting; it's all about traffic again.
      - rpastuszak 4y ago
        Honestly, I rarely play the game with 9 tiles. It's much more fun to unlock the entire map and work with a bunch of smaller satellite towns connected to the main one, local rail transport, perhaps a few villages with farms etc...
        electroly 4y ago
        I play on the Xbox edition where you can't unlock it :(
    - NylaTheWolf 4y ago
      I've tried many times to get into Cities: Skylines but it always ends up with people dying, traffic, pollution, and me bleeding money into the negatives. I really need to start looking at tutorials or something

88840-8855 4y ago

Try THEOTOWN. Available on mac/windows/iOS/android. On iOS it is free. It has mods, end game content, is well balanced and has a lot of beautification content if you in that kind of stuff. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084020/TheoTown/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1084020/TheoTown/