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> now would be an excellent time to start a kickstarter. Or you could just go get Cities XL

by mhurron 14y ago

fennecfoxen 14y ago
Unfortunately, Cities XL sucks. http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-xl http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-xl they pissed everyone else off at launch, too http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-xl-2012 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-xl-2012 not much better
- smacktoward 14y ago
  SimCity 4 is still available (~$20 on Steam & Origin), and it's quite good, without any of the online nonsense that infects the current iteration. Haemimont's Tropico games are also very good (Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/tropico-4 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/tropico-4) city-builders, with a smaller scale than traditional SimCity titles but more flavor and atmosphere. Steam has a bundle with the latest version, Tropico 4, plus all its expansions for $40 (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/19282/ http://store.steampowered.com/sub/19282/).
  - jiggy2011 14y ago
    There's also "towns" which looks interesting http://www.townsgame.com/ http://www.townsgame.com/ though I have not yet played it.
    - oxide 14y ago
      don't bother.
    - fennecfoxen 14y ago
      Towns is its own genre. It's like third-person Minecraft. Not the same.
      - ptomato 14y ago
        Towns is a stripped-out Dwarf Fortress done shittily with somehow even worse UI. For that sort of game you're better off playing either Dwarf Fortress or Gnomoria, which is also simplified compared to DF but has a much better UI.
  - esrauch 14y ago
    Tropico 4 plus all its expansions is only $10 for this week, likely in response to all the bad Sim City PR.
  - nilkn 14y ago
    Zeus: Master of Olympus is my favorite city building game. It just has a crazy charm to it, and it also has really nifty features, like how it shows the whole (albeit simplified) production line for food (fisherman catch fish, take them to a fishery, etc.).

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> now would be an excellent time to start a kickstarter. Or you could just go get Cities XL

by mhurron 14y ago

> now would be an excellent time to start a kickstarter. Or you could just go get Cities XL

fennecfoxen 14y ago
Unfortunately, Cities XL sucks. http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-xl http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-xl they pissed everyone else off at launch, too http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-xl-2012 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-xl-2012 not much better
- smacktoward 14y ago
  SimCity 4 is still available (~$20 on Steam & Origin), and it's quite good, without any of the online nonsense that infects the current iteration. Haemimont's Tropico games are also very good (Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/tropico-4 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/tropico-4) city-builders, with a smaller scale than traditional SimCity titles but more flavor and atmosphere. Steam has a bundle with the latest version, Tropico 4, plus all its expansions for $40 (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/19282/ http://store.steampowered.com/sub/19282/).
  - jiggy2011 14y ago
    There's also "towns" which looks interesting http://www.townsgame.com/ http://www.townsgame.com/ though I have not yet played it.
    - oxide 14y ago
      don't bother.
    - fennecfoxen 14y ago
      Towns is its own genre. It's like third-person Minecraft. Not the same.
      - ptomato 14y ago
        Towns is a stripped-out Dwarf Fortress done shittily with somehow even worse UI. For that sort of game you're better off playing either Dwarf Fortress or Gnomoria, which is also simplified compared to DF but has a much better UI.
  - esrauch 14y ago
    Tropico 4 plus all its expansions is only $10 for this week, likely in response to all the bad Sim City PR.
  - nilkn 14y ago
    Zeus: Master of Olympus is my favorite city building game. It just has a crazy charm to it, and it also has really nifty features, like how it shows the whole (albeit simplified) production line for food (fisherman catch fish, take them to a fishery, etc.).