After purchasing the game and enduring the mess that is forced logins, I thought the game was pretty good. I haven't encountered any of the path finding issues

After purchasing the game and enduring the mess that is forced logins, I thought the game was pretty good. I haven't encountered any of the path finding issues discussed or demonstrated in the article. However I haven't put that much time in to it and haven't bothered to look. As a casual player it seems like a pretty rock-solid game so far. I'm curious how the alternatives stack up. I'm not terribly pleased with Sim City 5 due to the online-only component. Has anyone tried CitiesXL Platinum for example? Are there others?