official Cities: Skylines

[Dane]

Just wondering if anyone here plays this.    It just came out yesterday.  

I've been a simcity fan for years, since I was a kid (I'm almost 28 now).  I like it alot, bigger than Simcity. I think it's a little harder though.  

 

Some reviews:
http://kotaku.com/cities-skylines-the-kotaku-review-1690432932

 

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/10/cities-skylines-review

[+virtorio MVC]

It's the sequel to SimCity 4 I always wanted. They could have charged full price and I'd be happy to pay it.

[RageOfFury]

I've been playing it! I love it. This is what SimCity should have been.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

I've been playing it! I love it. This is what SimCity should have been.

Same here. The game is a joy to play while being challenging. For long-time SimCity fans like myself it's a must buy.

[astropheed Veteran]

Well that's all I needed to hear. Buying tonight.

[Dane]

Well that's all I needed to hear. Buying tonight.

 

 

$29.99 It's a nice buy.  I only got to play it for a few hours last night,  maybe a few tonight and tomorrow.  I thought it's a bit harder to figure out but shouldn't be too hard.  

[Draconian Guppy]

I gave up on cities XL 2013, because I did not like how traffic was managed,

 

Has this been improved upon ?

[Dane]

I gave up on cities XL 2013, because I did not like how traffic was managed,

 

Has this been improved upon ?

 

I never played Cities XL,  I also think that Cities Skylines was not made by the same people who made the other Cities games.  

[XorpiZ]

Just waiting to get my steam-account unlocked, so I can get my hands on this game.

 

Been itching for a great city-builder for a long long time.

[Draconian Guppy]

I never played Cities XL,  I also think that Cities Skylines was not made by the same people who made the other Cities games.  

ah different titles! different developers!  Just same name "cities"... I'll have to try this then.

 

Kotaku says traffic is a bad mess, anyone comment on this?

[Dane]

ah different titles! different developers!  Just same name "cities"... I'll have to try this then.

 

Kotaku says traffic is a bad mess, anyone comment on this?

On reddit, people say the traffic can be bad, but the developer on reddit states they will fix it in an update.   Not sure when that will be though.  

 

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJb7C2OE9xM

[Elliot B.]

$29.99 It's a nice buy.  I only got to play it for a few hours last night,  maybe a few tonight and tomorrow.  I thought it's a bit harder to figure out but shouldn't be too hard.  

http://www.dlcompare.com/games/digital-download-cities-skylines-key-retail-1431

 

[TruckWEB]

It's quite nice and a real follow up to SimCity 4.  Much much better than Cities XXL.

 

But yeah, traffic is real bad, even if you put large roads, you end up with congestion anyway.  This is going to need some fixing because it can cause chaos if emergency services can't get to places they need to go.  People get sick, house burn down, crime rise, trash not picked up...  All because of traffic.

[siah1214]

It's quite nice and a real follow up to SimCity 4.  Much much better than Cities XXL.

 

But yeah, traffic is real bad, even if you put large roads, you end up with congestion anyway.  This is going to need some fixing because it can cause chaos if emergency services can't get to places they need to go.  People get sick, house burn down, crime rise, trash not picked up...  All because of traffic.

Sounds pretty realistic then  

[LOC Veteran]

It's made by an indie group that grew up loving the city sim genre. They obviously have tons of passion for the genre because the game oozes quality even though it's a small indie group.

 

Also, there is Steam workshop support. Which is an AWESOME feature to have. And no forced online multiplayer either.

[articuno1au]

I bought it, plan on playing during a 5 hour flight.

 

Really looking forward to it

 

Anything I should know before I start playing?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Put your water pumps downstream from your sewage drains.

I've heard mixed things about traffic, I've seen people complain about entire roads clogged because every car is using a single lane, but then I've seen people with the same problem fix it just by changing their road layout. I didn't get a chance to play much but even with my stupid road layout (Building everything out of one way streets is bad) everything went fine.

[articuno1au]

I knew about the water thing

It's like the first thing in the tutorial, but thanks for the tip

 

(just the tip..)

[123456789A]

ah different titles! different developers!  Just same name "cities"... I'll have to try this then.

 

Kotaku says traffic is a bad mess, anyone comment on this?

 

Just don't build any roads.

[Dane]

I played last night,  had four districts,  two were doing really really well.  One was doing ok,  and one kept having so many issues.  
 

[TruckWEB]

Unlimited money mod included in the game!  That's nice!

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

hmm...   too bad about the traffic and the lack of any natural / unnatural disasters

 

i might have wait a while, until a few updates, before playing.

[abysal]

I'm liking the game so far, but I think road / train tunnels are missing :*(

[Nick H. Supervisor]

I just went and took a look. I shouldn't have done that, because now I want to play it but I don't have a machine that can run it.

hmm...   too bad about the traffic and the lack of any natural / unnatural disasters

There are no disasters? That's a bit of a shame, hopefully they'll consider putting them in in a future update.