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[Puzzlemaker]

Gameplay!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP-l4JeNfI4&list=PLiIy6w49W8ok1SWCeKaXxVhnvQB0ylFnv

Looks really awesome!

[Apokaladle]

Oh my goodness. I'm going to have to try really hard not to get hyped for this. I was always frustrated with the SimCity games for not having good public transit, and I've still got a soft spot in my heart for Cities XL for improving on that. I still remember that feeling of astonishment when I discovered the Cities in Motion games and realized that I wasn't the only one craving a really solid public transit simulator. I'm trying to temper my excitement by remembering that they'll have a million DLC packs, but it's not working as well as I'd like.

[BigD145]

Gameplay!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP-l4JeNfI4&list=PLiIy6w49W8ok1SWCeKaXxVhnvQB0ylFnv

Looks really awesome!

The main highway and map block just tells me this is way more SimCity(5) and much less 4.

[forsaken1111]

So if anyone is still looking at this game, the media embargo breaks today. There will be a lot of video content coming out.

[Rose]

I really wish I had the money to pre-order.

Alas, I do not, so I will instead wait for reviews, and if they're positive, go for the skull and crossbones discount.

[Puzzlemaker]

I have been following the Dev Logs, and I have to say it definitely takes more after Sim City 4 then 5.

I'll update OP tonight, when I get to gander at some of the reviews.

[forsaken1111]

I really wish I had the money to pre-order.

Alas, I do not, so I will instead wait for reviews, and if they're positive, go for the skull and crossbones discount.

If it helps any, GMG has the game for $21.89 right now.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/vip/

[Sergius]

They literally can not make a game that is worse than SimCity, so they're already winning.

Old post, I know. But see: SimCity Societies.
It's probably worse than the current SimCity
Just sayin', it's possible, heh.

[forsaken1111]

They literally can not make a game that is worse than SimCity, so they're already winning.

Old post, I know. But see: SimCity Societies.
It's probably worse than the current SimCity
Just sayin', it's possible, heh.

And lest we forget...

http://www.ea.com/simcity-buildit/

[h3lblad3]

Well, it certainly looks nice, and I love the greater road customization, but I'm still going to prevent myself from getting too hype.

*reads the comments, sees the developer responding*

...They're actually modeling individuals? Individuals who own cars and commute? That's... ambitious... *tries not to get hype harder*

However, it's only up to 1 million! No more people allowed!

[forsaken1111]

Well, it certainly looks nice, and I love the greater road customization, but I'm still going to prevent myself from getting too hype.

*reads the comments, sees the developer responding*

...They're actually modeling individuals? Individuals who own cars and commute? That's... ambitious... *tries not to get hype harder*

However, it's only up to 1 million! No more people allowed!

Oh no, a game that ONLY models 1 million individual sims! Whatever shall we do?

Keep in mind that SimCity 5 had a hard max of what, 10k agents at any time? And ONLY a 2km by 2km play area? The area in Skylines can get up to 9 of those 2x2 tiles, more with modding support.

[Sergius]

Cities with populations larger than that should probably be modelled with multiple adjacent cities.

I mean, in SimCity 4 the biggest map was 256x256. That's like 100 x 100 houses on average or something. But you could end up with 100 million people living in them (sure, using skyscrapers with thousands of people each). I'm pretty sure a city like New York or Los Angeles, which are somewhere between 10 and 20 million, isn't 100 by 100 houses wide.

[Sensei]

Well, I sure WANT this to be a good game. Nothing to do, I think, but wait until reviews come in though.

[forsaken1111]

For comparison, the Simcity 2013 game used an inflated population number to make you feel better about the city but in reality if you saw 1 million sims in the city population, you only actually had ~130k 'real' sims being processed and only something like 10k of those could be agents in the city. Most of them were stay-at-home shoppers, abstracted children/students or goods consumers.

[Aklyon]

Post to watch the citybuilding, because it looks awesome.