SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition (also Covers Rush Hour Expansion) (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) [Paperback]

Greg Kramer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 23, 2003

Get Behind the Wheel with Sim City 4!
·Essential details on U-Drive-It! mode, including how to use vehicles to complete missions
·Exclusive strategies for building a smooth-running metropolis
·All-new civic, reward, and landmark structures covered
·New mass transit and bridge options to streamline your city
·Exhaustive tips for thwarting disasters such as road accidents and train derailments
·Fun hints for creating your own street names and otherwise personalizing your cities
·Get creative with Lot Editor and SimCity Scape

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Get Behind the Wheel with Sim City 4!
·Essential details on U-Drive-It! mode, including how to use vehicles to complete missions
·Exclusive strategies for building a smooth-running metropolis
·All-new civic, reward, and landmark structures covered
·New mass transit and bridge options to streamline your city
·Exhaustive tips for thwarting disasters such as road accidents and train derailments
·Fun hints for creating your own street names and otherwise personalizing your cities
·Get creative with Lot Editor and SimCity Scape

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games; Deluxe edition (September 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761543287
• ISBN-13: 978-0761543282
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #626,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good to have but could have played a more important role..., March 22, 2003

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Markus Egger "www.MarkusEgger.com/blog" (Spring, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SimCity 4 (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) (Paperback)

This book is pretty good and will be helpful for every Sim City 4 player. It explains many overall strategies, and gives valuable tips.

Unfortunately, the book could have been much better. The game itself doesn't have a real manual, leaving the player wondering about the most basic game mechanics. While it shouldn't be up to a strategy guide to explain these things, it would have been a great oportunity for the authors of this book to provide that type of information, which would have made this book a must-buy.

Without that information, this book is a good resource for people who are serious about this game and have already figured out the basics through trial and error.

Overall I am glad I bought this book.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Strategy" Guide - NO, Detailed "How To Play" Guide - YES, August 9, 2003

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Richard White (Macon, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SimCity 4 (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) (Paperback)

In terms of offering hints and tips on how to build your dream city, this guide offers very little. This book is essentialy 350 pages explaining all of the different features and gaming tools Sim City 4 has to offer. The book offers pages and pages of charts and tables that explain hom this city simulator works. But I would recommend playing the built in tutorials to learn how to play instead of wasting your money on book. The book offers little that you can't figure out on your own through playing the game, and I couldn't find a single "strategy" in the book that could help me with city layout and money management

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but not great, November 19, 2003

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Jessica L. Orsini (Centralia, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition (also Covers Rush Hour Expansion) (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) (Paperback)

This guide is a step up from the travesties that were foisted off on fans of SimCity 3000, but still leaves much to be desired. Long on mostly-useless facts, but short of any real strategy or commentary.

Why, oh why, can't we see something on par with the old SimCity 2000: Power, Politics and Planning guide? Now THERE was an excellent companion book for a simulation game.