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Ah, Sim City. The game tons of fans were waiting for year after year. and after the greatness of Sim City 4 fans expected Sim City 5 to be even better, but alas we are in the times of reboots and "different" gameplay. Sim City is not the next title in the Sim City series, its an off-shoot and bad one at that. don't get me wrong, some people will and do like it, but for those of us who really just wanted a 3D Sim City 4, they will be disappointed. Why you might ask?
Well, First there is the map size. the horrible horrible map size. remember the giant Cities we could build in SC4? that's gone. now the biggest map we get in just a corner of a large Sim City 4 maps. Remember how in Sim City 4 you could use every inch of your regions area? that's gone. instead each region has about 8 to 12 Cities that you claim. the highways, and trains tracks are pre-loaded.
Lets talk about multiplayer. First MP can be a pain in the butt. if you leave a region open to the public people will come in and claim cities and never been seen again. to make it worst you, the host of the region can NOT kick players. if someone takes a city and never re-joins you can't kick them out so that land is unusable.
EA, first claimed the small maps where there to force players to "work together", the problem is that most players don't work together, they do what ever the heck they want, and City trade system is a failure, many times during gameplay while relying on my brother's city to give my city power,water, etc, it would cut out and therefore killing my cities growth. later EA said that the maps are so small because it would be "unfair" for players with lower-end PCs/Macs because it would take a lot of GPU/CPU power, (that's like saying that BF4 shouldn't have Ultra settings because its "unfair" for people with low-end pcs) in the end they admitted that the Glassbox engine is, to be blunt, inferior compared to the Engines behind games like Cities XL or Sim City 4. The engine crashes under its own weight.
If you look at screenshots of SC13 you'll notice that its a lot more cartoony, thats the way the Sim series in whole is going (look at the Sims 4). some will say that the cartoon look is perfect for a game with Sims in it, but i was really hoping that Sim City would go for photorealistic. also lost is the perfect chance to expand on the controllable Sims in SC4. imagine what it would be like! being able to drive around your own built city in 3D. that would of been perfect.
I know it seems all i am doing is complaining about the map sizes, but when you build every utility (Police,EMS,Fire,Power,Water,Train,Bus,Airport,etc) and about 30% of you map or more is taken up you'll understand why its so annoying.
another problem in Sim City is the AI. Police,Firefighters, and EMS will stumble around, taking the longest routes to get to places and just not working right. every time i've used my firefighter helicopter the building burns down, but if a firetruck is able to make it there they put it out. another little thing i dislike about Sim City is the fact that all your emergency vehicles have to stop at stop lights, and delays them from getting to the place they are needed most.
Sim City also is filled with DLC. you got a DLC to add the Eiffel tower, DLC to add Big Ben, DLC to add German buildings, DLC to add blimps, DLC to add the red cross, and DLC to add "mega towers".
This is not the Sim City most people wanted, and if you go into it expecting it to play like Sim City 4, you will be quite upset. in the end, while the game is fun it would have been more fun if they have simply given us a 3D version of Sim City 4.
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Get SimCity4, skip this one, EA and Origin missed the mark on DRM and customer service, Buy SimCity4 instead, its way better!
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