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Cities XL 2012 [Download]

Platform : Windows Vista, Windows, Windows XP, Windows 7 |
Rated: Everyone
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3.1 out of 5 stars 37
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Cities XL 2012 is a brand new version of the renowned city builder, which allows you to design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet. To build your cities, the 2012 version now offers a huge variety of nearly 1,000 buildings as well as over 60 maps! Constructible maps are huge, and offer varied terrain and incredible level of details.

With Cities XL 2012, players take on the role of virtual mayor. From the power grid to transportation concerns, you’ll answer the growing needs of the cities you have created. Find the perfect balance between the various services you provide to your citizens, including housing, recreation, and work. Finally, you must sustain the proper economic development by setting up trade between cities; you can specialize certain cities in specific areas to fill in the needs of the others. This will ensure large-scale financial success and allow you to develop an increasingly complex network of cities!


System Requirements
 Minimum Specifications:OS:Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1 or 7Processor:Intel/AMD 2.5 GHz or higherRAM:1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista/7)Hard Drive:9 GBVideo Card:ATI Radeon HD 3850/INTEL HD/NVIDIA Geforce 8800 or higherAdditional Info:DirectX 9.0c
System Requirements:Supported OS:  Windows XP,Windows 7,Windows Vista,WindowsProcessor:  none specifiedRAM:  none specifiedHard Disk:  none specifiedVideo Card:  none specified

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Cities XL 2012 is a brand new version of the renowned city builder, which allows you to design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet. To build your cities, the 2012 version now offers a huge variety of nearly 1,000 buildings as well as over 60 maps! Constructible maps are huge, and offer varied terrain and incredible level of details.

With Cities XL 2012, players take on the role of virtual mayor. From the power grid to transportation concerns, you’ll answer the growing needs of the cities you have created. Find the perfect balance between the various services you provide to your citizens, including housing, recreation, and work. Finally, you must sustain the proper economic development by setting up trade between cities; you can specialize certain cities in specific areas to fill in the needs of the others. This will ensure large-scale financial success and allow you to develop an increasingly complex network of cities!


System Requirements
Minimum Specifications: OS:Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1 or 7 Processor:Intel/AMD 2.5 GHz or higher RAM:1 GB RAM (XP), 2 GB RAM (Vista/7) Hard Drive:9 GB Video Card:ATI Radeon HD 3850/INTEL HD/NVIDIA Geforce 8800 or higher Additional Info:DirectX 9.0c

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Amazon.com Download is Garbage Under Wine
The game itself allegedly runs under Wine, and once the game did launch on my computer, but the interface was really laggy. Mostly if I launch the game I get a message that "The program AmazonGSDownloaderService.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close." It looks like this may be a case of Amazon.com's digital games service breaking things. :(
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Tyler53616
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT GAME!
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2012
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This is a great game. It defiantly beats Sim City by price and graphics. The only thing different between the games is that Sim City, you can create scenarios such as a fire or tornadoes.
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J. Goodwin
1.0 out of 5 stars Beware of bugs!
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2011
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Would be a great game if it worked. I verified my system met the requirements and worked with the developer to resolve a technical support issue, but we could not get the game to run. If you visit Focus's technical forum, you'll see the game suffers from numerous bugs, including a memory leak from prior versions which does not seem to be corrected in this version.

I'm sure the game is wonderful, but I'm sad I wasn't able to enjoy the new version. Perhaps other users will have success, but I can't in good faith give a positive review without the game working "out of the box."
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Ed
2.0 out of 5 stars dosent work
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2012
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failed to create d3d device unable to find requested mode 800x600@0 dont know what to do wasted $20 anyone know how to fix it
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BigOlBear
3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but resource intensive and crashes a lot!
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2012
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I enjoy city planning simulations. I've been playing them since the 1990's. This program is very realistic and lots of fun. My only real complaint is the fact that the game crashes regularly when the city reaches about 150,000 inhabitants. I also have a Core i7 Dell with 8 gigs of RAM and an NVidia Graphics card with 2 gigs of RAM. This program just eats everything my computer owns hardware-wise and runs the battery down in 1 hour or less. I wonder how people with a more moderate system fare. I still prefer my old Sim City over this.
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djvandrake
4.0 out of 5 stars No Issues, an enjoyable game
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2011
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I successfully downloaded the game and it runs just fine on my Windows 7 machine. No issues at all with installation or with gameplay, it has never crashed.

Regarding the game itself, I am a diehard city builder and have played SimCity 4 for years. If you compare this game to SimCity 4 you will be happy with some things and not so happy with others. I have to be objective and rate the game on its own merits, and in doing so give it 4 stars.

The Good: The ability to change your point of view to any angle from a near satellite view all the way down to street level is really cool. You can literally "drive" through the cityscape that you create, and get a very unique perspective on what works and what doesn't in your city design. I also like the trading system where you can sell your excess production of one item to another city or to the all-encompassing "Omnicorp" and also buy items you are lacking. This trading allows for financial success early on when your city is just getting started and you need the extra cash. I also like the varitey of industry options provided (heavy industry, manufacturing, high tech, standard offices differentiated from commercial shops and all in varying density levels). Citybuilder fans will also love the ability to set your bus routes to service the areas where the most riders can be found, and take them directly to their jobs. Cities XL 2012 also gives players an option to mod the game and build their own custom content. I haven't done that myself yet, so can't say much about its functionality, however, I'm glad to see it's there. The globe view with various city locations you can choose from at startup is neat too. A nice feature.

The Bad: There isn't much variety in the amenities that you can place. The "Leisure" services that you are allowed are not very colorful or interesting. I like to build parks and gardens full of trees and flowers, and you can't really do that here. All building lots are all the same size until you get to the higher densities, and that makes for things looking too uniform and a bit bland. There is also not many options for transit that really make citybuilder games interesting. I would very much like to see dedicated heavy rail for freight and passenger transport, and more options for mass transit stations and services. Ferry transport over water would be a great option too.

The OK: The lack of a grid system allows you to get really creative with road and building placement, and the curved roads and bridges are really neat. However, a little more structure in placing these things would be welcome. I would also like more ability to modify the terrain I'm building on, so if I want to dig out a flat spot suitable for a port, then I have the option to do it. The characters in the game are interesting but the cartoonish apperance wears off a bit and I wouldn't mind seeing a more realisitic appearance. I would also like to see some value placed on real-estate location so if a place has a million dollar view then the characters living there appreciate it.

Overall this is a good game, and you can spend hours building cities if you want too. In many ways it's a considerable improvement over what is available in the city building genre now. But players who are used to that will find some key things missing from Cities XL 2012 that they've come to expect from SimCity. Should the owners of the SimCity franchise ever release a modern version (I'm looking at you EA / Maxis! Do it!) then Cities XL would need to really evolve to stay relevant. However, I think they could do it and keep the interest of players out there.
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Bull
5.0 out of 5 stars game on
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2013
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easy down load and a good price. i would recommend this game. the game play is grate. city's xl work's grate on my pc windows 7
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hiddeninsight
1.0 out of 5 stars Cities broke down...
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2013
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I purchased this a while back and did download this from Amazon. It never worked. Wouldn't install properly and there is no support here for the software. At the time I was running Windows Vista Professional. I eventually upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate and I bought the actual software from a local retailer and was informed of the correct place to inquire support for the game. I am now on Windows 8 Pro and it is amazing.
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