Cities Unlimited

[Qaxpla 0]

I'm liking the way this sounds, can't wait for the autumn now and to hear all the features of said Cities Unlimited.

I was quite interested by his casual approach to the weather/disaster question. It was almost as though he wanted to say but he worded it in a way to let us wonder about it.

I bet after the launch of SC they went straight in and thought "this is what we need to do to convert the simtropolis peoples!".

at least... i hope so ;D

[panthersimcity4 162]

That's it, I'm WAY too tempted with the EL trains and the european architecture! I MUST get this game!

[srr2 1]

I think it would be cool for CU to have regions where you can draw custom borders to define your city's boundries. That way region play and terraforming would be easy because you could smoothly transition between different cities, and you could also administer each individual city seperately.

[Artistvrd 0]

Originally posted by: 6underground Oh, that is a sexy British City picture:

Ths game looks more and more promising. At the very least graphically quote>

 

Actually, if you think about it..maybe that's just one option you can take with this game.  Talk about Simcity 5 right here!  I am excited again for a city building game.  Hopefully they make this look realistic and avoid the candy houses...that's what us true simcity fans want to see.  And so far with these pictures, that's what I see.

Sorry EA, this looks better than Societies...Dirk and the ST team...keep us updated on this!  Hope is near fans, hope is near!

[MarcosMX 222]

WoW that last pic is so damn good. I love those cars, ferris wheel (hahaha on your face TM/EA lol j/k). Didn't we see that green dumpsters in the first pic??? well anyways I can't wait for this game to come out, im definitely buyin it..

[Pyanepsion 0]

In French Speaking
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by "MC_Seb" Lead Level Designer sur City Life , Assistant Producer sur City Life Deluxe
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Quelques remarques en vrac ...

Proportions :   
Je peux vous assurer qu'il y a un trés gros travail de vérification et de suivi sur les tailles des bâtiments et des différents éléments.
S'il y a un problème de proportion : alors il faudra en parler aux architectes et urbanistes de la vraie vie    

Routes angle 90 degrés :  
Vous pouvez imaginez que vous aurez au minimum les mêmes possibilités que pour City Life = une grande liberté dans la création des routes ...
Possibilité certainement accrue pour le prochain jeu !

My English is rich :  
La demo sur laquelle nous avions travaillé à l'époque avait pour thématique "Londres", pour montrer qu'on pouvait faire des villes plus Européennes. Pas de soucis, il sera possible de faire des belles villes américaines aussi ! Et d'autres styles ...

Rotation d'objets :
Je rappelle au passage qu'il est possible de faire tourner (par tranche de 45° les bâtiments avant de les poser = SHIFT apppuyé + translation de souris

Compatibilité :  
Notre prochain City Builder va bénéficier d'une très grosse évolution à tous les niveaux :
Shaders plus réalistes, plus de faces, nouveau moteur 3D plus performant, ...
Je ne peux pas vous donner les détails pour le moment :
Mais Cities Unlimited n'est pas City Life 2 = le step est beaucoup plus important ..quote>

[aking88 7]

Im definitely more interested about this game than SCS from what ive seen so far. Anxious to see how it will turn out, and if they are thinkng about expanding it further later on with expansion and so on.

[Master of Nukes 0]

The game is looking good.

I can't wait for more pics!

[drevilshenchman 4]

I hope it is compatible with Nvidia GeForce MX 440 because City Life was not...

[6underground 11]

by "MC_Seb" Lead Level Designer sur City Life , Assistant Producer sur City Life Deluxe

--

Quelques remarques en vrac ...

Proportions :   

Je peux vous assurer qu'il y a un trés gros travail de vérification et de suivi sur les tailles des bâtiments et des différents éléments.

S'il y a un problème de proportion : alors il faudra en parler aux architectes et urbanistes de la vraie vie    

Routes angle 90 degrés :  

Vous pouvez imaginez que vous aurez au minimum les mêmes possibilités que pour City Life = une grande liberté dans la création des routes ...

Possibilité certainement accrue pour le prochain jeu !

My English is rich :  

La demo sur laquelle nous avions travaillé à l'époque avait pour thématique "Londres", pour montrer qu'on pouvait faire des villes plus Européennes. Pas de soucis, il sera possible de faire des belles villes américaines aussi ! Et d'autres styles ...

Rotation d'objets :

Je rappelle au passage qu'il est possible de faire tourner (par tranche de 45° les bâtiments avant de les poser = SHIFT apppuyé + translation de souris

Compatibilité :  

Notre prochain City Builder va bénéficier d'une très grosse évolution à tous les niveaux :

Shaders plus réalistes, plus de faces, nouveau moteur 3D plus performant, ...

Je ne peux pas vous donner les détails pour le moment :

Mais Cities Unlimited n'est pas City Life 2 = le step est beaucoup plus important ..quote>

Rough English Translation:

by "MC_Seb" Lead Level Designer on City Life, Producer Assistant on City Life Deluxe --

Some remarks in bulk...

Proportions/Scale: I can ensure you that there is a massive amount of work and follow-up on the sizes of the elements and of the objects in game. If there is a problem of proportion: then it will be necessary to speak to the architects and to town planners about it.

Road angles at more than 90 degrees: As you already know, you have this possibility in City Life = many possibilities of laying roads attdifferent angles... These possibilities have been increased in Cities Unlimited!

"The London Screenshots": The screenshots we have released showcasing a type of "London", is only meant to reassure city-builders that you can build European cities . Rest-assured, it will be possible to make beautiful American cities too! And other styles...

Rotation of objects: As I recall, in CL it is possible to rotate buildings (45 degrees), Our next City Builder goes beyond these constraints: Shaders plus more faces, new more powerful 3d engine, we've reworked th game from scratch... I cannot give you too many details at the moment: But Cities Unlimited is not City Life 2 = this incarnation is vastly different.

 

[eburress 267]

Originally posted by: topcliff

Originally posted by: eburress Well, the screenshots look pretty impressive. Unlike SimCity Societies, I'm actually looking forward to it! If there's a BAT, sign me up! quote>

 

Oh my God! This cyber debate has brought out yet another awesome BATter! This is becoming a good thing, that is, SCS. It has brought back a lot of great greats! TopCliffquote>

hahaha - thanks!  I said when I left that I wasn't gone forever - just until the next Sim game comes out, which looks like it's going to be soon.

[meowza 230]

thanks for the translation 6u.

[Pyanepsion 0]

Originally posted by: 6underground

From: MC_Seb 

I cannot give you too many details at the moment: But Cities Unlimited is not City Life 2 = this incarnation is vastly different.quote>

 quote>

 : This incarnation will be a significant update.

[6underground 11]

Rough English Translation:quote>

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

wow, thanks for the translation! that is very good news!!!

[Explodingsims 3]

This is Awesome! Monte Cristo picked up the City building ball!

Thanks for the Translation, looks like good news!

[6underground 11]

no worries, just glad about this news! =D

[stamp 4]

I was like most other people, staying beside Simcity to the end, but since the announcement of the direction of the next iteration of Simcity, I became more open to try this other, much smaller franchise... So, for those of you who havent gotten the game City Life: World Edition...

GET IT!!! It's only 30 bucks CAD! Its avaiable on Steam! There's NO EXCUSE!

Even though the UI is a bit clunky (and so, the controls), the game itself is very fun! I understand that this game was sort of a test to see if a market existed, so they didnt put TOO much time into refining the final product (some missing building descriptions, lack of FPS controls in camera mode), but seriously... the gameplay is FUN! The goal orientated gameplay actually makes me WANT to make my city bigger (there are different medals based on attributes on your city), and having those multi-angled roads makes my downtown VERY unique (imagine Winnipeg's downtown). Kudos to Monte Cristo for doing a fantastic job on a modest budget! I just canNOT wait till the next one! I'll be buying it on launch day!

[Ace_F15 16]

I did notice the charactors or people in this game look a bit.. cartoonish. That might harbour the game a bit. I just hope Monte Cristo doesn't make the same mistakes EA did with Sim City Societies.

[mikeyb66 30]

I hope that isnt my London Eye model they are using!! The wheel looks better, but the capsules need more work.

[SimAnt 4]

If a true sequel for SimCity 4 is coming out, it's going to have alot of good healthy competition!

This 3D engine looks awesome - if you notice moreso on the first screenshot everything especially the subway train, garbage truck and that colonial style building are all brightly lit up. HDR is usually found in modern 3D FPS games where the contrast is so bright it washes the rest of the colours out representation of direct sunlight. If this is any indication of the graphical power of this new game, I can hardly wait! (Unfortunately the HDR effect usually requires a good directx9 video card)

[MayorTim 16]

This looks much better than SCS, and is almost definitely what I'll be buying. This may very well replace the SC series.

[jimbojones99 0]

i would definately buy this. much better the societies. this one actually has curves on the tires! it all looks smooth and like sim icty

[Sandis_van_Great 346]

i have one thing to say :THIS IS SO COOL, step back SCS thers a bether game coming!!!

[mindaugas 18]

judging from this thread it will at least be a hit with SC4 fans ... idk tho, I never liked CL because of the plopping.

[PG320 13]

This is awsome. ByeBye SCS!

[dasilva 3]

Hi all,

I'm simply passing by the website to thank all Simtropolis members who reacted to the interview about Cities Unlimited.

We, at Monte Cristo, are very pleased to share the excitement about our working title.

We're sorry for not being able to share more information today about the game but just get on holiday and enjoy the summer, when you'll get back, we'll share more information with you all either through Simtropolis and other community websites or through the upcoming Cities Unlimited game official website (planned for October 2007).

CU on the web :-)

[JayStimson 211]

Looking forward to it. Sounds way more promising than EA's new SimCandyLand intended for people with the IQ of a large farm animal.

[Vanasonic 49]

This game looks more interesting than SC5. I'll definitely keeping an eye on it.

[Kevin 101]

Just thought you'd all be interested in this little interview with Philippe over at Simphoni. Some interesting new information, though like the interview here at ST, the answers are understandably vague.

I was particularly encouraged by this answer:

We need to comply with what city builder fans are looking for [in] the “Next Generation City Builder”:

Graphical and economical realism,

Transport,

Variety through building numbersquote>

And thanks Philippe for keeping us informed!