AK's Bizarre Urban Menagerie

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Originally posted by: mono_doh! Wow!I love the detail of the city--it's intensely industrial without becoming grim--it's breathtaking.

What are the names of these dense house collections? They really define the neighborhoods.quote>

 

I'm not sure of the name but they're from the japanese BATer SOMY, i'll find the link for you on the next update.

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PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR CITY OVERVIEW

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3808/32863331pw6.jpg

[ColinM 11]

Your city is absolutely, without a doubt, amazing! Great job. I can opnly imagen how much time this must of taken.

[Godzillaman 21]

Why does GTA4 come to my mind when I look at this?

[patriots_1228 51]

your the best at this game, and you know it man. All the little details...there is not one blemish in your cities. You've taken perfection, and made it better. You've taken custom content, and customized it. Your doing the impossible. If there were ever a reason to worship someone you don't know for somthing they did in a video game, this is it

[Almighty Nienaber 3]

*Claps*

[tankmank 853]

wow lovely

[jacqulina 162]

awesome citys wonderfull details my friend

[Moshi 61]

Your collection of BATs is... astounding, to say the least.

How big is your plugins folder, anyway?

'tis a fantastic city.

[wallasey 8]

I am liking your work!

Despite the fact your buildings are a mixture of styles (for example some are UK...whilst others are Asian) they merge together peacefully rather than clash. That isn't a look people normally pull off but somehow...you have!

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Originally posted by: wallasey I am liking your work!

Despite the fact your buildings are a mixture of styles (for example some are UK...whilst others are Asian) they merge together peacefully rather than clash. That isn't a look people normally pull off but somehow...you have!

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thanks that means a lot, i just don't think there are enough of one style to full a whole city without being too repititious so i have to mix styles, i'm glad you noticed since i work hard to have them all mesh at least somewhat.

[Odd from Sweden 129]

I just love the run down areas. I saw "American Gangster" on DVD yesterday and this city looks just like in that movie!

[seemurray2 21]

More great pictures, you always do an excellent job.

[Jillybean86 38]

Beautiful! I love the El Rail cutting through the neighborhood, as well as the gritty realistic w2w buildings. The small town stuff fits in well, but the Asian style seems a little too out of place. I wish I had your skills though...

[sEAhAwk fAn121 0]

Alek is my hero

[Didi11115 1]

Wonderful, beautiful !!!

That's Amazing !

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

Incredible work!

[penguin007 27]

Awesome pics there you have a great gritty american city there. Ive always admired your work and this city just emphasised that so well done

Will

btw if I didnt compliment you enough one of your city panoramas is my desktop view at the moment

[psander5 198]

Wow. That's an awful lot of great pictures! Some of your pictures seem to have a lot more depth (spatially) to them than the game can offer. I don't know if you've done anything to them all, but if you have... superb! The overview shows one of the best examples of a densely built city i've ever seen. I reckon it's missing only one thing... a nice big park... but that's just my opinion.

Where did the sunken rail station come from (last pic)? I've got a similar one, but i've been looking for more variety.

[Yoman3 5]

I'm still not sure how you build such huge cities with such great detail in so little time.

[rusty_777 0]

Looks incredible so far.  I can't wait to see some more updates.  You have a lot in ingenuity in this game.  Keep it up. 

Cheers. 

[flame1396 9]

Nice to see you, dropped off the face of the earth for a while, then I did. Been a while.

Page 10 Picture 5, excellent rail intersection, I love the simple perfection of it.

The rest is awesome and I was glad to see you back. I see I have some CC hunting to do. I do notice your style has changed and the building styles have gotten to being more old-Europe, I liked your older American-style work more myself. But that's my opinion. The mod for under El-Rail is wonderful, have to hunt that one down ASAP... though I never use El-Rail... well that's probably why, it looked awful. Other than the total awesomesaucyness of the collective whole and the amazing speed you work at I do have one critique: the industry is a wee little bit too repetitive IMHO, the rows upon rows of tanks are realistic but I think it's just a bit much. Though, take that with a grain of salt, as my cities end up being a bit too small to be realistic, and also rarely have industry at all (always put off unitl later, maybe why they always die before I'm close to finishing).

Also, darn shame about the snowboarding, one of my favorite things to do... it's expensive now, well, everything is.

EDIT: I see in your last tile you've been centerpiecing... out of character. Interesting. Though with that Bank of China BAT who can blame you?

[SimHoTToDDy 2,939]

The w2w section at the beginning.... top notch, I haven't seen one that nice... I think... ever! The building mix is perfect with out losing the urban style... Mine don't even compare.

tip o' the hat, gratz, props, and everything else for this one, you never let us down!

[Cockatoo 2,257]

How come every time I visit here, I always get thoughts coming into my head like...

"How the *blank* did he do that?!"

"Why didn't I think of using this for that purpose..."

"How on earth did he manage to make those buildings work so well together?"

"Why are there no Maxis buildings, I'd probably pay this guy for his plugins folder."

"Is this guy even a mortal?"

You're really innovative, and provide 'a buttload' of inspiration for me anyway.

We need night pictures.

[flame1396 9]

Haha, I wonder if you have a stalker...

[collgab 10]

Nice update AK, love it

[ky72x 13]

Amazing W2W district, I can't even begin to count how many different buildings were used in it. It's quite an assortment! As always, your use of recent creations is great and easily seen throughout the city. Those street underpasses look pretty good alongside the many retail storefronts. Typical excellent update.

- Kyle

[Shingure 56]

I love that city SO MUCH! It's so lively! I wonder how many people reside there?

[Fresh Prince of Wmbg 44]

That's wild how you have american, asian and european urban spawl fused together!

I really love your city center.

The ideas i get from look at that pic are making me dizzy !  

BTW- Where did you find that large rail station on your 8th picture form your last update?

Please tell me , I have been searching for that one for quite some time now........

[krbe 193]

This is for the prize only. (Alright, I'll gracefully give it away then... Alek, get something up now!)