The New Official City Journal Critics Thread

[Shingure 56]

Link to the Official City Journal Critics Archive - click here.

To People Looking for a review

DO NOT post requests in the thread. We will not be able to answer them.

FRIDAY IS NO LONGER REVIEW DAY this in order to give the reviewers time for preparation

To post a review you must be a critic

 

Critics

Shingure - Active

BlondeTwiggy - Active

Rainyday - Inactive

Amerikaner - Inactive

Nihonkaranws - Inactive

Archean - On Hiatus

thepokemaniac - Active

Rule #1: Never Ever Flame

Rule #2: Give your honest opinion, but don't let it be the focus.  Balance good points AND constructive criticism, or things to improve.

Rule #3: Do not rate, review

The Reviews will go here in chronological order with the date reviewed , numerical order it comes in, and page number.

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Number	Cj Reviewed	Reviewer	Date	Pg. No
1	Nagiosaki City	Shingure	Jan 23rd 2009	1
2	Liberty County	Shingure	Feb 14th 2009	1
3	The Commonwealth of Paradise	Shingure	March 8th 2009	1
4	The NewFollomer Allied Syndicate	Shingure	March 14th 2009	2
5	Carpathian Short Stories	Shingure	May 1st 2009	2
6	Greater Terran Region [2.0]	Shingure	May 31st 2009	2
7	Follomer Syndicate: Colonies	Shingure	June 7th 2009	2
8	La Ciudad	Shingure	July 13th 2009	2
9	Atrubia [sC4D]	BlondeTwiggy	July 13th 2009	2
10	The Region of West Oak	Rainyday	July 13rd 2009	2
11	Cities United	Rainyday	July 22nd 2009	2
12	Cities United	Porter	Nov. 8th 2009	3
13	Avista	Archean	Jan. 27th 2010	3
14	Republic of Roanoke Island	Archean	Apr. 10th 2010	3
15	Nova Terina - A SciFi Romp!	Archean	Apr. 18th 2010	3
16	Queenstown	Blonde Twiggy	May 20th 2010	3
17	Volsk, Falkasia	Archean	May 29th 2010	3
18	Abbey-Upon-Tyne	Archean	June 20th, 2010	4
19	Quad Cities Region	thepokemaniac	July 11th 2010	4
20	Ventiseri	Blonde Twiggy	July 28th 2010	4
21	The Sultanate of Bangorai'	Blonde Twiggy	August 19th 2010	4
22	Tenements and Rust: Ghetto Stories	Blonde Twiggy	August 19th 2010	4
23	(The) Republic of Onubis	Shingure	November 27th 2010	4

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[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

This should be stickied

My Dearest Hilda

Someone in the staff room used up all the blue-tack and we had to send out for more...    

We sincerely apologise for the delay in sticking the new topic and sincerely regret any inconvenience caused.   We trust that you will now be able to find this new thread safely adhered to the upper portion of the City Journal Forum for your continued viewing pleasure.

~The Simtropolis Modulatory Department of Sticking Stuff

[Shingure 56]

Well It is now hot dogs .. ^.^

Now I need to add the reviewers list and start getting reviews in here.

[Follarch 327]

I'm excited for mine to be done, I hope I'm putting up a fairly good city journal.

[Shingure 56]

Well, you know what to do. Just PM one of us and we will do it for you!

[GreekMan 246]

you guys need more critics. don't look at me!!!!

[ilikehotdogsalot 311]

Thank you Simtropolis Modulatory Department of Sticking Stuff

[Shingure 56]

Well the thing is that we need people to want to become reviewers.

Also to the reviewes other than me. If you want to do a review of a Cj just ask the author.

[Amerikaner 42]

Sorry its been so long to those that asked me, when I get home first thing after an update will be pushing out those reviews.

Nice to see the new thread up and active, hopefully we can all get those reviews out and cranking!

[nihonkaranws 89]

Yay! I will be reviewing another CJ upon request!

[Shingure 56]

Iam supposed to be reviewing a Cj as a well.

However Iam waiting for it to grow before reviewing it.

[newyorkrunaway1 110]

could we post a link to past reviews in the intro post? for reference...

edit---nevermind, i need to learn to read!

[Abc987 3]

If anyone still wants me, I could be a critic again. I miss the good old days...Oh no, I'm going off into another one of my flashbacks! No!

Why do I get the sinking feeling I was supposed to PM someone about this instead...

[SounderBruce 173]

Are you accepting new reviewers...I could be of assistance.

[Follarch 327]

Originally posted by: Shingure Well, you know what to do. Just PM one of us and we will do it for you!quote>

Actually I did a while ago on the old thread. I'm waiting for it now.

[Shingure 56]

---CJ Review by Shingure---

Nagiosaki City is Cj by De Ja Vu that was opened November 15th 2008. This Cj shows many shots that are pleasing to the eyes and realistic. A good amount of custom content along with a wonderful arrangement and city building has allowed this Cj to come together as a lovely piece of work. This Cj is currently 5 pages long. Also dId I mention he mixes the custom content with Maxis? I guess not. But he mixes the two well!

In general this is a pretty top notch Cj with loads of good pictures. However there is one thing that is plaguing these lovely pictures.The images have been resized on site and as a result have become lowerquality. To counter this you can take smaller pictures , or resize them in GIMP or Photoshop or link these images to their pages on the host site so that way they can be in full resolution. 

In short I found very little wrong with this Cj.  The building style is unique along with a nice balance of trees. Maxis and custom content are very nice and are very well synchronized. This a read that will keep you interested.

The Good	The Bad
This Cj corporates some very nice city planning along with some use of antigrid. Reigonal play is also showcased. Custom content mixes very well with Maxis as well.	The Image resolution and/or quality

[Haljackey 17,440]

The first review! At last this new thread has a purpose!

Nice job with the review Shingure!

Best,

-Haljackey

[De Ja Vu 117]

Ohh geat! Love it, thanks a lot Shingure!!! You're the best!!

[SounderBruce 173]

Good review!

[griffen_star 0]

Wonderful review! Keep it up!

[Muck308 55]

If you need another reivewer, I am game. PM me if you want my help!

Nice review, Shingure.

[Shingure 56]

CJ Review By Shingure

By N106

Liberty County: Two Cities , One Metro Area is a chronocle CJ that works it's way up through the times. With a great and expansive story and custom content the author puts us into the environment. Into the cities that he creates back how they were as far back as the 1800's.  Liberty County was started on December 22nd 2008 and since then has managed to accumulate 45 updates.

Liberty County in indeed a vast Cj with loads of historical references and connections to years long past. However the picture editing is marvelous and allows someone to get a grasp of perhaps how old a picture of that plac is. However when doing these pictures it's also important to show that some of these pictures are worn down and old. It is just a suggestion however otherwise the pictures are great.  

To end this review I mark this CJ as a very good Cj and an inspiration for Time elapsing Cj's. I love the work and so far with the custom and even maxis content mixing so well with each other I bet it will look loads better by the time the 1960's or even late 50's rolls arond in this Cj. Also I would like to apologize for the late review for this person. They messaged me a while ago and I lost the message when I was cleaning my inbox

The Good	The Bad
The Author makes the time elapsing work for him as he showcases his cities which seem to mature overtime and grow as well. A good mixture of Maxis and Custom content also makes this Cj's realism come even more to light.	There is no problems I can find that are signifigant.

[N106 10]

Thank you for the review. I forgive you for the review being late.

[SounderBruce 173]

Great review! Congrats N106 on the job well done!

[balkair 6]

Awesome reviews!

Can I get my CJ reviewed, btw?

[Shingure 56]

You know the rule Balkair ,You have to message one of us!

[Follarch 327]

I've messaged someone a while ago to do a review but i haven't heard back nor seen mine up here yet. Did that person forget?

[Shingure 56]

Well One reviewer is inactive due to computer troubles. Iam not sure about the others.But just message me the Cj name and I will hop to it. ( Gotta stick to protocol )

[Shingure 56]

CJ Review By Shingure

The Commonwealth of Paradise by Kj3400 was started on November 2nd of 2008 and it is currently a AFDES Observer nation. This Cj is very nice and I love the presence of custom content as well from the beginning. I will take this Cj part by part and review section by section in this review. On the first page we can see that there is custom content on the updates however the quality of the pictures has been effected due to some resizing. Luckily there is the Click for Full Resolution there to help guide us along the way. One issue I see from early on is the fact that there are no sea walls for the towns and that there was an absense of a slope mod which is fixed as early as page four.

This Cj also as it progresses also becomes more road oriented. Nothing is wrong with that however as a reviewer I would love to see more city and towns! A balance is always nice! Also the diagonal jagged edges mod can also come into use as well as there are some shots with diagonal walls that make the walls look awkward. In the most recent update the author shows us some nature shots which look very very nice as well.  

As of now this Cj is on it's 6th page and is on it's way to the top with some fine tuning! Other than that the author has a knack for natural shots as well. Final words for this update check out the Commonwealth of Paradise. It's a treat for those of you like alittle bit of everything.

The Good	The Bad
The best thing about this Cj is that it's colourful and full of of custom content. Plus the most recent nature shots are lovely. A huge plus!	There seems to be in terms of city building a slight lack of organization. Plus there are couple mods that may be needed to make it more realistic and aesthetically pleasing.

[SounderBruce 173]

Good work