Non regional play

[Steel21 0]

I'm kind of new to sim city 4 I'n regards to getting serious about it. My question is is there a way to build a mega city on one city or do you have to use the region and multiple cities. Seems like from what I read regions and multiple cities is the way to go

[CaptCity 4,694]

Welcome to Simtropolis...

I'm kind of new to sim city 4 I'n regards to getting serious about it. My question is is there a way to build a mega city on one city or do you have to use the region and multiple cities. Seems like from what I read regions and multiple cities is the way to go

The size of cities is limited to the three sizes that currently exist in the game. To get anything bigger would mean using the multiple-city regions. The only way to get a region the same size as a city would be to make one the same size as one city. Of course, that would be rather small.

[Tysons4 68]

you would only be playing half the game with a single city region. to get the whole game you need to start using neighbors

[dutchneworleanian 2]

Region play will also help you in getting your city bigger, it will give a boost to commerce and industry, so why would you not use it?

[Exla357 41]

It also looks nicer

[Cleaner475 150]

Plus you don't have to use the whole region, you could just develop a single city tile in it, but eventually once you fill that city up you'll want to expand, and thats when you can start using the other city tiles in the region

Richard

[Halen Of Dania 350]

i like both personally but single would be a nice challenge plus getting a more big city feel thatn the convential region . For the original standard format it is good to have the neighbor deals and commerce cause it adds more realism plus creates commuting and suburban situations

(etc. bugalows , shopping malls ) .

[antsel 841]

Ever since SimCity 2000, I've always wanted to expand my city larger that the tile that was available. The ability to develop multiple city tiles in the same region was the reason I bought SC4. That was the feature I cared about most. In the older games I always found myself growing the city to the boundary, and then losing interest. Being able to use an entire map made up of multiple city tiles allows you to expand your city beyond this boundary.

Also, I play the game as if my region is a province or state, with a dedicated capital and various cities and towns scattered around the map. The region play allows more variety because you aren't stuck with one tile.

  Edited March 17, 2011 by selles  

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Ever since SimCity 2000, I've always wanted to expand my city larger that the tile that was available. The ability to develop multiple city tiles in the same region was the reason I bought SC4. That was the feature I cared about most. In the older games I always found myself growing the city to the boundary, and then losing interest. Being able to use an entire map made up of multiple city tiles allows you to expand your city beyond this boundary.

Also, I play the game as if my region is a province or state, with a dedicated capital and various cities and towns scattered around the map. The region play allows more variety because you aren't stuck with one tile.

A good approach. Another view is to look at the city tiles as wards of the city and the whole region as a single city. If you do that, you can designate one, say medium, tile as your CBD and grow your city from there.

  Edited March 17, 2011 by A Nonny Moose  

[Lucario Boricua 7,027]

Or you could develop a 'metroplex'--complex/compound metropolitan area. You could have two, three or perhaps four city cores (this is further aided by editing the config.bmp files, bitmap images that allow you to define the city plots) with a network of suburbs and rural areas in-between. This kind of play would allow you to use express city traffic lines (high speed train, commuter airports and regional freeways/highways).

[Jazzmaster 716]

I have a region, that I'm developing two interlinked metro areas upon. One will be very large, say as large as Chicago or even bigger, and the other will be smaller, say, Minneapolis magnitude. I plan to have large downtowns, with industries and residential sectors panning out around it, minus where the area meets the water.