Is this really Sim City 5?

[Nielsen 10]

In my opinion, SimCity 2013 looks way too different to be considered a true successor to Sim City 4. What it does look like is an experiment which tests multiplayer possibilities, GlassBox, and the way that cities can specialize in certain resources. That's all cool if DRM was stable, cities were located on sufficiently big tiles bordering each other and had realistic looking density levels within them. The big appeal of Sim City 4 was its creative possibilities and the metropolitan scope beyond every city tile. The appeal of SimCity 2013 is its new features, which happen to be somewhat flawed at this point. The new game just fails to combine the best from both worlds and instead SimCity 2013 is a different concept that I have trouble defining. A social society simulator? Meanwhile, what exactly motivated Maxis and EA to go forward with this project without expanding upon the best of Sim City 4? My hopeful theory is that the new feautues of SimCity 2013 need their own environment before Maxis can implement them in a more unlimited fashion similar to how Sim City 4 plays. The next Sim City game (if there will be one after this initial disaster) will hopefully be more true to Sim City 4 with the addition of the things that turn out to work well in SimCity 2013. Am I too optimistic and has the franchise just changed forever?

[darthyoda 0]

It's the new Simcity, Maxis isn't calling it SC5

 

IMO the potential of SC4's formula is almost peaked with its awesome mods.

[YilmasRegin 7]

This is Simcity 2013, a reboot... not a followup....

[metarvo 710]

No, of course not.  If anything, it would be SimCity 6 (supposing SC:S was 5, as I've seen it billed before).

 

 

That aside, I truly don't think SC2013 is SC5 or SC6.  Sequels don't remove as much functionality (read: farms) as this game does.

[velve 16]

It's the new Simcity, Maxis isn't calling it SC5

 

IMO the potential of SC4's formula is almost peaked with its awesome mods.

They should have taken that formula and simply expanded it.