SimCity (2013) -> Remake or Reboot?

[SuperSilvey 0]

I started thinking, is this newest SimCity more of a remake or a reboot?  As in, imagine SC2000, SC3000 and SC4 never happened.  Afterall, the original SimCity had only 3 zones for Commercial, Residential and Industrial (there was no low, medium, high that you could specify when zoning).  There was no farming.  No terraforming. Random disasters.  No subways.

 

Anyway, I haven't played it enough (5ish hours) to really give a definitive review.  I know it's not what I wanted and not the evolution I was hoping for, but, as a fan, I have to give it enough time to see if it's a good game in its own right.  I need to try filling out a full region of my own cities.  I don't expect it to have the longevity of SC4.

 

Either way, I look forward to "SimCity 4 (2027)"!  You do the math.

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

Actually Maxis officially promoted it as a reboot of the series, not as SimCity 5.

[nataniels3 61]

  I don't expect it to have the longevity of SC4.

Since it is stored in the cloud, why would it last 10 years? When Maxis comes up with a new SimCity ( presumably in 4 years), one way to get a market would be to shut down the servers, forcing players to buy the new game if they want to continue playing.

[jabezscratch 159]

I think that too much time had passed for Maxis to call the game "SimCity 5."  I agree that it was branded and promoted more as a re-boot as opposed to a true sequel (if a game like SC can truly have sequels).

[Ohadi195 30]

Maybe it will get better with time. I think it's worth buying even with all the disadvantages..

[TURDxSANDWICH 6]

It is definitely a reboot and not a sequel.

 

Sim City 4 was basically a perfection of the old way to play Sim City which was a simulation from the top down.  The only thing to make it better would have been very small tweaks, more/different "stuff", and improved 3D models.  That is why there wasn't a Sim City 5.  There was no need for it.  Sim City 4 was great, and the modders took over from there.

 

This Sim City is a reinvention of the simulation from the ground up.  It clearly has its limitations right now, but it has set the foundation for something that can be even more brilliant than SC4.  But, in the meantime, this game is still pretty good in its own right.

[Board_Marshal 104]

Reboot: Batman (Tim Burton directing) to Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan directing)

 

Sequel (rather than remake): Batman (Tim Burton directing) to Batman Forever (Joel Schumacher directing)

 

I'm going to go with SC4 to SC2013 is a reboot; you'd have to be mad to disagree