Stark Expo, Metropolis, Gotham City, Starling City, Bludhaven

[zigen1111 9]

Hi everyone! First post here

 

I posted this a long time ago (around march 2013) in the EA Simcity forums http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9366013.page but it is only now that I had the pleasure of finding this site. So I decided to copy and also share my cities here.

 

Tried my hand at recreating some of the cities from the Marvel/DC Universe and just wanted to share them to my fellow Simcity fans. All these are done by myself through legit gameplay and NOT in sandbox mode. Enjoy! 

 

Since I am a huge Iron Man fan, I really wanted to create the Stark Expo for my first city. I had the idea in mind and was quite eager to try it even before the game came out. 

 

It is a high tech/educational city with the layout based on Tony Stark's mark VI triangle arc reactor 

 

Here's another view of it with the hi tech industry layer

 

One of Tony Stark's quests is to provide a clean and efficient energy source. So as the city grew, I researched many upgrades such as these advanced solar panels

 

 

I then went into the trading/electronics business and was able to establish a supply line of 3 max processor factories, 2 max tv factories and 1 max computer factory generating a profit of over 5.5M daily and currently over 117M in the treasury

 

Which led me to successfully build and finish my Space Center Great Works and launch my first satellite into orbit! 

 

Here's a skyline view of the city with the Empire State (AKA Stark Tower) towering over the rest of the buildings

 

Stark Mansion (tip: Maxisman is very useful once you get his reticulator upgrade, he can extinguish fires practically by himself in seconds)

 

For my second city, I decided to recreate the Dark Knight's Gotham City

 

 

It is a gambling/industrial city with a seeding criminal underbelly

 

Wayne Enterprises looms over Gotham Harbor

 

Gotham Bridge leading to Arkham Island

 

 

I just love the dark, gritty feel of this place

 

Let the games begin!

 

And for my third city Metropolis, I wanted to try out a purely residential/tourist city

 

No industry can be found here, so air pollution is practically zero. Which enabled it to grow into a bustling, high wealth city with a population of over 220k

 

It's a bird, it's a plane... oh please, it's traffic

 

Using the Stark Expo's research, Metropolis was able to use gen 2 and eventually, gen 3 nuclear reactors

 

I probably could have had a bigger population, but made a central park in the heart of the city

 

Metropolis Stadium

 

Harbor view of the city and one of my favorite screen shots

[dentonfire 7]

Great cities. My favorite is Metropolis, clean and friendly!

[zigen1111 9]

Great cities. My favorite is Metropolis, clean and friendly!

Thank you dentonfire. Uploading more pics in a bit, stay tuned! 

Updated with Cities of Tomorrow:

 

Stark Expo:

 

Stark Expo 2013: Tomorrow, Today

 

Aerial shot of the Expo

 

The Stark Academy is the central hub for all the latest high tech research and development in the region

 

 

"Better Living Through Technology"

 

After years of RnD, the Arc Fusion Reactor is finally powering up providing the ultimate clean, sustainable energy source

 

The much anticipated launch of the Stark 1 Arcology is one of the biggest draws here

 

The countdown coincides with fireworks from the Expo Center

 

Stark 1 launch: Success!

 

Metropolis:

 

A glimpse into the City of Tomorrow

 

The megatowers of Metropolis dominate the skyline

 

Massive skybridges connect the upper levels of the city

 

Metropolis Times Square

 

Metropolis has the reputation of being the cleanest city and having the best medical care in the region

 

Air pollution zero. Ground pollution zero. Germ pollution zero. True story.

 

It also boasts to have the best public transport available... 

 

Although, it seems the people of tomorrow still like walking on their own two feet

 

 

Post card shots of Metropolis Harbor

[zigen1111 9]

And finally my two new cities... 

 

Starling City:

 

Starling City is home to the vigilante known as "Arrow"

 

The Omega Corporation is receiving rave reviews on their new mysterious product

 

The city turned out to have a cyberpunk/bladerunner type feel to it

 

 

 

Bludhaven:

 

 

Nightwing watches over the streets of Bludhaven at night

 

 

It is common to see abandoned buildings here taken over by gangs or Omega crackheads

 

I was aiming for a high pop/low wealth city and also wanted to play around with the road system 

 

I managed to reach almost 600K population even with the interchange in place and the smallish map. Traffic is excellent as well. 

 

Comments/suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you for dropping by, cheers! 

[dentonfire 7]

Great pictures! I thought i was looking at an eyeball in the first picture though. I had to compare some of them. I like the fourth picture too, the lit up mega towers in the city in the background reminds me of christmas trees.

[KonstantinII 1,106]

Amazing cities! i like Metropolis the most. Hey man can you do me a favor? I want pictures of the futuristic buildings from every angle, especially the Academy, megatowers, and Omegacorp.

I want to use the BAT to recreate these buildings in SC4. that would be cool to kinda merge the games. There are both dystopian and utopian cities.

[Terring 6,476]

The layout of Stark Expo inspires me to make something similar. Metropolis is awesome, those towers are like cities in the city. I think I'll try to recreate it in Simcity 4. By the way, I think I've found the best image from City of Tomorrow ever made!

 

[Benedict 3,119]

Great variety of images and city styles - a very nice start to your CJ.

[zigen1111 9]

Thank you for the kind words and compliments everyone. Happy to know that I inspired a few ideas for you. It's one of the reasons that makes me keep on building. 

 

I'm quite particularly fond of that picture as well. I think it showcases the city's multiple levels, very fitting for a futuristic city. 

[Benedict 3,119]

Congratulations, your CJ is number one on Ben's Top Ten this week.

[adriels 4]

Great city zigen1111  . Perfection and awesome as well. I am fan of DC and Marvel superhero. I really like The view of gotham and metropolis. the one that i loved is starling city. 

 

Suggestion : can you make Central City home of the Flash? The series is coming soon this fall. i really want to see central city