Sim City Skylines

[Starmanw40 6]

I've asked this over in Youtube with Haljackey doing his city from scratch again in Sim City Skylines. I want to know If I can purchase this game at the store like Walmart or Best Buy to name a few stores. It looks like fun building a skyline from scratch. I'm very much interested in playing this new sim city game.

 

Your friend & mayor of Sim City 4;

Steven A. Whitehouse

[ayryq 9]

First of all it's not "Sim City" anything as it's not part of the EA/Maxis franchise. It's Cities:Skylines and it's from the folks who made Cities in Motion.

 

Second, this is distributed only through Steam/Valve and requires at least an occasional internet connection. If you do find a box copy (and I'm not at all sure there is one), you'll have to register it through Steam anyhow. So might as well buy from Steam directly, or look for a deal (I bought my "copy" at Green Man Gaming for a few bucks less).

[catty-cb 4,392]

.... If you do find a box copy (and I'm not at all sure there is one), you'll have to register it through Steam anyhow. So might as well buy from Steam directly, or look for a deal (I bought my "copy" at Green Man Gaming for a few bucks less).

 

I bought a "box copy" the other day

 

https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/Cities-Skylines-Deluxe-Edition/23007055

 

But as you pointed out you still have to register through Steam

[ghosty20 150]

 

.... If you do find a box copy (and I'm not at all sure there is one), you'll have to register it through Steam anyhow. So might as well buy from Steam directly, or look for a deal (I bought my "copy" at Green Man Gaming for a few bucks less).

 

I bought a "box copy" the other day

 

https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/Cities-Skylines-Deluxe-Edition/23007055

 

But as you pointed out you still have to register through Steam

 

Yeah a lot of games are going that way in to be able to install / register / whatever you need to have steam or similar program to do it..

[mrsmartman 200]

The launch of the game is a good marketing example.

[Starmanw40 6]

I already have steam downloaded, now I would love to download City Skylines. I think I'll have more fun with this version then sim city itself lol.

[Starmanw40 6]

Would Steam allow me to order Cities Skyline by postal mail? If so, I would love to order the game so I can play it. I've been watching Haljackey's Building A Skyline from scratch. It's turning out to be a great skyline. 

[Turjan 1,048]

Would Steam allow me to order Cities Skyline by postal mail? If so, I would love to order the game so I can play it.

 

No, no snail mail. There are basically three methods:

 

1) You buy the game directly in the Steam store, like directly from within the client software. You can pay with a credit card or, depending on your location, a few other methods.

 

2) You buy a game key from some other online retailer, like Green Man Gaming or Gamersgate, also with a credit card or a service like PayPal, then take this key and add it in Steam's client software to your Steam account.

 

3) You buy a boxed copy (not sure whether available everywhere), but still have to do the additional steps from point 2, which is entering the key in the Steam client.

[Agente Silva 28]

Is it possible to play C:S without an internet connection? Can I launch Steam in "offline mode"?

[Mayor of Tempest Lake 34]

Yes, all the time, mostly because my hours counter has been high enough for the word "addiction" to start being thrown around.

 

*cough*150*cough*

[CorpusDei 69]

Yes, all the time, mostly because my hours counter has been high enough for the word "addiction" to start being thrown around.

 

*cough*150*cough*

 

hahahha - I'm at about 120 hours and feel like I've barely scratched the surface; if 150 hours counts as addiction I dread to think what my 1500 hours in Civ 5 counts as... or 2500+ hours in Mass Effect 3 O_o

[Starmanw40 6]

Thanks Turjan, I'm just waiting until I get paid i order to get the game. Until I purchase the game, I've been watching Haljackey's building a skyline from scratch and Skye Storm series as well. I've also been watching webgaming centeral's series as well. To get some tips on how & where to start my first city. I'm already loving the game even though I have yet to play it. I also already have plans to remove Sim City 2013 and maybe Sim City 4 from my computer to make room for the new game. Eventually I have to upgrade my computer again with more memory to it.