Cities Skylines: First Look at Gameplay

Well, this was fast! 

 

Good news to know that purchasing more land makes your city lot larger, without reloads, I was fearing another small city syndrome like in SC2013.

Can you buy land at any time? What if you want a farm, forest, etc. ? Is an increase in population necessary beforehand?

Great stuff! To answer your question Hellken, as I have been following let's play of CS a lot this week, as you city reaches certain population thresholds there are more availabe 2 by 2km tiles unlocked. Unmodded there are nine to unlock which are positioned directly adjacent to currently used city tiles. With a mod this number increases to 25!

 

Because you can pick which city tiles to buy, then you can have irregular shaped cities and not just a square mega block of buildings. Just with ten city tiles I have seen cities that feel super big, they have a Judge Dredd or Bladerunner feel about them. Zooming in close and one feels so small.

 

Imagine that feeling of space with 26 city tiles to use. You could create a large CBD and have plenty of space for the suburbs.

Education decreases garbage... hmmm... not sure I get that one :P

(comparing first world to third world waste...)

TekindusT: That is nice, isn't it? No reloading at all! I'm playing on a Mac, which has an OS that is absolutely NOT known for being gaming-friendly. So far, the game works pretty well on it, but I don't know what it's going to be like when I have a lot of city tiles under my belt.

 

Hellken: Ln X is right. It seems to me, so far, that you can buy a new tile at every second milestone that you reach. I'm up to my fourth milestone and have therefore purchased two. I'd like to buy myself the entirety of that lake.  :)

 

Ln X: I think I can surely say that 26 tiles will slow my computer down.  :P

 

SimCoug: Yeah, I don't get that one either. :P