Vanilla Asset Review – Cities: Skylines

2) Rating (number between 0 and 10):

• Architecture & Proportions: 8
• Colour (with vanilla colour variations): 7
• Colour (improved textures): 8
• Illumination: 7
• Model & Texture Quality: 7
• Decoration (props & trees): 5
• Overall Rating: 8

3) Stat Classification (you can specify one or multiple values):

• Zone Type (RCIO): R
• Wealth Level ($, $$, $$$): $$
• Density ([1 rural] – [10 megacity]): 5-6
• Household & Workplace Count: 1-3
• Ideal lot size (with garden/parking, 1x1 – 16x8): 1x3. 1x4. 1x5

4) Style Classification (you can specify one or multiple values):

• Commonness ([1 rare, unique] – [10 widespread, large accumulations]): 7
• Construction date (1800 – 2100): -
• Continent or Region: America
• Architecture Style (if known): -

5) Suggestions for improvement:

Something out back (garden, gravel/pavement), maybe a container around the side if it fits? You pretty much did what needed to be done for this one, and it's one of the better ones.  

Maybe some red or brown roof would also look good. I'm not sure about the dark grey.

8 hours ago, boformer said:

Maybe some red or brown roof would also look good. I'm not sure about the dark grey.

Variety is the spice of life. Give the model variations with a medium grey, brown, and dark red roof. More texture variety makes for less annoying repetition. You could even give each roof color variation a different sized lot (1x2-->medium grey, 1x3--> medium, desaturated brown, 1x4-->your dark roof, 1x5--> dark red, 2x3 --> dark brown).

1) Name this asset: Simon's Stack Shack

2) Rating (number between 0 and 10): 6

• Architecture & Proportions: 7
• Colour (with vanilla colour variations): 8
• Colour (improved textures): 9
• Illumination: 8
• Model & Texture Quality: 9
• Decoration (props & trees): 4
• Overall Rating: 8

3) Stat Classification (you can specify one or multiple values):

• Zone Type (RCIO): R
• Wealth Level ($, $$, $$$): $$
• Density ([1 rural] – [10 megacity]): 4
• Household & Workplace Count: 1-2
• Ideal lot size (with garden/parking, 1x1 – 16x8): 1x3 - 1x4

4) Style Classification (you can specify one or multiple values):

• Commonness ([1 rare, unique] – [10 widespread, large accumulations]):
• Construction date (1800 – 2100): 1930s - 1940s
• Continent or Region: North America, United Kingdom
• Architecture Style (if known): -

5) Suggestions for improvement: A small backyard would be nice, might look too cramped without one!

As for the roof colour, I think dark grey looks good with the current colour variations. If you made the roof red or brown the wall colours wouldn't match well. If you know a way to make wall and roof colours random and still match, go ahead!

I'm wondering if there's a way to tell you that I feel like this should be medium zone density (by SC4 standards)? Your current density classification only allows me to rate a building referring to city size, not zone density. But on the other hand I don't know if you need zone density information at all. Other than that, great project!

Edit: Just saw your plans for the density classification, I'll adapt my posts to that.

1) Name this asset:

2) Rating (number between 0 and 10):

• Architecture & Proportions: 7
• Colour (with vanilla colour variations): 6
• Colour (improved textures): 7 (Roof color is nice!)
• Illumination: 9
• Model & Texture Quality: 8
• Decoration (props & trees): 8 (Not much prop on this one)
• Overall Rating: 7.5 (Nice one nonetheless) 

3) Stat Classification (you can specify one or multiple values):

• Zone Type (RCIO): R
• Wealth Level ($, $$, $$$): $
• Density ([1 rural] – [10 megacity]): 3
• Household & Workplace Count: 1
• Ideal lot size (with garden/parking, 1x1 – 16x8): 1x3 to 8, 2x2 to 6

4) Style Classification (you can specify one or multiple values):

• Commonness ([1 rare, unique] – [10 widespread, large accumulations]): 10
• Construction date (1800 – 2100): 1940 to Today 
• Continent or Region: 
• Architecture Style (if known):

5) Suggestions for improvement: Could we mirror this and make it a semi-detach !? I like this one. It is maybe a bit narrow, but I saw way worst IRL. It really needs a driveway in front of its garage door and a backyard with cedar hedge or picket fence. The lot feel empty. 

 

11 hours ago, Kaschperl said:

Simon's Stack Shack

I love the name!

6 hours ago, Bolduck91 said:

Could we mirror this and make it a semi-detach !? I like this one. It is maybe a bit narrow, but I saw way worst IRL. It really needs a driveway in front of its garage door and a backyard with cedar hedge or picket fence. The lot feel empty. 

I guess we could. It might look good in combination with similar lots, we already reviewed some of them.

1) Name this asset: (what Kaschperl said)

2) Rating (number between 0 and 10):

• Architecture & Proportions: 9
• Colour (with vanilla colour variations): 6
• Colour (improved textures): 8
• Illumination: 7
• Model & Texture Quality: 8
• Decoration (props & trees): 3
• Overall Rating: 7

3) Stat Classification (you can specify one or multiple values):

• Zone Type (RCIO): R-Med.
• Wealth Level ($, $$, $$$): $$
• Density ([1 rural] – [10 megacity]): 5
• Household & Workplace Count: 1~2
• Ideal lot size (with garden/parking, 1x1 – 16x8): 1x3(driveway), 1x4(driveway+backyard). 2x3, 2x4 if using bolduck91's suggestion of mirroring.

4) Style Classification (you can specify one or multiple values):

• Commonness ([1 rare, unique] – [10 widespread, large accumulations]): 7
• Construction date (1800 – 2100): 1950~present
• Continent or Region: North America
• Architecture Style (if known): -

5) Suggestions for improvement:

The dark gray roof isn't too bad I feel like it contrasts well with the white frames, but variety is always a good thing, neutral colors would be suitable, like greyish-dark green.

11 hours ago, Bolduck91 said:

5) Suggestions for improvement: Could we mirror this and make it a semi-detach !? I like this one. It is maybe a bit narrow, but I saw way worst IRL. It really needs a driveway in front of its garage door and a backyard with cedar hedge or picket fence. The lot feel empty. 

 

I second this. At least then it actually feels like medium density that can fit 3~5 households.

Did you upload your save game to the workshop? It's spring break so I could alter models (eg turn this semi-detached) if I had 1 copy of each building on one map.