punkologist4

Wow! It has been years since I have visited Simtroplois and this thread has shocked me. I don't really understand all the hate. C:SL is a ton better than SC2013 for a start. My only real bugbear with the game is the traffic simulation in that cars don't use all available lanes, making it really hard to create good functioning road systems. Not sure why people think the graphics are so terrible either. Just have a watch of @Strictoaster's youtube channel, particularly what he is doing on Seenu. This game can look spectacular and very realistic. It has really inspired me to create something detailed rather than the traffic clogged grid mess I have made in the past. The best design decision they made was to have steam workshop support. Like SC4 before it, mods are what really makes this game amazing. Vanilla SC4 was pretty awful too.

Originally posted by: Robstersfive well i never buy EA games anymore, stopped buying need for speed as pro street demo was terrible, thankgod for codemasters grid, simcity will go the same way CitiesXL will distroy latest simcity. Really cant see EA repuation lasting long like this, they are killing to many franchises C&C, Simcity, Need for Speed....im sure there more!!quote> C&C is still good. I loved the last one. (c&c 3 that is not red alert)

as far as the city building genre goes, it definitely is the worst. I played it for about 5 hours and then uninstalled it. What a waste of money. It really did re-affirm for me that simcity 4 is a masterpiece, especially since i discovered the stex on simtropolis! Beijing 2008 is the worst game of all time though...