Hi, occasional lurker and long time Sim City fan since I played it in school when I was about five. While I'm keeping an open mind with SCS, I have being extremely dissapointed with what I have seen and heard so far. I'm kind of surprised at the direction they're taken, it seems to be in the direction that Simsville was, as a mixture of elements between The Sims and Sim City. And Simsville was canceled, simply because it 'wasn't fun'. Obviously this game won't be the same as Simsville, but I just don't think it's a great concept. They may say it's the best of both worlds, but IMO - it's the worst of both worlds. You've got less control of the people you control, and less control of the city. I've already got The Sims 2, Sim City 4 and City Life, it seems this game is an extremely underwhelming combinaiton of the three of them. And as a matter of fact, Simsville impressed me a lot more than this game has so far. I remember each installment of Sim City I saw - Classic, 2000, 3000 and 4 amazed me, this one simply bores me in all honesty.
