brannons

But the game trailers showd trains. No trains now? Argh. Thanks for the response. Is there any benefit to paying for the subscription right now? Other that playing with other people? I mean, is there any decent additional content for paying more money?

If I sign up and pay the monthly wee, will the added transportation, ie trains, etc be available in my single player game? If I don't renew my online subscription, will they still be available in my single player game?

Thanks man. I wish I would have seen tha before buying the game again for the second time. I'd be luck to get my refund from the first purchase

bought the game from 2 differnet places, waiting on a refund from one. Do not buy the game from Citiesxl.com unless you want to wait 9-12 hours for the download.(This is where I'm waiting for a refund). I then baught it for Direct2drive and had the download completed in 1 hour. Hope this helps.

I agree with you Brandon. The monthly pay portion sucks. But, I will do it (God help me) if Monty Cristo will reinvest the money into this game and the futer of City building. I'll give it 3 months to see if they are dedicat to this project. I'll bail if they just take the money and pocket it.

Monte Cristo, are you kidding me!! I’m blown away. They have something here! I’ve played all of the Maxis SimCities games., and have been waiting for a couple of years for another. The Maxis/Electronic Arts clearly left Sim City in the dust and has been pursuing the SIMS for the past several years. As far s I‘ve read, the Sim City franchise is dead, as The Sims brings in more money. Lets hold Maxis here for a moment………………………………… ….Monty Cristo, game publisher has pretty much pushed poop out, forever, until now. They clearly put Cities XL together with the developer supremely well for a Low budget game producer. I have to say I’m very impressed with the game play and presentation of Cities XL. Is it Sim City, “no”, they would get sued. But it’s very similar in that SimCity folks can pick it up and start enjoying it, but with a learning curve. Again, they can’t duplicate Sim City for legal reasons, but the game does amazingly well with the SimCity concept. I do feel that Monty Cristo has the opportunity to step up into the big leagues with this tile if they support it, and build on it. They can defiantly build on this game and become the new “City Simulation” king if they chose to. The game foundation is that good. So, Monty Cristo, are you going to stay a budget game publisher, or step up and take City simulation to the next level where Maxis bailed. Time will tell. PS. I don’t particularly agree with the online fees to get the rest of the game, ie.. trains, subways, etc, but if paying this company a few dollars per month will make them expand on this game, I’ll do it. Again, Maxis bailed, and this company definitely has something her to take over the City building genre.