I really didn't enjoy this game. As soon as I saw it in the store i bought it. And its really not very similar to simcity 4. Simcity 4 was great due to the fact you set zones for people to build upon and you watched your village ---> town ---> city ---> grow into something awesome. On SCS, you choose the houses you build "which is not very amusing" and you basically give a theme to your city such as horror or arty or something like that. There is no challenge to the game at all. Yes the graphics are good but it doesn't compensate for the gameplay. In my opinion, no don't get it.