I recently started to play simcity 4 after beta 2 and the game honestly isnt that great. My cities feel very dead unlike the ones in the beta where i could actually zoom into street level and see actual citizens doing everyday things. This is what makes the game so great. Simcity (2013) is able to stimulate a living and breathing city. It may be on smaller maps but if you think about it the game is a true city simulator. A city simulator should simulate a city like Simcity (2013) and not like Simcity 4 which is boring and static.