2nd January 2004, 6:29 PM
Simcity 4. It's an awesome game...but you probably already knew that.
Anyway, after having played it for a while now I've found that it is much better than the third game and at least as good as SC2000. One of the major changes I noticed is that now all the building you build such as police stations and school cost money each month, which makes balancing the budget a little more difficult and requires you to think before building.
Also, if you buy the deluxe edition, which comes with the Rush Hour expansion pack, you can take control of various vehicles and perform missions throughout your city.
Another change is that you are not restricted to one city you know have control of an entire region, which has tons of space. The region is split into about 20 sections which vary in size. Each section acts as an independent city, but through connections you can bu and sell resources between them. This allows you to have many different cities from urban metropolises to seaside resorts to high-tech industrial zones. That's where the games gets addicting.
Building the city itself is much the same as it has been in previous installments. One change is that when you place zones roads are built within the zone automatically instead of forcing the player to place roads. Of course you can still build roads how you want, but this addition makes things a little easier. Also, as in past installments, you recieve bonus buildings based on certain factors, except now these buildings are no longer free, so you'll have to be careful about placing them.
Very fun and addicting so I have to give it 10/10.
Here's a snapshot I took of my region yesterday:
Anyway, after having played it for a while now I've found that it is much better than the third game and at least as good as SC2000. One of the major changes I noticed is that now all the building you build such as police stations and school cost money each month, which makes balancing the budget a little more difficult and requires you to think before building.
Also, if you buy the deluxe edition, which comes with the Rush Hour expansion pack, you can take control of various vehicles and perform missions throughout your city.
Another change is that you are not restricted to one city you know have control of an entire region, which has tons of space. The region is split into about 20 sections which vary in size. Each section acts as an independent city, but through connections you can bu and sell resources between them. This allows you to have many different cities from urban metropolises to seaside resorts to high-tech industrial zones. That's where the games gets addicting.
Building the city itself is much the same as it has been in previous installments. One change is that when you place zones roads are built within the zone automatically instead of forcing the player to place roads. Of course you can still build roads how you want, but this addition makes things a little easier. Also, as in past installments, you recieve bonus buildings based on certain factors, except now these buildings are no longer free, so you'll have to be careful about placing them.
Very fun and addicting so I have to give it 10/10.
Here's a snapshot I took of my region yesterday:
Sometimes you get the scorpion.