22nd February 2003, 8:18 PM
Almost everyone has played <i>Simcity</i> at one point or another, but just in case you haven't here's what the game is like: You are the mayor of a huge open area of nothing, and your job is to build that from a village, to a town, to a city, to a capital, to a metropolis, and finally, a megalopolis. You build neighborhoods, residential, commercial, and industrial zones, power plants, airports, stadiums, and road and mass transit systems. You get your money from taxes. You must also deal with natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, fires, and floods.</font>
You view your city from a birds-eye view, the buildings don't have a whole lot of detail, but enough to tell what they are. Airports have planes, nuclear power plants have cooling towers, etc. Not a feast for the eyes, but it looks okay.
Gameplay can be addictive if you get into it, especially if you know the money cheat so you can build to your hearts desire. The cheat escapes me now, but it should be easy to find if you look on a search engine.
I rate <i>Simcity</i> a 6 out of 10.
You view your city from a birds-eye view, the buildings don't have a whole lot of detail, but enough to tell what they are. Airports have planes, nuclear power plants have cooling towers, etc. Not a feast for the eyes, but it looks okay.
Gameplay can be addictive if you get into it, especially if you know the money cheat so you can build to your hearts desire. The cheat escapes me now, but it should be easy to find if you look on a search engine.
I rate <i>Simcity</i> a 6 out of 10.