![]() ![]() Overall, Simcity 4 is a steal on Origin! For such an amazing game as this, with so many customization options, and such amazing music and game play, it is definitely worth the low price, despite being 15 years old. This can be rather boring, as industrial development is limited, but can be improved by adding a mod that quarters the industrial demand. The most prominent problem is the commute time being too difficult to manage.Īnother issue is the constant industrial demand, where the player would need to build huge cities dedicated only towards industrial. Simcity 4 does have a few problems however, though not major if you know how to overcome them. This can be interesting if the player wants a challenge, or just fun to destroy a huge metropolis! An example of an interesting scenario is if a nuclear power plant explodes, causing a lot of radiation to be expelled into the city. Meteorites, tornadoes and earthquakes can be summoned by the player at any time, along with many other disasters. Simcity 4 gives the player access to many natural disasters and scenarios. What I would have liked though is a feature where the player could view the map from birds-eye-view, but I can understand there may have been hardware limitations back in 2003 that may have made this impossible. This is an important feature, especially when working around hills. The view of the game is isometric, and the player can rotate the view by 90 degrees, in order to see parts of the map that may be hidden. Loads of buildings have interesting features, even with customized gardens or small details such as cars. The graphics, while pixelated once zoomed in, are amazing. They allow the player to drive cars, fly planes, ride boats, control trains, or even drive a tank whilst destroying buildings with missiles.Īn important part of gaming is certainly the graphics and aesthetics, and Simcity 4 does not disappoint. While these features are not necessary, they add a certain charm to the game. This could involve creating mountains, valleys, rivers, oceans or really any land form that the player could dream of.Īlternatively, the player has the possibility to import maps off of Simtropolis, and though difficult to install, adds an extra element to the game – I’m currently working on a city in a region shaped as the UK, with the landscape shaped from a high detailed height map.Īnother selling point of the game is the implementation of features from The Sims. It allows players to create a huge metropolis, which would not have been possible in a single city, with a total plot size that would be impossible otherwise to run on a computer today, let alone back in 2003.Įach individual cell, either 256x256, 128x128 or 64圆4 tiles, can be landscaped by the player before creating their city. Compared to Simcity 5, this set up is perfect. This is a grid of differently sized square plots, all connected together. One of Simcity 4’s main selling points, is the region view. It sets the atmosphere of the game perfectly, and captures the player’s and the sim’s emotions as you expand your corrupt city into a gleaming paradise. My favorite track in the game, known as ‘Zone System’ is an example of the perfection of ambient, gritty, depressing, but most of all, interesting, city-sounding music. The ambient music in the regional view, combined with the gritty, hard jazz in the mayor view, combine to create an incredible atmosphere, incomparable to previous entries in the series, despite the impressive jazz tracks in Simcity 3000. Simcity 4 does impress it impresses a lot. In my opinion, an important factor in gaming, is the music, as it creates most of the atmosphere. However, there is a certain satisfaction as your first high-rises begin to develop! With so many buildings to choose from, you may expect a steep difficulty curve, which indeed is apparent as you play the game. The game is orientated around grittier city building, or large gleaming metropolises, which, to a long term player, is a great change from the previous installments - where the design choices and city genres seemed somewhat limited. Compared to Simcity 3000, this game is a huge step up.Ĭlearly aimed at experienced, PC gaming, simulator loving gamers, Simcity can satisfy all of the requirements that are needed to make a great city simulator, and does so much more to interest the player. My first experience of Simcity came from Simcity Ds when I was about 8 years old, and have been playing ever since. I have grown up all my life with Simcity, and by far, this is the best game in the series. ![]()
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