I can’t recall how many hours I’ve spent fiddling with my digital cities throughout the many versions of “SimCity” and variants thereof, only to tear them down on purpose when I was through with them by calling upon every natural (or man-made) disaster available. “Cities Skylines” is a fantastic video game adaptation of “SimCity” and I was pleased to be able to give this physical copy a go.
Cities: Skylines
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Judging from the “mostly negative” reviews on Steam’s “Cities XXL” page (24% positive as of today’s writing), I suppose I can say that the market was really looking forward to a next-gen city-builder that they could sink their teeth into. The same could be said for “SimCity” when it launched in 2013, though the always-online connection (later patched) and the small map sizes dashed hopes almost as much. Sure, there are games like “Banished” and “Tropico 5” to help us pass the time, but a lot of us are craving for days when we could make huge megalopolises without the limitations that come with today’s technology. Heck, I spent years playing “SimCity” on the SNES and wouldn’t you know it…it didn’t freeze when cities got large and I didn’t have to contend with online DRM. Those were the days.