Cities in Motion

I really wanted to like this game as I'm a fan of train simulators, sim city and so forth. For some reason, I just didn't find this game fun. While it has nice graphics, it lacks character. The UI wasn't bad but the process of getting things done lacked enjoyment. I would suggest trying out the demo before purchasing.

and wish I hadn't wasted my money on it. As others have pointed out, the tutorial is garbage. I tried 5 times to build a metro, and like another user, never did figure it out. why can't I at least HIRE somebody in-game to advise me? It's what I'd do in real life if I was building a metro line. At this time, I've been unable to add any custom maps either, or other UCC. I tried creating a small map of my own, saved it, exited the game and re-started, and can't find the custom map in any location, I looked in New Game-Campaign, Sandbox and Scenario; and in Load Saved Game. It's not even accesible through the map editor I used to make it. It IS located in a folder in the Documents/Cities In Motion/Maps, but doesn't appear anywhere in-game. Custom maps placed in that folder don't show up anywhere either. I've tried adding some other UCC, placed in a folder in the game directory called "addons". That doesn't work either. I've tried at least 6 different spelling cmbinations for addons, with capitalization and hyphens. Nothing seems to work. The documentation that comes with the game is much like the game itself... it looks pretty. It won't actually help you learn anything useful about the game though. In short, if you just want something that looks pretty or you have a bunch of money you really hate, buy this "game". Good luck to you. P.S. there should be a way to edit a review...

CIM 1 and 2 were okay - but they really served as test platforms for Cities Skylines. If you really love transport sims (you probably already have these) but otherwise everything in these is done better in Cities Skylines.

Don't understand the complaints about the tutorials, I was able to finish them without much issue. You do have to read the instructions carefully, and they don't handhold key steps as much as they probably should, as I did get tripped up a couple of times. I'm going through one of the sandbox cities right now, Berlin. I had to restart the city a few times to understand the dynamics of balancing transit lines with passenger load. Hint: don't build massive lines with a million stops. After a couple hours trial and error, I now have a nice little profit coming from all my lines. The game is primarily transport focused, no city or community building like in SimCity. While it does not have that kind of depth, there is some good variety with the various vehicles and lines, along with challenges for keeping your lines profitable and customer ratings high. Besides, most of the management in SimCity was related to transport anyway. After spending several hours in Berlin, the game play does wear a bit thin, and that's where the depth tends to be lacking. Also, the buildings in actual gameplay, especially in overhead view, seem a bit drab. Not quite as bright and colorful as in the screenshots. I got the game on sale, and is definitely worth it at that cost. One tip, get the camera and line stat mods. Check the GOG game forums for where to get them, as the usual game mod sites that a lot of people link to no longer exist.