Posted on: March 16, 2020
KMickle
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Dull City Plan
The title was expected to be a fresh start on SimCity 2000, incorporating all the good things from its predecessors along with some additional polish. Here is what we do have: Pros: — The simple and adorable graphics looks good; — The music is fitting and non-distracting. There's not much of it, though; Cons: — The work of city services is not simulated(!). Example: the police coverage is determined not by number of crimes or patrols on the spot, but by proximity (linear!) of the police dept. So, any given service does in no way interact with the city as a system(!); — It is more difficult to congest traffic than to avoid congestion. A single road through the whole city is never congested. Buildings demand a road, but do not need this road to be connected to anything; — All the SimCity chores are lovingly gathered here: empty buildings are to be bulldozed; water pipes—hand-placed; power lines and zone buildings are not removed automatically, but roads (?!) are. Buildings in the fresh zones are erected haphazardly and often with no power access; — Instead of markers and indicators: the "Mailbox". It quickly accumulates piles of spam. No power/water/… capacity indicators. No income indicator (an outrage!); — No goals. Fully linear. At start, most options are locked and become unlocked the moment they become viable (or the moment no one longer cares). Very low upkeeps. Unhappy citizens pay less taxes (oh I wish I could!), but very reluctant to move away; — Most CPU time is spent (wasted) on graphics: it slows the simulation 20–30 times for a developed medium city. The resources needed for the simulation itself are negligible. Rating justification: — Lacks depth and sophistication of the simulation; — Fully linear; Provides no challenge; — Did not meet expectations; — Lacks novelty and points of interest; — Poor UI, suboptimal graphics. — Overpriced tenfold; Recommended to: casual gamers who love calm and undemanding sandboxes. Not recommended to: anyone else.
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