Cities Skylines - The Simcity we should've got

[Crispy]

While EA licks the blood from the knife still warm from the beating heart of Maxis, a tiny Finnish developer is about to release a city building game the likes of which we haven't seen in years and years. It's getting very good reviews.



It's only £23 on Steam and is available for download later today.

I can't wait

 

[Crispy]

Available now. Downloading

 

[Citizen66]

This is Paradox isn't it? I'm not sure I trust their non historical strategy titles .

 

[Crispy]

This is Paradox isn't it? I'm not sure I trust their non historical strategy titles .

Paradox are publishing. Colossal Order are the developers. They did Cities In Motion (and its sequel). This means that Skylines has excellent transit tools

Trains! Subways! Bus Routes! Oh My!

 

[DotCommunist]

I might have to look up those cities in motion titles they did before now. Running a city transport simulator sounds well fun.

 

[Citizen66]

Paradox are publishing. Colossal Order are the developers. They did Cities In Motion (and its sequel). This means that Skylines has excellent transit tools

Trains! Subways! Bus Routes! Oh My!

Didn't Cities in Motion get bad reviews? I hope this is good. Could do with getting what Sim City 5 should have been.

 

[bi0boy]

I might have to look up those cities in motion titles they did before now. Running a city transport simulator sounds well fun.

My dream game is called Integrated Transport Policy and is basically Sim City 4 with accurate and extremely adjustable transport routing/demand/pricing simulation.

 

[Crispy]

My dream game is called Integrated Transport Policy and is basically Sim City 4 with accurate and extremely adjustable transport routing/demand/pricing simulation.

That's basically what CiM is all about, but you don't do much city design, just routing, timetabling, fares etc.

 

[lazythursday]

This looks ace and makes me want to play games again for the first time in about a decade and a half. But I'm not going to be able to with crappy integrated graphics card am I? S'not fair.

 

[Citizen66]

I might pull the trigger next week if crispy says all is well.

 

[Crispy]

I might pull the trigger next week if crispy says all is well.

Wife and baby are away for three days and nights, so I should be able to make a decent enquiry

 

[Citizen66]

Heh, nice timing

 

[mrsfran]

Oooooh. Two questions: will it hold my hand a lot? It's been an age since I've played a city builder. And will it work on my 5yo Vista laptop? It won't, will it?

 

[Citizen66]

Almost certainly no to the second question.

 

[mrsfran]

 

[Citizen66]

Unless it was a top of range gaming laptop in which case it might work with the settings dialed right down.

 

[DotCommunist]

much as I like the idea of this game I'm going to have to settle for a torrent of simcity 2000 with expansion mods. Either that or try it out on the old imac

 

[yield]

Thanks Crispy. Can't decide whether to get this or Sunless Sea.

This is cheaper through cdkeys

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/steam-cities-skylines-pc-14-99-facebook-code-cdkeys-2161758

 

[Crispy]

1st impressions: it's mint

 

[DotCommunist]

I've just downloaded simcity 3000 and run it in win 98 compatibility mode. It helps sate the city building urge this thread has given me, should work on your vista lappy too

 

[dessiato]

Will it run on my i5, 6gig ram laptop? It sounds like a game I'd love. Especially if I put it on my projector.

 

[Crispy]

Will it run on my i5, 6gig ram laptop? It sounds like a game I'd love. Especially if I put it on my projector.

As long as it's got dedicated graphics, you'll be fine. What make and model?

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Hmm, can I populate this with eco-villages and create a sadistic gulag for Jeremy Clarkson fans?

 

[dessiato]

It's a Toshiba Satellite L750/L755 according to the label. Crispy

 

[Citizen66]

What's the gpu?

 

[Crispy]

It's a Toshiba Satellite L750/L755 according to the label. Crispy

It's a Toshiba Satellite L750/L755 according to the label. Crispy

Ah, I'm afraid you're out of luck. Integrated Intel graphics in that machine aren't up to it

 

[souljacker]

dessiato mrsfran http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

 

[mauvais]

I knew there'd be a thread on this, and I knew it'd be by Crispy.

A short while back I tried an offline version of SimCity, thought 'I don't know quite what the negativity is about', and then a few hours later discovered all the things that are still broken (fucking workers!), and gave up.

On the back of the early reviews, I bought this before release today. So far this seems excellent, everything SC should be, with modding out of the box.

In terms of accessibility, it holds your hand a tiny bit, not a lot. The UI's quite clear. Anyone who's a dab hand at any SimCity game will pick it up - better than the Cities in Motion game that I couldn't figure out after a quick play.

 

[Crispy]

I just made my first bus route, and it unlocked a primal feeling deep within my soul.


I'm late for work.

 

[Crispy]

I played it all lunch break too.
It's intoxicating.

My central avenue is beginning to get a bit clogged with buses. Need to make some alternative routes. Why did I build that school there?! Aargh!