![]() I did find that it is much harder to go completely bankrupt in this version although a word of caution- roads are damn expensive so don’t go crazy with roads at the beginning! Obviously as I bought the Complete edition it would be rude not to mention the expansion pack and DLC that is included. However, I did find some things that are a little obscure in the game which I did need to google for such as where to find religious buildings (Under ‘Culture’ in the ‘Specialisms’ bar if you need to know). Most of the game is self explanatory and the City Advisors are still on hand should you need them to clarify things. This in turn will cause your population to complain about too much crime.Įven if you haven’t played any of the Simcity games before, this one is fairly simple to get to grips with. You can put down a few police stations but if they end up costing too much, instead of reducing funding, you instead are forced to completely close each police station to save money. The tax control is still very much there but when it comes to say, your police department, you have little control over costs. In this version however, they have taken much of this away. If you played previous versions then you are used to the sliders that let you control not only taxes, but funding for services and departments within your city. In contrast to this, I find the control over finances to be limited. Do you want it to be academic? Industrial perhaps? Or maybe the best commercial shopping district? These can be done without the game getting to involved and, as in my case, your academic city suddenly doesn’t have the money it needs anymore, you can easily convert to industrial endeavours to bring cash into the city. One of my favourite things about this game is the ability to focus on what you want your city to be. From there, this version has a lot of differences from previous ones. Get some roads doen, zone some RCI areas and wait for the money to go up. Getting started is easy enough and standard for Simcity. Once you load up your first city, you have a complete blank slate. I wouldn’t say it’s essential to play through this but it may helpful to some and only takes 5 minutes. The first time you load up the game there is a short tutorial to play through. If you are playing the multiplayer version then your friends are able to claim the cities next door to you. Unlike previous versions of the game, there is no AI to control other cities, at least not that I’ve found so far. The game is available on Windows and Mac platforms but is currently not supported by Linux.Īfter the introduction video (which is thankfully skippable) you get to choose your landscape for your city ‘Region’ which is simply an area with a handful of blank cities.As you go through the game you can claim all of the cities in a region and then trade between them. ![]() I play Simcity on my laptop with no performance issues, no lagging and no compromise on graphics. This game comes in at 2.6GB which is perfect if you don’t have a high powered gaming machine which many newer games require to be played enjoyably. However, this was a flash sale and at the time of writing it is selling for £24.99. I was lucky enough to find it in a sale via Origin, EA’s gaming portal, for £6.99. I bought Simcity as a complete edition including the Cities Of Tomorrow expansion pack and the downloadable content packs (British City, French City, German City, Heroes And Villains, Amusement Park and Airships). Having grown up playing various versions of the simulation game Simcity, I felt it long overdue to try out the most recent version in the Simcity family. Guest writer Jeni Stevens chips in with her thoughts, opinions and experiences playing the eponymou SimCity Complete Edition.
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