Cities: Skylines
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Strategy, economic, sandbox, city builder, Game Pass, PS Plus Premium, PS Plus Extra, singleplayer
An economic strategy game belonging to the popular genre of city builders. This one was created by the Finnish studio Colossal Order, creators of the Cities In Motion series. The game is a response to the popular SimCity franchise from Maxis Studios. In contrast to the previous titles from the Finns, this one is not limited to public transportation, letting you build up a whole virtual metropolis from scratch.
Last Update: April 7, 2015
Cities: Skylines Game Guide
Many cities have grown on very harsh territories. Others had good condition for growth. But, despite everything, every city starts with one man that wants to settle in a specific place.
March 13, 2015
Cities: Skylines Review - Farewell SimCity
City building games lovers finally got what they asked for. With help from Paradox Interactive, Colossal Order's Cities: Skylines is a worthy successor of SimCity.
Gamepressure Review
Cities: Skylines
City building games lovers finally got what they asked for. With help from Paradox Interactive, Colossal Order's Cities: Skylines is a worthy successor of SimCity.
PC / WindowsGameSpot: 8 / 10 by Brett Todd
Smart attention to details like zoning and policy decisions make Cities: Skyline the most authentic city-builder you can play.
Game Rant: 4.5 / 5 by John Jacques
Colossal Order's 'Cities: Skylines' is an entertaining city building game on a scale like no other, and it may be a perfect replacement for 'SimCity'.
Game Informer: 8.5 / 10 by Brian Shea
True to its PC reputation, Cities: Skylines is the best city-builder out there today
The main pros of the game
- Creative Freedom: Players appreciate the extensive customization options for city building, allowing for a high degree of creativity and personalization.
- Engaging Gameplay: The game is described as fun and addictive, with many players spending countless hours building and managing their cities.
- Strong Community and Modding Support: The Steam Workshop offers a plethora of mods and assets that enhance gameplay, adding depth and variety.
- Realistic Simulation: Users enjoy the realistic urban dynamics and traffic management, which adds complexity and challenges to the gameplay.
- Good Graphics and Audio: The game features decent graphics and a relaxing soundtrack, contributing to an immersive experience.
The main cons of the game
- DLC Dependency: Many players express frustration over essential features being locked behind numerous paid DLCs, making the overall cost of the game quite high.
- Performance Issues: As cities grow, the game can become resource-intensive, causing performance slowdowns on lower-end systems.
- Complexity for New Players: Some users find the game overwhelming at first, with a steep learning curve and a lack of clear tutorials.
- Traffic Management Challenges: While traffic management is a key feature, many players find it complicated and at times frustrating to balance.
The features or elements that are missing from the game according to users
- Better Base Features: Users feel that many features that should be included in the base game are only available through DLCs, which detracts from the overall experience.
- Improved Non-American City Options: There is a call for better options for building non-American style cities that are more walkable and transit-oriented.
- More Guidance for New Players: A desire for better tutorials and guidance for new players to help them understand the game mechanics.
- Optimization for Lower-End Systems: Players suggest that the game could benefit from better optimization to run smoothly on less powerful PCs.
Summary
- Overall, while Cities: Skylines is widely praised for its depth, creativity, and community support, it faces criticism regarding its reliance on DLCs, performance issues, and complexity for newcomers.
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GAMERS Score
Average score from 3291 votes. 344 players anticipated the game.
Cities: Skylines Description
Cities: Skylines is a economic strategy game developed by the Colossal Order team, known for Cities in Motion and Cities in Motion 2: The Modern Days. This time the developers decided not to be limited to the topic of urban transport and challenged SimCity-type projects.
Mechanics
Cities: Skylines is a classic representative of the city builder strategy genre. Goal of the game is to build an efficiently functioning city while maintaining its financial stability. The player starts on an area of 4 square kilometers (over time it can be expanded to a maximum of 36 square kilometers) and has to build roads, place residential, commercial and industrial zones, design public transport routes and keep people happy. More elements related to city management are unlocked gradually as the population grows.
There are several types of roads at the player's disposal, which provide different capacities. All of them (except highways) also allow for the construction of various buildings and residential, commercial and industrial zones. If a given street is too narrow to guarantee the smooth flow of vehicles, traffic jams will appear, making it difficult to transport goods and move people.
The city needs proper infrastructure to function - electricity, water and garbage collection - as well as buildings to ensure the safety of its citizens - police, fire department, health care and funeral services. Additionally, the player may also decide to introduce public transport, such as buses. However, his role is not limited only to constructing the appropriate structures - he also has to mark out the lines along which the vehicles will run.
Each structure, however, requires sufficient funds. The city can guarantee its income through taxes, exports of goods and profits from public transport.
Cities: Skylines also allows you to divide cities into districts. Each district can differ in its specialization, tax rate, emphasis on education, and laws.
Game modes
Cities: Skylines only allows you to play in single player mode.
Technical aspects
Cities: Skylines offers simple but appealing graphics. The player can freely manipulate the camera.
Last updated on August 14, 2015
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A series of strategy games of the city builder type, allowing us to build modern cities from scratch. The series is overseen by Colossal Order studio, a Finnish development team, which has gained experience in creating productions of this type, working on two genre-related games under the banner of Cities in Motion. The publisher of the series Cities series is Paradox Interactive, a company specializing in the strategy genre..
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Cities: Skylines Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows March 10, 2015
PlayStation 5 February 15, 2023
Xbox Series X/S February 15, 2023
Switch September 13, 2018
PlayStation 4 August 15, 2017
Xbox One April 21, 2017
Developer: Colossal Order
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Cities: Skylines System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz/AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 512 MB GeForce GTX 260/Radeon HD 5670 or better, 4 GB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i5-3470 3.20 GHz/AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz, 6 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870 or better, 4 GB HDD, Windows 7/8 64-bit
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