New content including some game changing modules are promised for future release, but at this point Cities XL is more an intriguing concept than a revolutionary title. The solo game is inferior to many other city builder options in recent years (Tropico 3, SimCity: Societies, Grand Ages: Rome) and the online portion is too underdeveloped and uninteresting to recommend it to serious amateur urban engineers. It's still a daring idea. If it only were as daring in execution.
This week’s Humble Weekly Bundle, Focus Home Interactive 2, features a variety of different games which will please RPG fans to city-simulator fans. Notably, unlike normal bundles there are four tiers (compared to the usual three) — when you buy into one tier, you can’t change the size of your order without contacting Customer Support.
In Episode 52 of the Game Under Podcast, Phil Fogg explains why he's taking 20 hours to finish Shovel Knights (he is an accidental platforming masochist), and Tom Towers declines to play anything: instead he joins Phil in an all encompassing discussion on videogame criticism!
CitiesXL Platinum gets a release trailer with buildings being build to the sound of dubstep music.
I like how they put "Build Huge Cities" in there. From what I see in Simcity. Cities are so small.