RGN writes: "The "City Building" genre has been neglected or at the very least abandoned. After the absolute tragedy that was SimCity Societies, fans of this type of game have become a little....jaded. The complete outrage that came with the release of SCS was astounding, people became frustrated. I had high expectations for the game Will Wright said was going to be amazing. SimCity Societies was anything but amazing. It was clear that the SimCity franchise may in fact be dead. It was a sad time for me."
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.
I was originally going to day 1 purchase this game ...
then i found out it had mmo subscriber type fees.
All I wanted is a Next Gen Sim city ...thats it ..maybe with other bells and whistles ...
If in 6 months to a year they roll out the other goodies and people re-review it. I will buy it if it delivers. atm it does NOT