City Life 2008 is a combination of City Life and an expansion edition. The expansion brings new scenarios and maps to the game. As in City Life, the goal is to design the ultimate city around the interesting concept of social classes. This feature is still the same, and actually most of this expansion is exactly the same as the original game. The only new additions are the new scenarios and buildings. The editor has been upgraded to allow the addition of real maps and the graphics have been tweaked a bit, but that's really about all that's new.
There are two main modes of play, campaign and sandbox. However, the campaign scenarios aren't very tightly goal-oriented. While there are certain criteria to meet, these goals aren't very clear at first. It's almost like playing in the free-play mode with just a few "suggestions" as goals. The free-play mode is of course, free-play. Design away, live free!
Gameplay 7
Graphics 7
Sound 6
Difficulty Medium
Concept 6
Overall 7.0
