An interesting attempt to think out side of the sim city box that just didn't quite get there.
City Life does do many right, but many more things are just average while some are rather frustrating. The game is fun but no where near as fun as SimCity 3 or SimCity 4 Rush Hour.
It has some inovative concepts that if ever adopted by SimCity, would play out to be some good additions, however this game itself is just an average run of the mill good for a sunday or two in the deed of winter playing.
If you haven't bought it yet, check out the demo, if you like the demo buy the game. Or wait to buy the game until its in the bargin bins.