SimCity 4 is the forth main step-up in the city building series. A rush hour expansion pack was also released. And now a deluxe edition is now available in games retails near you. First I would like to start by saying that there been a huge improvement in graphics and visuals. The level in detail is more impressive, things like when buildings are being built you can see it getting bigger with all the construction and cranes around it and if you have the city detail and texture quality on a high level you can see the people working on the construction site. You notice that buildings become dilapidated if conditions aren't right for that particular building, it really is a much more detailed game than the other SimCity games. This is good in most ways but this really can bring your system to its knees, you do need a powerful machine with well over 256MB Ram and a Pentium 4 with at least 2.0 GHz. The game pretty much plays like SimCity 3000, You zone areas, build power plants and water facilities and transportation systems, There is also a god mode where you can create mountains and valleys. When you zone areas they will automatically draw in roads. It's a useful feature as you can zone bigger areas. The problem here is that roads often don't connect so you have to go to the roads menu and connect them yourself. But you can use shift and alt to alter the ways the roads are built. You have different types of roads in this game, you have streets which are draw in when you zone, there is roads which can handle more traffic and have a higher speed limit then streets. Avenues which are similar to dual carriage ways, and one way streets. Another thing new to SimCity 4 is the region play where you connect your cities together. The game offers a lot of entertainment and it will keep you playing for a while
Simcity 4...just plain amazing. If there's one thing that Maxis and EA Games can do right, its produce games like this that have us drooling control freaks entertained for hours on end. Where do i begin? There are loa... Read Full Review
Sim City 4 introduces big changes to the Sim City series originally created by Will Wright. I personally prefer sim city 3000 to this game. The good: - 3d graphics - Terra-forming landscapes have been made easier -... Read Full Review
