overall a fun game worth $30 bucks and will take up a lot of your time, some negatives. You will get hooked
User Rating: 8.9 | SimCity DS DS
First, I had to go to three different stores just to get it because Best Buy and other stores had a delay in the shipment. I finally found it at EBGames. Anyway, i started playing immediately and it does take some getting used to at first. I used to play Sim City 3000 on the PC years ago so it took me some time to figure out the game basics such as how to read the RCI meter. But other than that, the whole design of the game has changed to accommodate the stylus. At first it was a little frustrating because I didn't know much, but after a few hours I was a master of the stylus and really like using it. The main screen is the top screen, that's the screen that shows the city. The stylus screen is the one where you decide how to build your city and it includes different data and graphs. I give the graphics about an 8 because in far view it's kind of fuzzy and not to many colors to brighten the world up. I know that's how 3000 was but i want a little upgrade. I can't comment too much on the sound because i always keep my volume off and listen to the TV or something. but i did listen to the sound for a little bit for the review and it was alright. The game play is fun, it will take getting used to but you will come addicted. The replay has to be a 10 because the game is only $30 and will take up all your time. Plus, once you feel that you have had enough with your city after like 40 hours of playing. Well start a brand new city on a new terrain and there's another 40 hours. Every game has it negatives, and here is my list. I am hating the citizens that come to me and ask me for stuff. Sometimes they are helpful when professor sims discovers something to help me out. Other times it's some lady asking me to put more hospitals when i have a crap load of hospitals. Plus, the worst part about it is that they pop up like every 5 months and annoy me because i'm in the middle of something. So i decided to just say no when someone wants to talk to me.
Other negatives are, I don't like that the terrain map cannot be bigger or smaller. It's basically a default size, yes you can pick to have rivers and oceans but the square footage will always be the same. I want to build a huge city man, give it to me.
All in all, it's a great and fun game that you will get addicted to. The price is good and it reminds of the good old days playing 3000. I suggest anyone who enjoys city building games or strategy to pick this up. peace 
