The SimCity poll!

[Adagio]

I'd say the arcologies was good in one way, I like the idea of them, but I hated them because they were way to cheap, it would be much better if they were that expensive, even the richest city in the world could only afford building a few of those!

I liked SC3k better than SC2k, but not because of the gameplay, because the gameplay was almost the same, but the graphics was much improved, it was cool to be able to recognize the different cars, and even watch the people on the street

I wonder how many (in %) who would like to see the archs get back in SC4?

[tishco]

thats why i was amazed my the sim city 3000 demo and got bored of sc2000 quilckly, the grx were not very good to put it lightly

[Lemmy]

The one truly new feature I wish for is handling of slopes and curves. No tile game has yet managed to cope with rounded hills, varying angle slopes or construction on ground that isn't flat. Until they improve this then building any city that wasn't formed on the ubiquitous flat grid pattern will be impossible to recreate. Roundabouts would be nice, too

good news for you then, you can build on slopes in SC4 ""

[Grumbold]

Really - like roads can go diagonally or sideways instead of only straight up and down?

[Juggler]

Played all three games (had SC2000 on my PC486 for 3 years).

[Lemmy]

hmm, dunno about roads, in the preview it was only mentioned that you can now built on slopes, i think the roads will be the same as in sc3 though, a banked roads gpoing straight just doesn't seem right

[Adagio]

They did mention they have completely re-done the road-system, but I didn't notice much changes on the screenshots!

[Adagio]

I just went through a few screenshots at gamespot, and found this picture showing there exists several types of roads (Does it look like), small quiet roads, the standard road and a type of highway road though not the same type as in SC3k (As far as I know)...Take a look here:

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2002/pc/featurepreviews/simcity4/sc4_screen002.jpg

[Grumbold]

It does look a little smoother. There are some roads that seem to be running diagonally down a slope, but there's a road in that screenshot you supplied that can only manage an endless series of corners. Looks like the're still evolving. The buildings on slopes are encouraging. I hated having to flatten everything just to prevent lines of unusable terrain running through my metropolis.

[Playa del Carmen]

I've played the original (on PC and on SNES), SimCity2000 and 3000, and 3000 has been my favorite. Maybe it's all those odd-looking advisors telling me what to do.

But I'm a horrible simcity player. The only version I've had any luck playing is the original. I think I have a problem with all those zone choices- light, medium, and heavy everything.

[Urban Ranger]

Classic is the best. Simple and elegant

[connorkimbro]

Simcity, before it was called "simcity classic".

I bought it in a store for like, 15 bucks, played it for YEARS straight. brought it to school, got my math teacher to let me install it in the computer lab, got EVERYONE in 7th grade math classes hooked on that game. people actually started doing their homework early so they could use the last few minutes of class to go play it. my teacher liked me for that one.

[Skanky Burns]

Nice, Connor

[Jethro83]

Only ever played SC2000. But dammit, I liked the Arcologies option. The only qualms I had were their appearance. But that's easily changed with the Urban Renewal Kit (I got the Special Edition).

Never saw the Launch Arcos launch before. What is it supposed to mean?

[Grumbold]

Launch Arco's were (iirc) fitted with rocket motors so that in the event of earthquakes threatening their destruction they could launch into orbit. They were the biggest, costliest and best balanced Arco, needing practically no support from external buildings to reach A+ quality.