SimCity (time well spent compared to Civ?)

[FlameFlash]

The Civ games are a lot better IMHO... especially since you can get jealous of neighboring cities and actually do something about them (ie. nuking them) rather than just bulldozing the road you made to stop your citizens from going to some AI controlled city you can never actually see.

[MattyBoy]

Maybe a nice game would be SimCity meets Doom, where every 20 years you get to run a Doom mission into another players city and see how much infrastructural damage you can do before the police force shut you down.

May be a little hard to market post Sep 11, though.

[tishco]

Or be the godzilla/ufo, that would be cool. in sc4 you can control your disasters and have neibouring cities you control

[tniem]

Originally posted by tishco
Or be the godzilla/ufo, that would be cool. in sc4 you can control your disasters and have neibouring cities you control

How is this controlling neighboring cities going to work?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by MattyBoy
Maybe a nice game would be SimCity meets Doom, where every 20 years you get to run a Doom mission into another players city and see how much infrastructural damage you can do before the police force shut you down.

We could even call the "Doom" part of the game is called Grand Theft Auto.

[Adagio]

Damn, I hate it when it can't find the page, and thereby it erased the 10 pages (...almost... ) text I just wrote...but here it is in short:

SimCity is good because:

It's so relaxing (Just sit back an enjoy the show, if you're too tired to change the city by your self )

For those, who don't know the official SimCity 4 page: http://simcity.ea.com/simcity4/new/new.html (Go check it out, it's worth it...)

And for the (maybe) release date for SimCity 4:

http://www.gonegold.com/releases

[FlameFlash]

Being able to control multiple cities... now I like that.

[tniem]

SimCity 4 is looking great with their building evolution system and there changes on roads.

But does anyone have an idea how controlling more than one city is going to work?

[Adagio]

Originally posted by tniem
SimCity 4 is looking great with their building evolution system and there changes on roads.

I have 20 mbs (5 videos of SC4), if anyone's interested (One of them can be downloaded at the official site, the others, I don't remember were I found them...The videos not from the official site, are gameplay videos...really interesting...if you want them, contact me on ICQ...

EDIT: I just found the place, were I downloaded them, if you want them, check this place out...

Originally posted by tniem
But does anyone have an idea how controlling more than one city is going to work?

I've read, it should be something like The Sims...

[Space05us]

sim city meets the sims... interesting how that blends in the mind...

[Space05us]

[childish quick talk]

Ooh! ooh! ohh! I want it, I want it NOW!! Sim City 4000... erm I mean 4
have you gone and Looked at the screenshots yet!? I want it!

Personalize your Sims (or take your favorite existing characters from The Sims) and place them in your city--they’ll give you feedback about how to improve their world.
Experience life in the big city, from mellow traffic flow to commuter hell, noontime crowds to nighttime calm.

oooh! I've always wanted to be able to live in my cities!!

Drop a disaster anywhere in your city--set buildings ablaze, pelt your metropolis with meteors, unleash a twister, or wreak havoc with a volcano.
Populate your terrain with animals that graze and roam … and sometimes stampede into your city!

need I say more.


these are just a few of the cool new things! I want it, I want it now! I'll garuntee you that I'll be the bastard who gets ripped off for buying it when it first comes out! screw waiting for a price drop!

ooh! and did you look at the screenshots!? Oooooh! Eyecandy, much much eyecandy!
[/childish quick talk]

okay Im done acting like a kid...for now.

[Adagio]

Just for your information, the SimCity 4 site, has just been updated: More info and more screens



Minimum Requirements
P500MHz
16MB 3D accelerator

[Space05us]

http://simcity.ea.com/simcity4/images/screens/set1/screenshot_08_big.jpg

Looks like the fire fighting is going to be more difficult. no more saving the metropolis with one fire station

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Space05us

http://simcity.ea.com/simcity4/images/screens/set1/screenshot_08_big.jpg

Looks like the fire fighting is going to be more difficult. no more saving the metropolis with one fire station

try using [ img ] code...lots easier

[Space05us]

takes longer to load the page though