SimCity (time well spent compared to Civ?)

[Dauphin]

So we can put five volcanoes in an arc surrounding our future the city?

[Dauphin]

DP

[Eli]

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
So we can put five volcanoes in an arc surrounding our future the city?

And then turn them on simultaneosly.

[FlameFlash]

If there's a way to turn it whatever it is into doing something evil to your city... you'll think of it won't you?

[Adagio]

I just had a closer look at the "new" SC4 video (From the official site)...when you follow the train (and just get past the brudge) you see some animal (Maybe a sheep or something), which walks straight onto the railway...at the same time the train passes by (Just before the sheep is out of the screen, it actually walks into the train (It's a long train...)

It's not like it's going to make the gameplay worse...but I just like to keep my eye on details

[Adagio]

Just read a thesims.com about a chat about SimCity4, that'll happen in TheSims.com chat room...The odd thing is, you'll have to have bought TheSims to be able to enter, to hear about SimCity4...or did I misunderstand something here?

[Adagio]

I've got no comment to this one:




This one looks nice too:



And at last, a new City view screen:



Oh...and they have a wallpaper for SC4 also, on the official site: http://simcity.ea.com/

And they mention about the chat they'll have in a few days...


Ohh...btw, they have a box shot on the site too:



Looks great

[FlameFlash]

I like that box!

That's a nice box...



Sorry...

/me drools.

[tniem]

Thanks for the box and new pics. I am getting mighty excited.

And Eli, thanks for correcting me on the graphics problem with city size
.

[Maquiladora]

I must say i havent seen any depressing, dead end backstreets yet, particularly akin to the north of England. I know its an American made game but even the heavy polluting industries look gleaming. I hope they have optional tilesets, or probably in an expansion pack i fear.

Just read a thesims.com about a chat about SimCity4, that'll happen in TheSims.com chat room...The odd thing is, you'll have to have bought TheSims to be able to enter, to hear about SimCity4...or did I misunderstand something here?

I dont know about that case, but you had to own any recent Maxis game to register at simcity.ea.com, with the keycode on the back of the case.

[FrustratedPoet]

Do we have any idea when this will be released?

[Adagio]

They said, the game was set to be released January/Februrary 2003

[Grumbold]

If you look on the main website there are some clips of run down areas. Its in "Simcity 4 buildings: how things have changed". They are impressive in an abandoned and depressed sort of way

[Heresson]

You know, local authorities' elections are taking place in my country.... Guess what was a part of the electional battle in the capital? Playing Sim City 3000
"who'll build the biggest Warsaw".
I wonder if in the general elections candidates will be asked to play civ...

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Grumbold
If you look on the main website there are some clips of run down areas. Its in "Simcity 4 buildings: how things have changed". They are impressive in an abandoned and depressed sort of way

Ah, yep that looks more like where i live Now maybe if it wasnt so sunny all the time...