What do we think of Simcity 4?

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Kc7mxo
Performance issues have basically caused me to stop playing it.

I have heard the performance goes up, if you stop the day/night cycle (= Having it to be 'day' all the time)... have you tried that?

[General Ludd]

I have only gotten to 10,000 population but on my computer (p3 500, geforce 2 MX 128RAM) it runs fine with he sims, cars, and shadows turned off, aswell as the day/night cycle. The only really bad load time I get is when I'm zooming in and out.

Turning the day/night cycle off would definately help, since it pretty much means that your computer has to be constantly loading new graphics for all the buildings.

[November Adam]

I love this game. I'm really hoping they come out with an editor for the buildings. I wanna make some for this game.

I haven't noticed any house with walkout basements. Anyone see these yet? It's nice that they do put house on hillsides though, it's just unfortunate they are on piles.

[Sava]

I like the game. I think it's a lot easier to play without cheating than Simcity 3000 Unlimited. I haven't played a single city long enough to get above 13k people, but once I start playing a city, it's hard to stop.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Big Crunch
Ras is a typical reason why I never trust online polls.

That is definately quote-worthy.


My brother has aquired a copy of this game, so I will be trying it out... sometime...

[Grumbold]

Its definitely hard to get going and the tutorial really ought to have done better at helping people get started. Most people equate demands from your sims/advisors as being the right advice. You have to know that you're to be a stern parent who holds back presents until they're of the right size to deserve them

Other than that, I vote good rather than great because of the lack of scenarios. Building cities from scratch is fun but once in a while I'd like to see a fully fledged town or metropolis and be asked to solve particular problems.

[Alex]

Lots of bananas here.

I have not bought it yet, and judging from what was said about its performance, it's unlikely that I buy it. My computer would never be able to run it at an acceptable performance level. And I don't want to turn off the day/night cycles, this seems to be interesting.

[Grumbold]

It definitely makes your city more of a living place than before. Buildings evolve slowly over time instead of changing at the drop of a hat. Now I've seen it here I never want to go back to a Caesar type game where buildings ripple into new forms every time a walker strolls past.

[Alex]

Well, can I run the game with these specs?

Duron 850
256 RAM
Geforce 2 MX blah blah blah
Win XP Home

When I say "run", I mean "run decently", of course.

[Grumbold]

I'd say not with all the frills turned on. 2Ghz, WinXp, 512 ram, Geforce Ti4400 and its comfortable. Zooming and scrolling still takes time.

[Jack_www]

Well I am thinking of buying Sim City 4, I have mixed feelings on it. Would it be good game to get or should I just stay with Sim City 3000?

[Grumbold]

SimCity 4 is superior in every way to Simcity 3000 imho, but its also significantly harder, especially in the beginning.

[Adagio]

There's no gameplay in SC3k, compared to SC4... as Grumbold say: SimCity 4 is superior

[Sava]

Simcity 4 is way superior. But, I think you should have a good computer if you want to enjoy it. It's a RAM hog!

[Adagio]

I just read at the official SC4 board, some guy complains about the bugs in SC4, but he says he was among the programmers, who made Civ3, and said: Making the game is hard, but fixing the bugs is peace of cake!!!

You can read it in this thread:

http://simcity.ea.com/bbs/messages.php?&openItemID=item.261&threadID=5cafd92df75700e26689cca2d79f0dba&directoryID=261&startRow=51

Though I must admit, I didn't read it all, so I might have missed something...