Haven't played SimCity since late 2001

quote tekmosis

That was a really cool demonstration, I want to play the game now :(

I agree. I wasn't especially keen on it until now.

I like the detail they use, some of it it looks more like small stop motion models rather than computer generated stuff.

Wow, I haven't played SimCity since 2000, but it looks like it's come a long way. I'm particularly impressed that now individuals have identity in the game. Also Big Business sounds cool .

quote Hell Fire

Hah, Sim City has come a long way since good ol' Sim City 2000. I enjoyed that video and may actually give it a go when it's released.

My thoughts are the same. I also like that we can stop worrying about building water pipes and connecting power lines, although now it seems they want to pull in more environmental concerns (garbage dumping).

Everyone has more experience with the newer games than I do. I've only played the original.I know that Dynamite will enjoy the video too.

quote tekmosis

Everyone has more experience with the newer games than I do. I've only played the original.I know that Dynamite will enjoy the video too.

Ha. I still play a variant of the original. What's interesting is if you look at my screenshot compared with the video, you'll see the game has come a long way, sure, but it also remains true to its roots as the fundamentals haven't actually changed much; they've just been built upon and enhanced. This is a good thing as people familiar with the series, I'd imagine, can pick it up rather quick and feel at home right away.

I also like how everyone in the game has goals, etc. That's shows a pretty impressive granular level of detail. Things like surveyors and builders building up lots, moving trucks bringing people in, seeing floods of people embark from the station after a train arrives and whatnot are also really nice touches and will increase immersion in the game, really giving you a sense that you're managing a living, breathing city which is perfect to satiate one's inner megalomaniac that drives us to play a city-building 'god game' to begin with.

Oh, I'm digging the automatic use of roads as a pipe system too because in the originals electrical pylons everywhere looked pretty messy and water pipes were annoying to deal with!

Really stoked for its release.

Since we're all talking about our experiences with the series, I'll mention that I started with Simcity Classic (and revisited it sometime later when it had become freeware or something). I eventually got to experience 2000 a fair bit, and didn't (unfortunately) get much experiences with 3000. Simcity 3000 really impressed me way back in the day XD

By the time I got around to owning Simcity 4 ( relatively recently), it felt rather dated TBH. I still put in a bit of time on it regardless, simply for nostalgia purposes.

The ability to click on random Sims in Simcity 5 reminds me strongly of the Tycoon games (Namely rollercoaster tycoon).