Recent reviews by vibbix

Possibly the worst DLC they have release so far. Not only is it a fraction of the size of previous Content Creator Packs, it's double the price! Paygating foliage, creating "beachfront" properties for a game that doesn't even have beaches. There's plenty of time to fix this, it's literally just assets:
- Add beaches ( i don't know why this even has to be said)
- Add resorts, lodges, commerical activities you'd see sea-side
- add quays (a BASIC C:S1 feature)
- Add ability make board walks
- Add Waterfront specific policies
- add commercial, medium/high density residential, mixed use, and office properties
- Move the tree's to the core game

At this point: just make the DLC free, and refund everyone's ultimate edition. Eroding your players trust like this is just digging a bigger hole.

An absurdly addictive card game. Easy to understand, hard to master, like any proper Poker-alike.

Original Review:
I can't believe this game released in this condition. After all the goodwill the community put into Colossal Order & Paradox, this was a launch on the order of Spore. Not SC2013 bad, but not far off. This game looks horrible in literally any mode, and BARELY runs. In their AMA they said

"...we just don't believe there would be a long term benefit in setting the target to 60fps,"
.... What?? What world is this????? That'd be OK, if it didn't run like hot garbage on the recommended specs. They should have delayed another 6 months, but I doubt that would have fixed the broken Unity engine.

50 Hour's in review:
While the bones of the game are fine (possibly even great), the presentation leaves much to desire.
- No rural train stations, only oversized ones by default
- No subway interchanges
- No elevated Subways (only at-grade and below grade)
- Trying to real-size scale objects has instead made them way too large
- Broken traffic simulations means that the funnest part of this game so far is creating picturesque commuter suburbs, with good transit linking, I call this mode "New Jersey Simulator 2k23"
- Procedural objects and better ways to handle corners and 45 degree angled buildings should have been in the base game. You're city is going to look half empty, some 1980s Bronx aesthetic if you will.
- Path finding AI can send Cims walking do your train trucks like their gutter punks hitting a ride

While it's getting better, you'd be better off coming back in a couple years, ala Cyberpunk 2077.

Update (March 25th 2024):
With their latest DLC, they have shown their willing to go even lower. Not only is the DLC beyond poor quality, a record low for them, they have chosen to add foliage options to it exclusively. By doing so, they're locking some parts of the game behind a paywall for landscaping. Just as things were getting better, they did this. Oh, and Paradox Mods INSTANTLY broke. In the world of hyper-scalable cloud services, i have no idea how they managed this. This is even more sim city 2013 than sim city 2013 now.

Amazing value! Just buy it, you will easily play tens of hours in it!

Truly amazing experience. While the story took a backseat, the game play was king. Definetly worth every penny, and every furious level restart.