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Cities: Skylines 2's bicycle update adds a lot more than just bikes, as Colossal Order prepares to hand over development to a new studio (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [S] 2 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

I definitely agree that Anno, Timberborn and Tropico are not really like SimCity/CS.

I would say check out these games for a more classical city-builder feel.

  • Urbek City Builder - the tutorial might give you the impression this is a puzzle game inspired builder. It's not if you play on the largest map and focus on urban development.
  • Microlandia - In development (the latest builds are on itch), but with a lot of promise and in some ways very reminiscent of Simcity 2000/3000 (not only in terms of graphics).
  • Citystate 1/2 - I've only played the first one. I would recommend disabling the political components, even if they are a headline feature, they are badly designed and annoying. The city-building component is fun though.
  • TheoTown - Have only played a few hours of this one, some gameplay element are not to my taste, seems to have a massive modding scene.

I am assuming your subscribed to !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works ?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried out Urbek and TheoTown and found them lacking in certain places. Urbek definitely felt more like a puzzle game, but I'll try to give it another shake. TheoTown just never grabbed me for some reason.

    I haven't tried Microlandia or Citystate. I'll check them out.

    I think part of what I'm missing are the traffic sim segments from SC1, especially with some of the traffic mods. It made the city really feel more alive. With 2's simulations being so broken, it ruined that side of things for me.

    I am subbed to that comm. I'll have to make a more concentrated effort to go through it though. I haven't seen much of it pop up on my feed.

    Again, I appreciate the suggestions. I keep hoping to find something that hits the same as CS1 or what 2 was supposed to be.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 11 months ago

    No worries.

    I initially had the exact same issue with Urbek, but if you choose the largest map size and plan ahead (farming/industrial areas at the edges of the map, residential districts in "midtown" etc.), it can play out more like Simcity.

    I will add that I essentially abstracted out some the puzzle elements by designing modular "blocks" for certain things like farms and by pre-placing industrial resources on the edge of the map (where my industrials districts would be located).

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