Cities: Skylines

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  • Summary: Developed by Colossal Order, Cities: Skylines offers sprawling landscapes and maps with endless sandbox gameplay and new ways to expand your city. Key to progression is the ability to influence your city’s policy by incorporating taxation into districts. All this plus the ability to mod theDeveloped by Colossal Order, Cities: Skylines offers sprawling landscapes and maps with endless sandbox gameplay and new ways to expand your city. Key to progression is the ability to influence your city’s policy by incorporating taxation into districts. All this plus the ability to mod the game to suit your play style.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 60
  3. Negative: 0 out of 60
  1. DarkStation
    May 27, 2015
    100
    This game managed to be everything I had hoped it would be and then some, with all the wonderful attention to little details and customization options. Fans of the genre wont want to miss this one.
  2. GamesVillage.it
    Mar 18, 2015
    90
    This is what SimCity should have been. Simply, the best city builder so far, with great support for modders and a lot of fun for all fans of the genre.
  3. games(TM)
    May 24, 2015
    90
    Ultimately Cities: Skylines has provided exactly what players wanted from SimCity 2013, and that ought to be all it takes to convince would-be city planners.
  4. GamingTrend
    May 5, 2015
    85
    Cities: Skylines isn’t without its flaws, but even the things wrong with it add to its charm. It might not be that much of a challenge, but it delivers on the glee of expansion.
  5. Vandal
    Mar 26, 2015
    82
    Cities: Skylines is an outstanding simulator that is accessible and deep. We could only ask for more options and possibilities, but it is still is a great experience fans of the genre will love.
  6. InsideGamer.nl
    Mar 25, 2015
    80
    Cities: Skylines makes up for everything SimCity did wrong. It offers the possibility of making gigantic cities in which infrastructure is key. Building a city that does well sometimes gets a bit too easy, which also shows the limited offer in buildings. Thankfully the quickly growing community knows what to use the Steam Workshop for. This is only going to get better.
  7. Quarter to Three
    Mar 16, 2015
    60
    As limber as Cities: Skylines is, it’s sorely lacking in replayability. Instead, it lets you get the most out of your favorite city by encouraging you to endlessly optimize and furthermore giving you the tools you need to do it. Come for the ant farm spectacle and spreadsheet detail. Stay for the endless cultivation of your favorite garden.

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  1. Positive: 315 out of 374
  2. Mixed: 44 out of 374
  3. Negative: 15 out of 374
  1. Guardian1996
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Truly beautiful game and an experience that is fully appreciated from my point of view. The next Sim City 4 deluxemade by Paradox. Thank you,Truly beautiful game and an experience that is fully appreciated from my point of view. The next Sim City 4 deluxemade by Paradox. Thank you, I am sincerely grateful!… Expand
  2. Chongychoo
    Mar 18, 2015
    10
    Finally someone got it right. Ignore the zero score trolls. Amazing out the box but wait for the mods... This is going to be around for years.Finally someone got it right. Ignore the zero score trolls. Amazing out the box but wait for the mods... This is going to be around for years. Hope Paradox don't abuse us with expensive DLC. Greedy little tykes… Expand
  4. nitrojuice
    Mar 13, 2015
    10
    Best game of 2015 so far!
    Best $30 spent in 2015 so far!
    Well, need i say more? EA, lean from small devs about how o make great games,    Best game of 2015 so far!
    Best $30 spent in 2015 so far!
    Well, need i say more?

    EA, lean from small devs about how o make great games, simple yet effective!!!    … Expand
  5. chronoT
    Mar 20, 2016
    9
    I was a huge fan of SimCity 4 and have been searching for a modern city builder that could satisfy my simulation needs for quite some time. II was a huge fan of SimCity 4 and have been searching for a modern city builder that could satisfy my simulation needs for quite some time. I am thrilled that I discovered this game after being let down by Cities XL, and extremely let down by the new SimCity. Cities Skylines is a fun, detailed, and somewhat realistic city builder that brings back many good qualities of past games and adds many new features. You can zone industrial and commercial areas to make certain goods to meet trading demands and use natural resources. There are many different types of transportation and flow very well with the city when properly implemented. You can make very large cities with populations in the hundreds of thousands, and the graphics overall are very neat to look at, especially in cinematic view. A few things I would have like to see different but aren't major flaws include not much interaction with citizens/automobiles on the road, the time settings aren't different enough, and building can go by rather slow depending on the status of your city. Overall though this is a must play if you enjoy city simulation games, I have spent many hours on my city, and plan to continue with all the amazing mods and add-ons that are available.… Expand
  6. omwair
    Feb 14, 2021
    9
    Great game, even better with mods. Almost everything missing in the game can be fixed with mods.
  7. cezar88augusto
    Feb 26, 2022
    8
    Undoubtedly it is a very cool game that guarantees hours of gameplay. The city management system is theoretically simple, but as the cityUndoubtedly it is a very cool game that guarantees hours of gameplay. The city management system is theoretically simple, but as the city grows, it becomes complex and challenging.

    Despite being a game that was released 7 years ago, it still has its place! It's not one of those games that you care about graphics (although the graphics are reasonably good) and it guarantees hours of fun. I recommend!    … Expand
  8. eilhanz
    Feb 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Language (Turkish):

    Arkadaşlar şöyle bir şey düşünün. Sistemin çok yeni ve oyunlara yetecek kadar sistemin olsun ama sadece bir oyunda affedersin y****k gibi çalıştığını gördüğünüzü düşünün, ne yapardınız? Bence kesin rage quit yapardınız sinirinizle. Optimizasyonu ETS 2'nin TruckersMP modundan bile beter. İllaki yüksek bilgisayar istiyorsa fazla mod için ben tek oyun için bilgisayar toplamam ya da yükseltmem asla. Bildiğin rezalet...

    Garry's Mod MetroStroi'de de optimizasyon sıkıntısı mevcut ama hiç bu kadarı olamaz. Benim şehir nüfusu 120 bin, 2000 tane küsür asset ve 25'e yakın modum var. 15-20dk'da açılıyor ve bilgisayar ağlıyor (sistemim de kötü değil bu arada). Benim sistemim bu arada 12GB RAM'e, RX 570 GPU'ya ve R3 1300X işlemcim var, diğer oyunlarda paşa paşa kaldırıyor. Sonuç gerçekten rezalet...

    Oyunun mod desteği ve gelişmiş teknolojilerini beğendim diyebilirim ama bu oyun modsuz da olmuyor. DLC'leri çok pahalı değil fakat hepsini almaya kalkışsanız çok pahalı oluyor. İçerikleri çok beğendim diyemem. Grafik ve detaylar muazzam gibi bir şey, çok beğendim ama yine de bazı yerlerde detaylar performans için kısıldığını görüyorum. Onun dışında harika.

    Simcity (2013) ile kıyaslandığında iğrenç optimizasyonu ve bazı eksiklikler dışında ezer geçer. Çünkü oyunda gelişmiş bütçe belirleme, şehir bölgeleri oluşturma gibi özellikler oldukça iyi yapıyor oyunu.

    Ek bir bilgi olarak optimizasyon için hala yama gelmedi. Yapacağım yapacağım demişsiniz nerede o yama? Bir de ben Paradox'u suç atmıyorum, bunu ben Colossal Order'ın suçlu olduğunu çok net bir şekilde söyleyebilirim. İşte oyuna puanım:

    Oynanış: 0/10 (Optimizasyon yüzünden)
    Grafik: 8/10
    Özellikler: 9/10
    Detaylar: 6/10    … Expand

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