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City Life
Released On: Jun 2, 2006
76
6.9
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
76
67% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
33% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It not only makes for a perfect introduction to the genre for those curious few yet to sample a taste of Sim City, as well as providing some more meatier challenges for the experienced simmer. Combine this with the incredibly detailed, smooth and well-conceived graphics and the discrete sound and music, and you have a game that's pretty much a must have.
I love the first person point of view. It does nothing for me as far as making better building choices, but being able to wander around street level and see what all my little people are doing is fun.
City Life is the freshest take on the city-sim genre in memory, managing to be both as challengingly complex as its more gearheaded forebears and more accessible to casual or more philosophical players.
There are a few things missing, and long-term gameplay in the scenario mode may be a little repetitious but City Life does a nice job of creating a city management sim that has its challenges, but is entertaining and enjoyable.
It possesses the sort of open-ended gameplay structure that will nurture your addictive tendencies and have you tweaking and expanding your city way beyond the time you promised yourself you would stop.
A well-executed sim, on the whole, but it lacks genuinely unique features. [June 2006, p.86]
The plea of distinction City Life enters ultimately fails due to tactical elements so facile they might as well not exist. [June 2006, p.120]
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Based on 15 User Ratings
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Based on 15 User Ratings
6.9
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Summary City Life takes the city building genre into the 21st century with a powerful 3D engine and a variety of gameplay features. In the game, players take on the role of urban planner and real estate developer, creating a metropolitan paradise from dozens of beautifully rendered structures – including elaborately crafted villas and ultra-mode...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jun 2, 2006
Developer:
- Monte Cristo
Publisher: cdv Software
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