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: 322 out of 383
  2. Mixed: 45 out of 383
  3. Negative: 16 out of 383
  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. xThatGuyx
    Mar 15, 2015
    10
    This game is absolutely amazing!
    This is what Simcity 2013 wanted to be, and should have been, and we all know how that turned out!
    If you    This game is absolutely amazing!
    This is what Simcity 2013 wanted to be, and should have been, and we all know how that turned out!

    If you thought Simcity 2013 looked amazing pre-release (Which i all did...before its release and knowledge of map size) you will absolutely love this as it takes the good features from past Simcity games and unites it with a ton of new features like accurate water simulations etc...

    If you are and have been a Simcity fan, you will HAVE to get this!

    9.8/10    … Expand
  4. Joped
    Mar 12, 2015
    10
    This is the game I have been searching for since Simcity 4. Good city builders are very hard to come by. Sure, there are some minorThis is the game I have been searching for since Simcity 4. Good city builders are very hard to come by. Sure, there are some minor annoyances in how traffic is currently being simulated. It is however substantially better than the options in Simcity 5.

    The maps are a great size, 9 tiles is so awesome to play with. Plus mods to make it up to 25 if your system can handle it!

    With the mods support and commitment from the company to fully support moders I believe this game will be around for the long haul.    … Expand
  5. krebal
    Nov 21, 2015
    9
    IT`S THE BEST CITY BUILDER SIM OF ALL TIME i think. Mod-ability, Cities up to 1,000,000+ , Great Devs, Great Community, My Favorite Game.IT`S THE BEST CITY BUILDER SIM OF ALL TIME i think. Mod-ability, Cities up to 1,000,000+ , Great Devs, Great Community, My Favorite Game. 200+ hours OF FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  6. noelanz
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    This is easily the greatest game I've played in a few years! It definitely has a way of wasting your time so efficiently. The workshop onThis is easily the greatest game I've played in a few years! It definitely has a way of wasting your time so efficiently. The workshop on steam really helps immersion.… Expand
  7. BranvnF
    Mar 21, 2022
    8
    Overall a fun city sim. Nothing really super special about the game. Unfortunately, you need mods in order to truly unlock this game'sOverall a fun city sim. Nothing really super special about the game. Unfortunately, you need mods in order to truly unlock this game's creative potential. Not to mention all of the expensive DLC, some of which don't add much to the overall experience. Highly CPU-intensive game which can be slow at times. But managing traffic is fun, so 8/10.… 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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