The first few scenarios I ran seemed to be OK initially, when 20,000 people at the most lived in them, but as I rushed to add more buildings and more services in order to draw in more people, I witnessed my layout become overcomplicated and then I used the tools of the game to try and fix all those small problems and deliver a true urban utopia.Ĭities: Skylines has been developed by Colossal Order and publishing duties were handled by Paradox Interactive.Ĭities: Skylines is a classic city builder, but the development team is not delivering a classic campaign for gamers to explore, moving from a small settlement to a metropolis, instead of focusing on making sure that gamers are free to create the city they want. I played a lot of city builders, starting off with Caesar when I was very young and ending with the new SimCity a few years ago, and this is the first title in the genre that made me think more seriously about the incredibly difficult job city planners have. Cities: Skylines is a game about the limits of planning and the constant small scale changes that are needed to keep any urban space alive in the long term, with gamers asked to create a thriving settlement first and then deal with the innumerable mistakes they have made during the initial design process in order to unlock its full potential.

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