Cities: Skylines

Tummy · 16 Mar 2015 at 13:14

I agree [TFU] Thegoon84, Twentyone, and Ayahuasca.

Despite these, I still think it is a fantastic game and a much better game than SimCity.

I will say though, in regards to the easy comment, have you played it with the hard mod enabled? (it comes as part of the base game)

Chaos · 16 Mar 2015 at 13:21

Looks like someone has made a UK map in the workshop -

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406166842

cactusweasel · 16 Mar 2015 at 13:23

This game seems to be all over facebook news feeds at the moment.

May have to try it myself.

Ayahuasca · 16 Mar 2015 at 13:43

[TFU] Thegoon84;27779305 said:
Oh well looks like i'm not the only one who's seeing through the basic easy game play!

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...-is-not-a-great-game-and-not-a-city-simulator

I have to say I agree with the points he's made but I still enjoy the game and I hope that future updates can make it the best city builder overall.

Defiant306 · 16 Mar 2015 at 13:50

Considering the size of the Development team and the massive sales they made I can see this one getting a ton of updates considering who their Publishers are

I think this place is going places and I think we will see more updates soon with more depth and complexity.

I for one cant wait

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 16 Mar 2015 at 14:13

Defiant306 said:
Considering the size of the Development team and the massive sales they made I can see this one getting a ton of updates considering who their Publishers are

I think this place is going places and I think we will see more updates soon with more depth and complexity.

I for one cant wait

Yup... Agreed! That and the community modders are putting some great stuff out there!

Souness · 16 Mar 2015 at 15:27

Very good game but still beta tested by monkeys

No mouse lock, mouse2 could have way more functions (e.g. get back to default view).. sometimes I feel like resting my keyboard hand, k? And parks/commercial demand bug.. wow - If EA released a game with that bug left in they would get slaughtered.

Aside from that it's nice though

robbobloke · 16 Mar 2015 at 15:40

Souness said:
Very good game but still beta tested by monkeys

No mouse lock, mouse2 could have way more functions (e.g. get back to default view).. sometimes I feel like resting my keyboard hand, k? And parks/commercial demand bug.. wow - If EA released a game with that bug left in they would get slaughtered.

Aside from that it's nice though

A bit harsh methinks. They are hardly game breaking bugs. EA shipped a product that you couldn't play at all due to their server issues, that's why they got slaughtered. Far worse than a park demand bug.

Ayahuasca · 16 Mar 2015 at 15:45

Just watching a stream now and the boats are sailing over land, through power lines and through pillars on bridges.

It's not game breaking stuff but along with the above issues posted in that thread about people teleporting to their home and jobs and cars disappearing it takes away from the experience a bit.

I guess it's stuff you have to look for to notice but it's not really a city simulator if people can just teleport and disappear or drive through things you shouldn't be able to.

Scotty123 · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:00

Seems a guy who worked for Maxis and the buildings in SimCity, is now designing buildings for this game.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=408683814

ValiantUK91 · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:05

I would love them to put disasters in

Transfunctioner · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:21

There seems to be a lot of people being overly harsh on this game.

Show me a game that's released nowadays that doesn't have bugs?

GTA V, the most money ever spent making a game....still has bugs.

The bugs people are picking up on, are small and can easily be fixed, especially with the Steam Workshop. There is already mods available for camera issues (like being able to use right-click to move the camera).

uncle_rufus · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:23

I'm not understanding the mild ragging on the game in the last few posts... to me this looks like a damn fine effort by a relatively small studio and I'd be shocked if they don't continue to work with the community to fix all the minor bugs in the game and develop all the features people want to see (and any they don't get around to will certainly be picked up by modders)...

Also very pleased to see them opening the whole thing to modders from the get-go and letting people release buildings etc. on the workshop for free - instead of spamming us all with 1,000 little bits of DLC... imagine how bad it could be:

"Welcome to the City:Skylines store, new police station skin only 59p... or buy the emergency services pack for £3.99... coming soon the natural disasters pack only another £3.99" etc. etc.

Ayahuasca · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:39

I wasn't ragging on the game, I enjoy it and was simply pointing out it isn't as perfect as some people and reviews have made it out to be.

ValiantUK91 · 16 Mar 2015 at 16:49

Quick question regarding mods, will i have to start a new build if i install mods now? I'm going to try the 2 that HybridX suggested a page or 2 back

mark43 · 16 Mar 2015 at 17:13

Ayahuasca said:
Just watching a stream now and the boats are sailing over land, through power lines and through pillars on bridges.

It's not game breaking stuff but along with the above issues posted in that thread about people teleporting to their home and jobs and cars disappearing it takes away from the experience a bit.

I guess it's stuff you have to look for to notice but it's not really a city simulator if people can just teleport and disappear or drive through things you shouldn't be able to.

Was the boat issue on a standard map, I've seen a video of it going through land before and figured it was a custom map and somebody had screwed up (intentionally?) the route it takes. Not that I've made a custom map but assumed that's how it works.

I was okay with their explanation for teleporting workers, essentially its not possible to simulate that many people travelling around without our PCs exploding, I don't think it ruins the gaming experience if you don't look too closely, its necessary to fudge something like this and I prefer it to the way they did things with Sim City.

robmol · 16 Mar 2015 at 18:23

It's paradox, there will be patches/updates probably for the next few years. A few bugs is nothing to worry about at this stage they will be sorted out quickly.

ValiantUK91 · 16 Mar 2015 at 18:43

Made another new city now im getting not enough educated workers

, also is there a decent way to lay out streets for housing that will make my fire department and police cover more area I always seem to get dead zones for some reason

Xire · 16 Mar 2015 at 19:06

Transfunctioner said:
There seems to be a lot of people being overly harsh on this game.

Show me a game that's released nowadays that doesn't have bugs?

GTA V, the most money ever spent making a game....still has bugs.

The bugs people are picking up on, are small and can easily be fixed, especially with the Steam Workshop. There is already mods available for camera issues (like being able to use right-click to move the camera).

I thought Destiny was the most expensive video game?

Transfunctioner · 16 Mar 2015 at 19:12

Xire said:
I thought Destiny was the most expensive video game?

Not sure, maybe it did exceed the amount spent on GTA V