Which city simulator?

Damn, looks like I missed out. Went to buy Tropico 4 (SSE) today and it's back up to £24.99 :(
 
Vimes said:
I do miss the Pharaoh, and Ceaser type city builder games though.
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Isn't Sim City Societies more similar to Pharoah than proper city building games, in that it's more about pleasing and tending to the specific wants/needs of your people than actually creating a city?

Pharoah has always been one of my favourite games but I replayed it recently and realised just how shallow it is, mainly due to the fact there is absolutely no AI involved whatsoever. Build your whole city on a couple of long straight roads and you're sorted.

I really wish someone would make an updated version with modern graphics and proper AI, but the same sort of goals and setting. I tried Caesar 4 which was awful and Children of the Nile which I couldn't get into mainly because of the abysmal UI and ugly graphics.
 
gazzab said:
Isn't Sim City Societies more similar to Pharoah than proper city building games, in that it's more about pleasing and tending to the specific wants/needs of your people than actually creating a city?

Pharoah has always been one of my favourite games but I replayed it recently and realised just how shallow it is, mainly due to the fact there is absolutely no AI involved whatsoever. Build your whole city on a couple of long straight roads and you're sorted.

I really wish someone would make an updated version with modern graphics and proper AI, but the same sort of goals and setting. I tried Caesar 4 which was awful and Children of the Nile which I couldn't get into mainly because of the abysmal UI and ugly graphics.
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I think Pharaoh only works because its AI is so predictable. You couldn't have the same mechanic if walkers chose which way to go rather than just moving based on a very simple set of rules.
 
Went a bit overboard and ended up with simcity, anno 2070 and tropico 4. Latter 2 were bought as they were on discount, Anno on steam and Tropico is £4.99 on purple game shop website as a download - not steam though!

Spent hours on simcity yesterday, the time flies by worryingly. So far enjoying Anno as well.
iviv thats sad with the 3 limit activation, some companies really take the pee.

Tropico yet to play!
 
Don't believe it has been mentioned yet but a city 'builder' game I enjoyed for many hours has (and occasionally still is) been Cities in Motion. Got it when it was cheap and spent @80+hrs on it so was well worth the money. Must mention though, it is not strictly a city builder game, its more about setting/building up public transportation for various cities and scenarios (building tram/bus/metro/boat/helicopter lines). You can build your own city if you want with the city editor but it strictly about controlling public transport. I believe Cities in Motion 2 is coming out this year, I will be checking that out myself.

My 2cs.
 
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