Comments on: EurogamerVille: Cities XL Review

By: TeeJay

TeeJay — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:21:12 +0000

“the metagame of economic interaction”

It’s not a “metagame” if it is designed as part of the game itself.

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:09:46 +0000

Shame it’s not as great as we’d hoped :(

By: mejobloggs

mejobloggs — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:47:43 +0000

Is there anything better than SimCity 4? 4 still needed a lot of improvement e.g Traffic stupidness, but it was still very good

By: SlappyBag

SlappyBag — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:22:07 +0000

I ranted and raved about the crappy multiplayer so much during the beta but they haven’t really changed a thing. The point is that you are paying for the multiplayer and there is almost no interaction within or even need for multiplayer at all.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:41:27 +0000

Fair review I would say.

They shoulda released the shots from the Create a Park contest we had in the beta. It’s possible to make some fantastic looking stuff with the road and fill tools, but it requires a ton of patience and is ultimately a bit pointless.

If you like City Builders for the economic management side then I’d give CXL a miss. If you like to just create great looking cities for the sake of it, then this is the best game on the market.

By: The Dark One

The Dark One — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:21:02 +0000

Wouldn’t destroying such high-density buildings just encourage more city sprawl?

By: MWoody

MWoody — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:08:35 +0000

I tried the demo; wasn’t all that impressed. I think I’ll stick with (the excellent) Tropico 3 for now. Viva el Presidente!

By: mrrobsa

mrrobsa — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:05:52 +0000

Ugh, seeing a screenshot of such urban sprawl makes me ill. Can we have a reverse-city builder where you bulldoze skyscrapers and plant trees?

By: CPY

CPY — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:06 +0000

Sim City 4 was the best city builder ever released as city simulator, so i’ll definitely check out this game. Cities XL looks great, and i hope they’ll provide frustration as you learn the basics to the pro city builder as SC4 did.
If you can build gigantic cities such as one on screenshot above i definitely must try this new game.

By: Metalfish

Metalfish — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:04:57 +0000

I haven’t played a good city builder in so long.

No Sim City 4, I do not want to drive a wonky car around my city, thanks.