SimCity 3000 Unlimited

List Price: $9.99 Discount Price: $28.00

Features:

• Features two completely new building sets - Asian and European
• Add color to your city by incorporating quaint European-style cottages or high-tech glass skyscrapers from Hong Kong
• Four new disasters await you -- whirlpools, acid rain, plagues of locusts and space debris
• Create your own scenarios with the new Scenario Editor
• Customize your terrain and add seasonal city events

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

great for everyone who likes it [Posted on 2006-07-27]
I like just about everything about this game. It also has cheat codes without needing a device (computer duh). The only thing I find hard is it's hard to get over a million people, but is possible unlike earlier SimCity games. Comes with 5 great backgrounds and options on flora. It also has cool scenerios, plus you can design them too. You also get to create your own buildings in case you want to replace the ones created (although they're beautiful). Always something to do in SimCity.

My Bank Account Is NOT Unlimited. [Posted on 2006-08-29]
Obviously SimCity 3000 is a superb game. Nothing really comes close to it (except SimCity 4, which beats it). The original SimCity 3000 is good enough to stand on its own.

SimCity 3000 Unlimited doesn't really offer features that attract most gamers, however. While the "unlimited" aspect of creating your own scenarios seems nice, don't think that you can just run the application and simply make a scenario. You gotta read the instruction manual for sure! (All of it.)

Sure, more disasters can be nice, but I am the kind of player who turns them off. That is, I like to actually build cities, not tear them down. If I am unsatisfied, I delete them and start over. But hey, if you like disasters, you got four (4) more with the Unlimited version.

Also, don't think the gameplay is changing one bit - it isn't. But if you think that new Asian and European artwork is cool enough to justify a "brand new" game separate from the original, well, you will need more money, my friend. I personally do not see a justification for adding some content and adding the word "Unlimited" to the title, then selling it for top dollar. This might have been the rare time where I would actually approve of an expension pack version. (Though I would have passed on it with today's knowledge.)

And if you were expecting new buildings, you get one: it's a Halloween haunted house. Tell me, where are you going to put that monstrosity? It looks more like an under-developed zone in your city, and the sound effects are worthless for city-building purposes.

To conclude, I recommend that you do not purchase SimCity 3000 Unlimited if you already own the original SimCity 3000. Since money in your pocket is limited, stick with the original classic - a title worth every penny. If you don't own the original, however, the Unlimited version is a fine substitution.

Well-balanced, works on a modest computer [Posted on 2006-09-04]
This is a good, well-balanced game. Start building your city little by little. Build a power plant, small-density residential, commercial and industrial zone, water pipes, that's it. Use the cheapest streets. Every other square in a residential and commercial are should have a bus stop. Of course, bus stops cost money, but it will save you from traffic congestions, and you won't need to invest in expensive roads and motorways. Click on the bus stops and watch the number of passengers, if it's low, demolish it.

Watch your cash flow and the other maps gradually. As soon as you have small but solid cash flow, expand your city gradually. Only add money-eating facilities like fire station, police, education and health care when there is absolute need in it. Expand extensively: cover large areas with low-quality low-density zones.

When you have enough money, move to high-tech industry which have no pollution. To do that, you need highly-educated workforce. Build schools, colleges, museums, and libraries. But watch carefully the number of attendees: only build a schools when the old are overwhelmed. So with health care.

Sooner or later you will be offered federal objects like a mega-market, military base or waste disposal. Accept them all, it will bring you mega-cash-flow that will allow you to significantly improve your city facilities.

Also don't forget to make money by selling power to the neighbors: make connections to them with roads and power lines.

This game is very well-balanced, unlike SimCity 4 Rush Hour. I highly recommend SimCity 3000, be it Unlimited or other edition.

Sim City 3000 [Posted on 2007-01-16]
SORRY....... Sim City 2000 is more user/player friendly. Graphics
are good to ok. SIMCITY 4k Deluxe blows away SC3K. To be honest....
I STILL PLAY SIM CITY 2K BECAUSE IT'S PLAYER FRIENDLY.

too hard [Posted on 2007-06-01]
it would be extremly fun if i could get my city running but i go into debt and have to get a loan i cant pay off and then i keep getting loans and i still go into negatives before i can even pay it off.ive gone trough a good 10 citys and i still havnt gotten through a year with one before i have to give up.

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