SimCity 4

List Price: $39.99 Discount Price: $14.95

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Customer Reviews:

I could go both ways [Posted on 2003-02-02]
SInce I ahvent played the game I reallly have no opinion, but i think i oculd go either way. The website is nice, but i am worried becasue there is no demo. I played a lot of simcity 2000 but i was 14 then and i do not know if i still have the same taste in video games. I might try to download it illegaly which i suggest you do too.

Buggy [Posted on 2003-02-02]
I installed it and go to start the game and the CD ROM spins, but nothing happens. I go straight back to the desktop. Even used the online support, but its no help. I have plenty of PC power to run the game, but it won't go. In reading the Amazon reviews, it looks like I'm not the only person with major techno-problems. This game is a big fat pig. Its so big your computer will choke.

Hours of Fun! [Posted on 2003-02-03]
Great graphics! You can see the buildings going up, and the Sims in action! The game takes a lot of stategy in planning and combining your recsouces with your neighbors. I've played the game for many hours and the game runs fine on my PC, no problems at all, but check the system requirements before buying!
This game is very different from prior additions of Simcity. The new Sims on line (TSO) interface takes some getting used to, and the use of regional strategy takes some new thoughts of city planning (you need to build neighboring cities in order to succeed).
You will need to use carefull placement of industrial zones as they emit a LOT of pollution, and you must conect to Simnation via rail/road connections.

If you've got an older version, save your money. [Posted on 2003-02-03]
I've played most of the Sim games, and find them all equally addictiive. Sim City 4 is no departure from the addiction, but unfortunately it was a waste of money. It's basically a graphics upgrade from 3000 and I would have been just as satisfied with the graphics in 2000. The game crashes constantly. You'd think by now I'd learn to save my game, but it usually crashes after I've played a couple hours after forgetting to save... There's no patch yet, and the word on the forums is that the mysim feature, which allows you to import a sim... is what causes the instability. If they can't support a feature, they should hold out on releasing the game. It's very difficult to run a city without running into the negative. I'd love to be able to build freely without using a cheat code to get more simoleans.

Excellent game if your cpu can handle it. [Posted on 2003-02-05]
I had a great time with this game, mind you it's just a sandbox with no missions and nothing I would call multiplayer, but it's still fun even if the secrets to making a perfect city still aren't mine. There are problems though, the game is unstable and there is no patch available as I write this. Once I have a fairly large city of about 50k people, the game starts to have problems with frame rate and locking up.

If they ever patch this thing, I'd say it's probably the best city builder game I've ever seen, but until there is a patch avoid it.

My PC's specs that I played Simcity 4 on are, Athlon xp 2400+, 512MB of pc2700, geforce 4 ti4200 128mb etc...

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