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Sim City (ATST)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Simulation/Construction/Building Sim

ESRB RATING

DEVELOPER

Maxis

PUBLISHER

Infogrames North America, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Hybrid Windows/Mac, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64/128, IBM PC Compatible, Macintosh, Commodore Amiga, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/simcity-ibm-pc-compatible-1

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

city 13

PLAYING AS #USES

creator 8
mayor 7

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

powerful 8
large-scale 1

DESCRIPTION

In SimCity you are the Mayor and City Planner of one of eight existing cities, such as San Francisco, Tokyo or Rio De Janeiro or of a city of your own design. It is entirely up to you to build, nurture and prosper the city of your choosing.

In this game you must build houses, streets, factories, churches, airports and a stadium, all the while fighting crime and pollution, collecting taxes and balancing your budget. Natural disasters such as tornadoes and earthquakes will sometimes wreak havoc on your city.

To ensure your city's growth, you must make its citizens happy. There must be plenty of residential space, a wealth of jobs and a high quality of life. Other things to consider and work on include land value, zoning laws, industrial and commercial space and funding for city services. You are given bulldozers, mapping and graphing systems, layouts and other tools to help you work your way toward the city of your dreams.

The ideal city is entirely up to you. You may prefer a bustling metropolis filled with lots of people, cars and tall buildings, or you may want to design a small rural community which will provide a nice and quiet way of life for its citizens. As long as traffic, overcrowding, crime, taxes or other problems don't drive away your Sims (simulated humans), your city will prosper. ~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide

Sim City (ATST)

GENRE/STYLE:

Simulation/Construction/Building Sim
TOP TRAITS:

city, city builder, simulation
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“@colliny2k well, that is part of why it is fun. It makes next to no attempt to be this super realistic driving sim. I mean, you load it up, play it, and you have fun. I mean, even most super realistic driving sims make a large amount of blatant errors with how cars operate. The biggest example is that as soon as the camera enters the car, the dash board, steering wheel and hood of the car itself are gone. Also it become impossible to do, "mirror, mirror, shoulder, signal, shoulder" in those games in 1st person mode. This and other things that could be deconstructed from these "realistic games" generally just put them as elaborate arcade games. At least when you are putting on a Cruis'n game, you do not have to worry about putting on an air of preteniousness about the matter.

Though, I will note, I have heard this about Gran Tourismo, "all of the really good drivers I know are also awesome in Gran Tourismo"--and this case may have some merit as I have read through some of the stuff given here.

I may need to somehow grab a PS2 just for a copy of this game.”