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SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Compilation/Simulation

RELEASE DATE

22/SEP/03

ESRB RATING

EVERYONE, Violence

DEVELOPER

Maxis

PUBLISHER

EA Games

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Macintosh, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/simcity-4--deluxe-edition-ibm-pc-compatible

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

city 39
player created 21

PLAYING AS #USES

mayor 27
God 25

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

City simulator 38
Total freedom 12

DESCRIPTION

SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition is an enhanced compilation package featuring both SimCity 4 and its first expansion pack, SimCity 4: Rush Hour. For those unfamiliar with the games, SimCity 4 offers players the chance to act as an omnipotent being and mayor, literally sculpting the terrain to create mountains, valleys, and rivers before laying the groundwork for a budding metropolis. Players can also create lightning storms, hurricanes, fires, and more to see if their creation can withstand the ravages of the elements. As mayor, it is the player's responsibility to ensure economic growth, prosperity, and a hospitable place to live with low crime. Characters from The Sims can also inhabit cities, providing players with valuable feedback on the quality of life.

SimCity 4: Rush Hour has players directly controlling different types of transportation, including planes, cars, boats, and trains. Players can simply explore their cities from eyes of a Sim, or embark on a series of missions for a more hands-on approach to fighting crime — from catching a bank robber to preventing a carjacking. Each successful mission not only improves the mayor's overall rating but also unlocks special buildings and bonus vehicles. New additions include a European building set, an ability to personalize landmarks or other notable locales, and an opportunity to cause train wrecks, UFO invasions, and traffic pileups. SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition also features new tutorials, levels of play, and other enhancements to help acclimate players to the world of SimCity. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Compilation/Simulation
RELEASE DATE:

22/SEP/03
TOP TRAITS:

city, City simulator, creativity
DESCRIPTION:

SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition is an enhanced compilation package featuring both SimCity 4 and its first expansion pack, S... more

players 72

followers 0

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POPULARITY: PC PLATFORM

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Date: 22/SEP/2009
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Torinir was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Not big on Sim City, but it looks like you've used every inch of land. lol”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“Wow, very nice looking city. The last Sim game I played was Sim City Societies, which isn't all that great.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“I rarely even bother with subways, because traffic congestion is usually the least of my problems and the subways don't seem to have enough impact to be worth the cost. It looks like the real reason you have low traffic is because your city has so many roads. I've found that one more road in the right place usually has the greatest impact.”

el33tcapitan was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“The last time I seriously played a Sim City game was Sim City 3000. Keep up the good work, it seems that you have the heart of a true city planner!”

Bonemane was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“I'm ambitious, but not enough to actually build a city. I can do theme parks in 'Rollercoaster Tycoon' and houses while managing a family in 'The Sims' though. Good luck in your ventures!”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“What about your other screenshot?”

TheTot was the last to comment - 2 months ago...

“@Torinir That was the idea. =)
@EarthboundX Never even heard of it. o.o;
@LordXenophon Nope it's really the subways that do it. If I took 'em out, all my streets would turn red -- Trust me, I tried it. The center of the map has really good traffic flow because of the way I set up the one-way streets, but mostly because it's all really wealthy big houses that take a lot of spaces so there's not actually a lot going on in the center. The right side of the map is a little worse but still not bad without subways. But left side is what was killing me. The upper left and lower left, especially, because of all the high-dense residential and industrial in their respective corners made the streets SOOOO busy.
@Bonemane I have Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, but I'm not into it as much. I get to play it every once in awhile, but meh not much else. It's also a bigger resource hog than Simcity.”

Bonemane was the last to comment - 2 months ago... show previous hide previous

“@TheTot
Yeah it does hog alot of resources. I got Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum and after awhile mine crashes or does some sort of weird graphic glitch. There seems to be some sort of memory leak too cause it starts off using about 100-150 mb and at times when I've been forced to use the task manager I've seen it at 600+mb”

TheTot played SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition on 21/SEP/09

“I am great at managing small cities. But once it even starts to become larger, I crash and burn! Gonna have to work on it.”

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SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition (PC) by: dbuhos

“Boring. The single thing i liked are the disaters.”

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Reishi played SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition on 28/JUN/09

“Playing the new maps some for screen shots before I post it online...”

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Reishi played SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition on 25/JUN/09

“Putting in a highway across a bunch of islands in different regions is a pain in the arse, fun though!”

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SilentDeparture played SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition on 11/JUN/09

“Went through the tutorials on SimCity 4 and started shaping the land on my own section to build upon.”

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LordXenophon played SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition on 20/MAY/09

“There is one large area of my city, North of the Empire State Building, which continues to have low desirability. I spent the last couple of hours looking for ways to make this area desirable enough...”

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bamaredwingsfan was the last to comment - 6 months ago... show previous hide previous

“build a stadium there”

LordXenophon played SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition on 19/MAY/09

“El Dorito has come a long way in the past few days, and still my land is only about a third developed. I've barely even begun to run any roads up Mount Dorito! Watch my gallery for a few more...”

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bamaredwingsfan was the last to comment - 6 months ago...

“your the milestone king”

LordXenophon played SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition on 18/MAY/09

“As I continue to work on growing El Dorito, I am temporarily submitting screenshots of nothing else.”

created 20/MAY/2009

LordXenophon played SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition on 17/MAY/09

“I've had this game for a couple of years, but this is my first time making a city on the large plot. It's called "El Dorito." I plan to submit screenshots of this city as it grows.”

created 17/MAY/2009

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 6 months ago... show previous hide previous

“The vehicles and people are only there to represent traffic. The spot where they are vanishing is the spot where the traffic rating is lower.”

LordXenophon played SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition on 16/MAY/09

“Internet was down, so I started another city, Loondon. It's growing a little, but almost stagnant. I used a medium map. Probably not going to post any screenshots of this one.”

created 16/MAY/2009

Euantor was the last to comment - 6 months ago...

“Man, I remember the original Sim City. Think I've still got it. Has 4 got any major enhancements or not?”

Vekk was the last to comment - 6 months ago...

“i loved SC4 :D on my rubbish pc i played it loads now the EP disk is lost though D;”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 6 months ago...

“The original is nothing compared to 2000. 4 makes 2000 look cheap. Yes, there's major enhancements. SimCity 4 is the first one that actually gets harder as the city gets bigger.”

Vekk was the last to comment - 6 months ago...

“@LordXenophon i think the best i got was like 100,000 and something people dunno how you could get many more D:”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 6 months ago...

“100,000 is small in any of them. I can pack about 250K in on the original, I'm up over 200K so far on the large plot in SC4 with only a quarter of the plot filled, and in SC2K, I consistantly reached populations in the millions.

There does come a point where you have to do more than just zone more land. There are lots of ways to raise population even higher, even in the original.”

Vekk was the last to comment - 6 months ago... show previous hide previous

“@LordXenophon :O you must enlighten me! XD i should get another copy of the EP i struggled to get anywhere with hte original afterwards”

SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition (PC) by: ascagnel

“The most complete and complex city simulator to date. With Societies moving in a different direction, SC4 is the true king of the city sims. Its only weaknesses are iffy performance on larger cities and sometimes-iffy terrain management tools.”

created 07/MAY/2009

SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition (PC) by: Krushnieva

“Will Wright is a genius. This is the latest and greatest of the series with the ability to actually take control of a car and drive through the city.”

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