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SimCity 4 (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Simulation/Construction/Building Sim

RELEASE DATE

15/JAN/03

ESRB RATING

EVERYONE,

DEVELOPER

Maxis

PUBLISHER

EA Games

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Macintosh

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

yourself 32
Boredom 12
time 11

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

This fourth evolution in the granddaddy of Sim series offers state-of-art presentational updates as well innovative features and fresh aspects of play. Though revisiting the series' basic challenge to design, establish, and nurture a balanced, living community of virtual citizens, SimCity 4 players are able to mold their microcosms as never before.

New landscape creation tools allow players to build mountains and valleys, rivers, and forests, so they can create an ideal environment even before the first street is laid down. The SimCity is now part of a larger community, along with other cities in the region, and once neighboring cities are connected by transportation networks they can trade (or compete) for important resources.

SimCity 4 also borrows a few ideas back from it's all-time best-selling progeny The Sims, allowing players to follow the personal life of one of their SimCity citizens.

Enhancing and augmenting mainstay SimCity features while adding new perspectives and possibilities, SimCity 4 is designed to appeal to players new to city management as well as to veterans of the classic series. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide

SimCity 4 (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Simulation/Construction/Building Sim
RELEASE DATE:

15/JAN/03
TOP TRAITS:

city builder, open world, player created city
DESCRIPTION:

This fourth evolution in the granddaddy of Sim series offers state-of-art presentational updates as well innovative f... more

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Yay! Woohoo! Right On!

“A crowd of sims gathers to cheer the opening of the new opera house.”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 17/NOV/2009
Views: 25
Votes: 2

created 17/NOV/2009

Victorian Mansion

“This is just one of several mansions which can appear in your better neighborhoods, and one of several with the same default name, but it's my favorite one. If I played one of the later sims games,...”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 17/NOV/2009
Views: 61
Votes: 3

created 17/NOV/2009

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 1 day ago... show previous hide previous

“That one isn't actually in a bad neighborhood. All the money moved to the top of the buttes. The other houses on that street are all mansions, except for the French restaurant at the end of the block. (I put some commercial there so they could have a grocery store, but the French restaurant moved in instead.)”

Twin Boots October 360

“Twin Boots at a population of 200K. The city has started to segregate by wealth - rich people live on top of the buttes, the middle class lives between the buttes and the poor live South of the...”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 16/NOV/2009
Views: 24
Votes: 3

created 16/NOV/2009

Twin Boots Cinema House

“This building is so rare, I've never even spotted one before. You might notice a narrow strip of unzoned land in front of it. The cinema sprouted just after I destroyed a little bit of road there.”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 16/NOV/2009
Views: 51
Votes: 4

created 16/NOV/2009

Svoboda was the last to comment - 5 days ago...

“I had no idea a cinema could produce so many jobs! They must be mostly part time.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 5 days ago...

“I can believe it for a theater that size.”

Simman was the last to comment - 2 days ago...

“That building looks awesome :D

I've gotten buildings that were around 60 stories (kinda like little skyscrapers) But never got that :(”

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

“In Phoenix, 60 stories would be a large skyscraper.”

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

“Actually, I seem to recall someone on CNN saying the same of a 50 story skyscraper in New York City. She said that had it not been next to the World Trade Center, this 50 story building would have been considered huge.”

Svoboda was the last to comment - 2 days ago...

“The biggest normal buildings look huge until you buy a Chrystler Building, Empire State Building, Bank of China, CN Tower, or one of the other landmarks which are former world's tallest building title-holders. Anything can look small when you put it next to the world's tallest building.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 1 day ago... show previous hide previous

“Actually, the Washington Monument and the Great Pyramid were both also once considered to be the world's tallest building, but they look tiny next to the common skyscrapers.”

Llamabad June 123

“Despite the name, this town isn't half bad and has no llama population.”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 15/NOV/2009
Views: 33
Votes: 1

created 15/NOV/2009

Mt. Sermon August 35

“This small town's only claim to fame is the fancy cathederal at the top of the hill in the middle of town.”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 14/NOV/2009
Views: 39
Votes: 4

created 14/NOV/2009

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 7 days ago... show previous hide previous

“In SimCity 4, the default is flat and boring and you have to break the terrain on purpose.”

Pedriana Perpetuator Systems

“Another rare building from SimCity 4. This is the highest value industrial building I've spotted so far. It seems to be about equivalent to the Industrial Thingamajig from SimCity 2K.”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 14/NOV/2009
Views: 30
Votes: 3

created 14/NOV/2009

Llamabad February 35

“This is El Dorito's neighbor across the river. At this point, El Dorito is Llamabad's only land connection.”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 14/NOV/2009
Views: 26
Votes: 1

created 14/NOV/2009

LordXenophon played SimCity 4 on 10/NOV/09

“I played a lot of SimCity today, due to excessive patching of City of Heroes. There weren't any revisions to the patch notes, so I have to wonder what changed between versions of today's patch....”

created 11/NOV/2009

El Dorito January 512

“El Dorito finally built some bridges across the river, just to have an overland connection to Llamabad.”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 10/NOV/2009
Views: 62
Votes: 3

created 10/NOV/2009

Ashbelthor was the last to comment - 12 days ago...

“You should have named it El Burrito”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 12 days ago...

“But's it's built in the foothills of Mt. Dorito. (That's the triangular mountain at top.)”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 12 days ago...

“That blue spot to the right of it is Loch Amole.”

Retodon8 was the last to comment - 12 days ago...

“I get it; it's a play on words, referencing the ancient Aztec game of Whac-A-Mole.”

Ashbelthor was the last to comment - 12 days ago...

“@Retodon8 LOL”

Svoboda was the last to comment - 9 days ago...

“At the end of days, will Mt. Dorito be hurled into the depths of Loch Amole?”

DarthShadows was the last to comment - 9 days ago... show previous hide previous

“The lake of fiery peppers?”

Nude Dork City September 166

“This city did eventually get its seaport.”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 09/NOV/2009
Views: 34
Votes: 3

created 09/NOV/2009

LordXenophon played SimCity 4 on 08/NOV/09

“Rescued a few more old cities from stagnation, then finished Nude Dork City. Ive almost finished rescuing all of my old cities.”

created 09/NOV/2009

Unsafe Harbor July 257

“This city is finally finished with its major transportation optimization, and it has already grown quite a bit just from the improved efficiency. Now I can get down to the real work of actually...”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 37
Votes: 2

created 08/NOV/2009

LordXenophon was the last to comment - 9 days ago... show previous hide previous

“Yes, but that's because the last road has been moved and it used to go past that building.”

Nude Dork City October 137

“One of the richest neighborhoods I've ever seen just suddenly grew here, where I least expected it, far from any of my major landmarks. I noticed it when one of my sims, Gustav Knifenfork, got a job...”

Added by: LordXenophon
Date: 08/NOV/2009
Views: 115
Votes: 5