 SimCity: Societies, build a Cyberpunk city!... sorta |
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 Nov 20 2007, 07:43 PM
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Ain Soph Aur  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600  |
So I got my hands on Sim City: Societies. In short, unlike previous SimCities, this one drops the focus on the challenges of balancing a budget while expanding your city and solving current problems to well.. er.. no challenge.
Instead, you get to chose and place every single building in your city, allowing you to make your city look exactly the way you want. You do have to manage citizen mood, and you have to have enough cash and stuff like that. Anyway, I won't go into more detail, you can read reviews elsewhere for that. Suffice to say it has little to no challenge in exchange for allowing you to craft pretty cities. The best part is that you can filter your buildings by certain styles, and Cyberpunk is one of them! Yes, you can build a Cyberpunk city! Lots of corporate buildings, tall towers, slum houses, coffin hotels, etc. That's basically why I got the game. However, I have to say, the game has SERIOUS performance issues. I'm running it at everything Low and I can hardly play as the game lags like there is no tomorrow. Also, the complete lack of challenge kinda sucks. So, in conclusion: Ability to create a Cyberpunk city out of the box = awesome Game = sucks. Verdict: Don't spend money on it. |
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Nov 20 2007, 07:49 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 10,737 |
What are your system specs? Because the listed system requirements aren't that bad.
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Nov 20 2007, 11:32 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Pentium 4 2.6GHz
1 GB RAM GeForce 6800 GS (256MB) Game is basically unplayable with these specs, unless you are a very, very patient and forgiving person. |
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Nov 21 2007, 02:33 AM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
well, thanks for lettiung me know that, i was gonna get it for my 'rents, who need "slower" style games, but if its a hog, screw it
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Nov 21 2007, 04:01 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 10,737 |
*checks* huh. And you have the reqs listed beaten by about double in nearly all categories... not a good sign... |
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