The Bottom Line
If you like city building games, there's no reason not to own this one. "SimCity 4" offers hours of challenging gameplay.
Pros
- incredible graphics / great detail
- cities feed off each other
- region editing tools
Cons
- no scenarios / cannot create your own
- performance issues
- no tool to create buildings
Description
- Released: January 14, 2003
- The fourth version of the city building sim series.
- Large regions of varied sizes of cities, that can rely on each other through business deals.
- In God-mode create the terrain you desire the city to be on.
- My Sim Mode lets you place Sims in your city to give you feedback.
- Build a growing metropolis, or a small farming community.
- Populate terrain with animals that roam around the city.
- Sims being bad? Release a disaster upon the city, including lightning, volcanoes, and fire.
Guide Review - "SimCity4"
I've spent most of my free time playing "SimCity 4" in the last week. I can honestly say I have only just begun to scratch the surface of gameplay. It's an amazing game, with incredible graphics and all new challenges. Micromanagement is required with this game, which will displease some people, but I love the control. A must have for any "SimCity" fan.