Building a STUNNING German Retail Hub in Cities Skylines 2!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@danthiel8623]

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[@Wasdgamerke]

Id rate this german build a nein out of ten

[@unstoppable2180]

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[@cheech-7-7-7]

@@Wasdgamerke LOL nein out of ten or nine out of ten? I rate the whole video as a Nein...I was expecting far more german buildings

[@lmfaoliam77777]

😀

[@Al-Brown_BluesChannel]

Man ... we need two episodes a week from Biffa. That would be so great.

[@unstoppable2180]

Agreed.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

That's what I'm aiming to do from next week 👍😁

[@Al-Brown_BluesChannel]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines We would appreciate it a lot. I know that you have lots of other gaming projects going on and I can imagine that it's not easy to satisfy an entire community. However, don't stress yourself. A day has only 24 hours and I guess that your private time shouldn't come too short.

[@laughingmiz8193]

No lie!!!

[@unstoppable2180]

​@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines , when UK Region Pack gets released, you mentioned doing a UK-Themed series too. Maybe two episodes a week could be New Brewburgh and UK themed. These are all assuming that Al-Brown_85 means two CS2 episodes a week.

[@Comdroid66]

As a German myself I’m really pleased to see the typical German buildings in one of my favorite games

[@antaryjczyk]

That shopping mall should be doubled up. It looks so good with an actual facade at the front, but that white wall at the back of it makes it look unfinished. Maybe some higher lvl German building could be place at the back, to make it more blend in with surroundings...other than that, the episode is very enjoyable like always ;) Biffa You're doing a great job ;)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou 👍😁

[@Riditekh-Studios]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines Yooo, this is a nice place to live, but what tears me up is that nothing is centered. Not the Mall. Not the tram behind it either, it is not centered on the 3/4ters way of the building. Could you please center everything so that it is centered on the central Shopping Road? I would be eternally greatful. Other than that, off to New Brewburg!

[@jacobite2353]

@@Riditekh-Studios I mean irl I don't think everything is so centred so I quite like the look tbh, also I imagine that living here (with all the parks and as little as possible development, for the population) is extremely expensive lol.

[@LemLems1]

Putting pedestrian paths and a park/cafe in a department store’s loading bay does look pretty, but I think you’re going to have some very irritated delivery drivers there 😊. Seriously though it looks great and a fun video

[@simongeard4824]

Yeah, I don't think Biffa noticed that the back of the building is all roller-doors and service entrances... nothing customer-facing on that side... ;)

[@unstoppable2180]

I've always wanted to make a UK themed city, but never had the assets. I've also wanted a UK inspired CS2 series from you for a long time now, so I'm very excited for the UK Region Pack to come soon!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I'm very excited 😁

[@SiqueScarface]

In Germany, yellow road markings are for construction sites. You won't find them on a tram or bus stop, except it is under construction.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@truedarklander]

You guys don't use the yellow zig zag to mark areas you're allowed to stop but not park?

[@iamthedogtor]

​@@truedarklander Germany has road signs for that

[@truedarklander]

@@iamthedogtor So do most other countries, but most countries also have road markings

[@SiqueScarface]

@@truedarklander No. In Germany, there is a white zig zag, but that means a complete ban of both parking and halting.

[@isaipack]

Biffa, in the tram stop behind the store (17:40) you could just make a single stop and a loop for the green line. The yellow line stays the same and the green one passes the first entry and does a loop to get back in the route. That way you remove the need for the path and everyone can hop off in the correct side whichever the direction they came from.

[@blob0000]

3:30 I actually think a pedestrian tunnel would look and work better, because of the elevation. Love your videos!

[@salnegromusic]

Nice brickwork for the German shopping center, but in the back of the tram area, there is a delivery area. Notice the loading docks against the walls there? There should be some type of road there for trucks to drop off their goods. It does not look realistic.

[@Thesecret101-te1lm]

Nice! Re the moved tram stop: Maybe change the existing wide road to a suitable road without tram tracks? And maybe connect the tram-only road with the complex curve tool to make the transition smoother? Re the parks: I wish that Cities Skylines had a mirror tool for buildings, like Workers&Resources do.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@jacobite2353]

Maybe a mod that'll do it in the near future? I imagine there's lots of crossover both being modern city builders and all

[@ihmss007]

Love the new nationality themed areas in your city. At 22:50 there's a planter and tree on the walking path from the park to the back of the German department store. This area turned out really well and can't wait for the rest of the packs

[@PerfectAlibi1]

I made some tea and a Biffa video showed up! Did me making tea, summon Biffa? ^^

[@unstoppable2180]

Only if it was biffa tea

[@PerfectAlibi1]

@@unstoppable2180 What type of tea is Biffa tea?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Yorkshire Tea!

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Ever drink any other tea? Plenty to choose from ^^

[@unstoppable2180]

@@PerfectAlibi1 , I am committing a crime right now 👉👉👉 I do not like tea. I know there's coffee, I don't like that either. 👈👈👈 (Yes, this is coming from a british person)

[@tigonologdring9189]

Lovely stuff! For a touch of extra flare maybe check out which companies have moved into the department store and slap a giant billboard for each company on the back side. Very much looking forward to the UK additions to the place of course... low density row homes... I'll put the kettle on.

[@SoDakJason]

Not sure if it would have been possible to pull off, but I would tried to put the parking garage at the back of the department store with some kind of elevated walkway connecting it to the store. That way people could go from the garage directly to the store without being exposed to the elements when the New Brewburg winter arrives. Also, those blank white back walls on the department store would be perfect for some kind of giant banner advertisement starting from the top of the wall and going at least halfway down, something that you couldn't miss from the highway. Not sure if there is an element in the game that's actually big enough for it though.

[@marcrubin9359]

Amazing build, really love this one! I've really liked using the one way pedestrian roads in road builder. It is one way for cars, people can walk both ways. No median so it is really narrow. Great with the new asset packs for some of those narrow European pedestrian streets. You can also use some of those textures to make them look like cobblestone!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks for the tip 👍

[@vriskaserket8137]

I think the hang around areas have you be attached to an actual park. So the only way to get a "custom" park is to place a real park - delete all assets - then drag the existing hang around areas. It's not ideal, probably best just to wait until real support for custom areas.

[@garyklyce713]

Loving the custom football stadium. Man I wish we had the Bad Peanut 🥜 stadiums from CS1 in CS2.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou and yeah that would be great. Maybe in the future 👍😁

[@jameswiebe8956]

Biffa - There really needs to be a few more paths connecting the train area road with the new shopping pedestrian area. I'd put in two over the far end - one by where the path from the parkade meets up with the walking path, and another by the corner behind the mixed use building is closest to the train area road.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@reesav11]

Nice video as always... If you can.. Please make the department store sit at the centre in relation to the shops/houses... You know.. symmetry is always good

[@lordraven2264]

Biffa, if you extend out the same surface in all of the directions you want, it will keep a consistent rock layout. It's a little more work, but the results, I think, are amazing. Love the build, glad you didn't do any "Biffa hard mode" stuff this episode...lol

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😅

[@jacobite2353]

I think your city looks really nice but I feel like you have a problem with mass gentrification, like all these parks and minimal development surely means that prices are going to be ridiculously high, although maybe that completes the Anglosphere aesthetic D. Maybe as a future video idea create a high density/low rent area to account for the super high rent?

[@EricMesa]

holy moly the angle of that pedestrian ramp. No one will be pushing a pram up that one

[@ChaserYohmoi]

Just a thought but at the T section in front of the Dept store a small round about with a tree might look rather good and help with cars turning around at the end of that street

[@carriegarrisonvos4433]

I love the German pack!! It could be used in English settings too!! Nice build Biffa 🤩

[@unclewilco]

Looks great - can't wait to see what you do with the UK pack

[@sadbear101]

Looks great, if i had to add anything it would be just a few buildings neat the big parking lot? Just another reason to use this one over using the streets

[@FabianGaming73]

25:24 The clearance of the pedestrian bridge is a bit too low for the catenary 😉 But otherwise magnificent job in detailing and bringing this square to life ^^

[@samiam4022]

Nice build today with the German assets! I finally purchased CS-2 using your instant gaming link. Many thanks!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou and have fun 👍😁

[@CaptainQuark9]

My god! That department store looks like the headquarters of the KGB (Soviet Brutalist architecture, of course) had angry s3x with the Battersea Power Station! 🤣

[@bachouttapocket]

We need a naming episode. All of these new neighborhoods being built need tea puns! The German area is really nice Biffa! It feels like it's been part of the city forever

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou and great idea 👍😁

[@EternalGamingNet]

Lovely build! Be a nice place to shop and walk around.

[@jimhearsonwriter]

Looks lovely, but the fact that the road running up to the shopping centre isn't in the middle makes me itch a little!

[@roybmanofmerlin]

Hi Biffa, I feel some kind of statue would be good in the German Shopping Centre area as a park centre piece.

[@fooboo98]

Biffa NBI here , our intelligence agency feels out of touch with with the German neighborhood . We were out on the edge of the city but now the land we reside is in high demand. Could you move the agency out of the city. Thanks and p.s. we are always watching

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@arijitsannamanda7218]

Any plans on getting back to City Skylines 1 again after New Tealand?? Or am I living in a fantasy?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Probably not tbh. Most viewers want 2 not 1 👍

[@jameshg1900]

"Let's do a bit of plopping" - I thought this was a mature, sensible channel!

[@jayjay4spurs]

This German pack looks fantastic, I'm looking forward to the uk pack. I'm really enjoying this build 👍

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou, I am too! 😁

[@Lord_Void_Raven]

it's kind of funny, on the challenge video , couldn't even afford a tree. here just casually have 40 million😅😅

[@SeregaKRYL]

Why create the bridge over tram right at the stop??? The trams are not moving fast there anyway

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Safety !!!

[@SeregaKRYL]

@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines let's agree to disagree then. From accessibility viewpoint it's not great. People will just always run across the rails anyway. So I'd argue about safety

[@lisah.7640]

I really like what you did with the shoppingcenter but the street looks too empty. I germany in a pedestrian area (and often in non pedestrian areas) you will find tables in front of restaurants and clothing or other goods in front of the shops. there would be benches and small trashcans so people can eat streetfood and small vendors for crepes or hotdogs or fresh fruit.

[@666JGNotts]

That looks excellent mate

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thankyou 👍 😁

[@bassmastersteve3609]

Your pedestrian bridge at the German mall is too low; you can see the tram wires go through it ;)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Fixed 👍

[@RogerS1978]

You definately need a red baloon you can put next to the glitched kerbstones

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😅

[@davidwhite3337]

Looks good Biffa .

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks 👍

[@roybmanofmerlin]

Hi Biffa, I noticed the footbridge over the tram line isn't high enough for the overhead electric wires for the tram.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Fixed after I spotted it in the timelapse 👍😁

[@roybmanofmerlin]

@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines 🤩

[@wanluqman9539]

To the tram stop: Why not put a crossings instead of a whole pedestrian bridge? irl people just walk over the tram tracks anyway

[@garyklyce713]

Biffa, are your game saves available on PDX or discord? I would love to play this city.

[@ryryk6977]

I really wish the those building packs were detailed all the around instead of just white backs

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

That';s how they are irl ;-)

[@jakesturgis5705]

Am i the only one who think the blank white walls make these look unfinished. It drives me nuts!! With the french pack as well.

[@blackineese]

Why don't you take off the cross hair alignment option... that will prevent all those broken zoning tiles

[@davidyale2559]

Can you run the tram lines through those rear pass ways in the department store and have the stops under cover?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Interesting idea!

[@heymofo1981]

Just bought cs2, is it me or do the roundabouts not work as well.as the old game?

[@TastierBackInThe80s]

Chopper Dave with another CS2 cameo.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

He keeps nosing in 😅

[@rileywhetstone1755]

Thanks you for the new video.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

No problem 👍

[@successmeditations110]

Very nice. 🎉

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thank you! 😊

[@edelan]

Sir Biffa, since you play Cities: Skylines II for some time now, how does it compare to the original one? Which one do you prefer as for now?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I'm enjoying Cities 2, haven't opened 1 for months now 👍

[@stevengalloway8052]

Beautiful layout, Biffa... 😏

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Many thanks!

[@_cimone]

Yeah you get the odd gutter to the void

[@noidea7695]

You need multiple park maintenance buildings because your parks are running at on fumes buddy.

[@WillyLangley]

Nice Video!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Thanks!

[@michaelbrewell99]

That department store looks like Battersea power station.😅

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I agree!

[@nikicroft]

I think that the parking building needs a pedestrian road.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

It's a bug, that'll be fixed soon I'm sure 👍

[@MikeD87916]

This may be the wurst looking neighborhood I've seen you make. (Man, I love word play, seriously, it looks great!)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

😅

[@Wm.JaredS]

How about an International board crossing??

[@Pacey-j7x]

Is there a Button by Mothe It to copy things

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

No, but there's the ctrl c mod to do that 👍

[@andrewkosmowski3985]

Neue brüburg? (I tried to “germanify” New Brewburg.)

[@Al-Brown_BluesChannel]

A "burg" is a term for city in the U. S. (see: Williamsburg, TX). So, it would be: Neu Braustadt or Neu Braustädt ...

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Nice 😁

[@bccmboardercollectables4813]

can you build underground road parking

[@dmf.42]

Is there a list of mods you’re using?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Yes on my discord 👍

[@magicalmac7505]

The mall isn't centered with the bisecting road and the tram stop isn't centered with the mall 😭

[@mattazmy]

Why don't you create a little Germany in your city? Most cities have various community areas, such as Little India, Chinatown, etc.

[@lordraven2264]

Oc-tea-ber fest!! Woohoo.

[@stephenclark9917]

Where is the "replacement" college?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Coming soon 😅

[@LauraFukarle]

wheres the uk series

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

When the pack is out I'll be doing it 👍

[@Comdroid66]

🥔

[@natedagreat6704]

Are you starting to like Cs2? you haven’t posted much of the game.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I post 1 or 2 a week, plus I like other games and have been sponsored for a few different games too 👍

[@Dutchcarwashchannel]

Please biffa place more trees 🫨

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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[@Dutchcarwashchannel]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines I like trees 😂

[@jabcmw1]

Biffa! Constructive criticism, this seems far more edited then most your videos. Didn't enjoy but i still give you a like

[@davidcorreia3901]

That parking lot placement was.... idiotic. It's a country mile away from that shopping mall.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

What? The multistory car park was 30 seconds walk from the department store. Are you watching the right video 😅😅😅

[@truedarklander]

American?

[@davidcorreia3901]

@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines 30 sec? Are you crazy? That parking garage is 10 blocks from that shopping center. It should be at the spot you put the train stop at. Right next to the entrance. Example...Providence place mall in Rhode Island.

[@davidcorreia3901]

@@truedarklander yes. We tend to put parking next to the area we are going to. Not 5-10 blocks away.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

I think you missed the very large parking building I placed right next to the new shopping building 👍

[@kazkorianor]

Kaufland

[@DrakeGamer85]

"Ich bin kein Deutscher, sondern Brite, aber wenn ich es wäre, würde ich sagen, dass New Brewburgh für mich der beste Ort ist, um Tee zu verstehen und zu lieben!" Translation: "I'm not German, I'm British, but if I were I would say that for me New Brewburgh is the best place to understand and love tea!" And it is, in my opinion! Fan-sipping-tastic! (Or if you are German: Fan-schlürfen-lecker!)🫖🫖

[@unstoppable2180]

The very end I clicked See Original google translated it to "(Fan-slurfen-delicious!)"

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

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