Cities: Skylines II - St. Luke (Part 1) - English Rural Village

The kind people over at PDX allowed me to have an early go at the long-awaited Cities: Skylines II, along with many core members of the community - what better to do than to start a timelapse build right away in a theme that the game perhaps wasn't specifically built for?
This is just my attempt at figuring out just how realistically C:S II allows the player to lay out roads, landscape, add nature, and organically grow a city inspired by a specific part of the world. For a vanilla game, I think it's doing pretty well. I already can't wait to see how I can develop the town over the next few weeks - and how the game will develop over the coming years with what seems to be a very strong foundation!
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[@roelofbeukema814]

The fact that you can do this from the start in the game is awesome. In CS1 you would have to build up a small support area first and unlock so much stuff before you could build a town like this with the limited money at the start.

[@superfleet1954]

It’s not even the start yet! this is still beta and it’s this good!

[@drifzyy67]

​@@superfleet1954yeahh, a few amazing features from cs1 is missing which annoys me, but im loving it so far

[@rigf1997]

@@drifzyy67 Which ones? I see alot of very good parts in C:S 2 and their marketing has done amazing into convincing me to get this game bcz of all the good parts.

[@superloup1369]

Move it and Traffic Manager are the missing part, at least we'll have mods. (it's like the two most essential mods)

[@dubl44]

​@@superloup1369the traffic manager is in the game no? Infrastructists video had it

[@luke0812]

*casually builds a european country in a 30min speedbuild* Classic Silvarret. This looks stunning

[@Raptoria]

Absolutely stunning.

[@LightswitchKing]

379 likes, no comments, lemme fix that

[@1rishAviation]

404 likes 1 comment?Lemme fix that

[@Zaitekno]

Yo Raptor whadiddadiz my man?!

[@UlmanistLatvia]

The demands of this game stun my computer as well.

[@B1GD0N]

One of the most realistic and satisfying city layouts that came out of all this early content today In my opinion. Really nice work

[@MishaTrolin]

totally agree. have watched a lot this week, but this guy is fantastic

[@LiLBitsDK]

the best one for sure... way too many square cities with hastily zoned stuff... not much thought put into them, but this one you can feel the love and can relate to a "real" area...

[@KnutBurell]

"Bendy roads for the bendy people" Haven't heard that one in a while 😂

[@chazikins]

All the booshes

[@rubenjapp7626]

I've been waiting and hoping that Keralis gets to make a sneak-peak video for CSII.

[@wightwitch]

I don't think I have ever seen someone make something English that actually looks so realistic to real life. Those patchwork fields, hamlets and random houses is so accurate

[@Codraroll]

For English towns and cities, I like naming them using a bit of wordplay with English pronunciation rules. Make little names that sound plausible until you try to say them out loud, and you find yourself saying something else entirely. Examples include Strawbury, Hamcester, Moncester, Egsenham, Seaswick, Spelcaster, or Whytewich.

[@Silvarret]

These are some amazing recommendations, thank you! Will gladly take some inspiration.

[@jonathanbowen3640]

Towcester - Toaster

[@GaskinDev]

Gotham - goat ham

[@neamhdhlisteanach6720]

I live in Northern Ireland so most place names look like gibberish compared to England’s place names because they come from anglicised versions of the original Irish names, so in cities skylines I name places in Irish based on the geography and then I anglicise it. It’s so fun. For example, a town that’s beside or inside a valley. I will call it Glenn géar, meaning Steep valley in Irish, then I will anglicise it to “Glengar” to give it its English name.

[@teutorixaleria918]

You must work for Two Point Studios, thats basically all the place names in Two Point Campus lol

[@MinegateTransport]

I really hope we see some sort of UK style content creator pack with lots of buildngs in that would be brilliant!

[@nhp2514]

And a Latin American one

[@soapymargherita]

First CS2 build I've seen with curvy roads. Thank you. I was starting to worry they'd removed that feature, lol

[@Uloncl]

i dont think theres a single other video that has me as hyped for cs2 as this one does this town looks so good

[@TeddyRadko]

This is such an incredible build! I never thought wed see builds of this quality so early on. Im also kinda interested in taking on your indirect dutch city challenge using only lvl4-5 european theme rowhouses 😅

[@Jonas-vx1mr]

I find it hilarious that there is a brush to place trees but there seems to be no brush to remove them. Really excited for what you will build in this new game

[@JamJarzz]

I think one of the biggest selling points for the game is the development tree. With more variety and specializations it could really make each city different. Like a tree that taps into the media demand allowing the city to host a movie industry, or a vineyard distributer, not to mention the various upgrades to buildings. It's got a lot more potential than CS1. You can see that from how accurately you caught midlands UK in the beta build, which you couldn't for a few years after base CS1.

[@xergiok2322]

You could specialize your city with or without a tech tree though. I really don't see why they included it. Seems like a gamey feature without a real world equivalent.

[@fabricator77]

@@xergiok2322 I agree. One of the other CS2 videos showed the transport tech-tree, you have to unlock trains before you can unlock trams. Not realistic at all, should be able to choose from one (or both), not that much difference between tram and train. Stuff like this made me have to mod CS1, just to make a city that starts with a railway station.

[@Falkaroa]

One thing for me to say, all these videos of people making towns are outdone by yours, I love how you talk in the background while you do the actual city in the background instead of doing first hand commentary! Nice work.

[@RudiRennkamel]

So excited to see what you did :)

[@rp8564]

Koali City, Yorkshire

[@sebastientumahai9560]

Hopefully when the game releases the commercial assets won’t be the generic American style low rise wide buildings. I don’t know why they didn’t have as many options for commercial zoning levels

[@alexhale6582]

Kind of Paradox to give you access, they must be as excited to see what you can do as must as we are!

[@matsv201]

They probobly won out on this one. This is probobly the best looking cs2 city i seen so far

[@alexhale6582]

@@matsv201 yeah really love how organic looking it becomes

[@DiddyRiese]

I've watched a bunch of Cities: Skylines II videos by creators and this is probably my favorite. Great work nailing the organic development of a village. Keep it up :D

[@lipatovs]

Yes, great video I also liked the video from two dollars twenty.

[@josesalvador9118]

I have seen more than 20 videos of ""first gameplay in CSLII"" in 3 diferent languages and your build is far THE BEST build I have seen in this game, this is perfection, +1 follower, wanna know what is this town's future

[@DevonGeorge85]

As someone that lives in an area like this in UK I think you've done a great job. Name suggestion, St Luke's on the wold.

[@a_boat93]

You just earned a subscriber. I’ll say honestly, out of all of the content that I’ve seen so far, the way you planned out your farms and rural pockets of residential was absolutely superb….best I’ve seen today; and it gave me some ideas for when the game drops. Some of the farms are a little funky looking at this time but I think the way you planned it out helped it blend significantly better than what I’ve seen others do so far. Looking forward to episode 2.

[@jstokes]

I agree!

[@georgebethanis3188]

Love how nice the game looks out of the box, without mods, LUTS and other user modifications. This is the city builder regular gamers were looking for.

[@xdjoshiyt]

As a born and bread rawal British citizen this IS OUTSTANDING. Only one bad thing, right hand traffic doesn't exist in England.

[@Tsunami0950]

I've never seen your channel before, never watched a single video (at least that I could remember), watched this, and then proceeded to subscribe. Reddit described it best: There are three categories of content creators who have received access to CS:2: Troll / Random Builders, Grid / Block Builders, and Silvarret. Amazing work, can't wait to see what you do further.

[@Ya-Ya-Ya-I-Am-Lorde]

So glad we have you Silvarret. Was getting tired of everyone building the same thing, to the point that it had made me less excited about the game. After the Gamescom fiasco where everyone was more interested in taking selfies and answering their Twitch chat, this is refreshing.

[@LeafProductions]

my feed today: Silvarret: making a nice, peaceful english city :) RTGame: suspended and spinning 50 meters in the air trying to make a city

[@bijanorama]

I wish random tree rotation would be the default setting

[@ex3boy91]

This is the first video of yours that I've watched and I can say that it is the best cs2 town of all youtubers that I've seen so far (around 8).

[@Silvarret]

That's huge praise, thank you!

[@mineraljunction]

what a pleasant surprise to see you on my sub feed today, silv. love this idea for a project as well

[@enelabe]

I absolutely love your organic and realistic approach to building the cities

[@davidatkinson89]

Such a nice surprise to have you build for us! Gorgeous. So glad you’re back with cities!

[@TJusnow]

This was one of my FAVORITE CS2 builds so far!! This was the perfect approach!! And the cinematic camera omg I can’t wait to use it!!!

[@saladuit]

Best cs2 vid I've watched so far! Nice that it actually resembles a letsplay instead of a first look!

[@Silvarret]

Thank you! :)

[@briagg3031]

Already 3 months that I'm looking to cities skylines 2 videos and this is still my favorite one so far

[@Qtopian]

This is the first video that I watched that actually made me want to play the game tbh. I very much value aesthetics over the gameplay sometimes so I loved what you did with the town! I was worried I liked the cartoonish graphics better of CS1 but this city definitely showed you can still make realistic aesthetically pleasing cities.

[@АртёмМ-ц3ы]

This game has such a cozy and melancholic atmosphere. I want to come back here again and again. ☺️

[@Choosinganameisharddontjudge]

Really nice video to showcase the strengths of the new systems in cs2, I love the realistic approach to create a rural landscape with small selections of houses spread out throughout the farmland, glad that the new road system allows that relatively easy now

[@northeasturbanist]

This is the most impressive Cities 2 build I have seen so far!

[@missym877]

I think you may be the only creator (that I’ve seen) that’s had early access choose to build a city with European build items and roads over American. And while I tend to love those traditional American city builds, super glad to see you did this. Ty for sharing 🙌🏽

[@Silvarret]

I had an idea that would be the case so it was a very conscious decision :) glad you appreciated it, thank you!

[@DruncanUK]

The field boundaries in your town look very realistic. The English countryside is very ancient and has grown organically over the centuries but the echoes of the past can still be seen, especially in the fields and roads. This was harder to recreate in CS1 but CS2 looks amazing. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on it.

[@Silvarret]

Coming from someone with UK in their channel name that's proper praise, thank you!

[@tmg7476]

I love how you decided on a theme and then did the great research. Also how you slowed down the XP progression. Haven't seen anyone else do that.

[@T_Dubbs]

You NAILED the idea of adding little hamlets in between farms/forests. Makes it seem so much more like the UK!

[@Shezaad18]

Thank you for building the city in a natural way. A lot of the Cities Skylines 2 early access videos have creators building cities specifically trying to showcase the new features. This is great but the cities don't look that great. I'd much rather like to see a city built for the sake of building a city. Something closer to how most players will play the game. So thanks and look forward to seeing how the city grows

[@thegreekscholar]

As always with Silvarret, the finished city will be amazing, but not sure watching him fast build roads is the most entertaining video ever.

[@Silvarret]

That's fair 😅

[@FastCarsLoudMusic]

Always a fantastic sign when developers give out early access copies like this. Can’t wait to watch.

[@wfr1108]

Ironically by just doing your own thing you've added far more to the conversation than most others. The other creators made videos on exploits and ridiculous scenarios, but you're showing the game as it really is, in a clear and slow manner. That's incredibly valuable lol, good video

[@JoyBuildsCities]

First time watching a video of yours. Really truly enJOYed it very much. This is my fav CS2 video to date! Excited to see where the town goes next.

[@knightofcydonia07]

Watching your video, the topographical layout really reminds me of the Ernesettle area of Plymouth, which is down by the River Tamar. The river is spanned by a road suspension bridge (and a much older rail bridge by Brunel) and Plymouth is my hometown, so if this was the area you were inspired by on Google Maps, I feel it is highly authentic. Great work!

[@Silvarret]

You nailed it! That's exactly where I was looking :)

[@Liehs33]

Such a beautiful organic shape of the town, just amazing work and thought.

[@janxious]

Your pre-release videos are my favorite of the batch, and really I like the rural stuff you've done.

[@JezArnold]

Love how you gamed the trees! Best of all the builds so far ! Subscribed ❤

[@MrSunshine251]

One of the cool things about the CS2 video drops has been youtube recommending videos to me from outside my little subscription bubble. Loved this build, mate. Happy to subscribe, very keen to see more!

[@xeno_mania]

This video helped me calm down before a date. Thank you!

[@phosphorusgold2391]

OMG YES YOU'RE BACK TO CITIES SKYLINES! please stay

[@rednaxela7875]

This city is absolutely amazing, I've literally watched over 10 different cities skylines 2 gameplay videos today. This was easily the best one, just subbed.

[@jwsakata]

I have been watching all videos for CS 2, most are grids, you are the only one build curve road, amazing

[@BonBenE]

So, so lovely! - this build is really standing out from all the other videos on C:S2! Nice work!

[@macayclelland8468]

16:50 It’s been so long since I’ve watched him but is that a Keralis reference? 😂 I love it

[@cohnee]

The best looking CS2 build I’ve seen so far!

[@fabianwijen9702]

Hey wat goed om je weer (terug) te zien!! Genoten van de video!! Ben ook heel erg benieuwd naar deze game. Heb/ben jarenlang zn voorganger aan het spelen op verschillende platforms. Ben vooral benieuwd naar de Editor om echt een custom stad/land te maken. Ben ook benieuwd hoe vloeibaar het water is in CS2 😅 Had bij CS1 daar vaak ruzie mee namelijk. Ik ga hem spelen op de ps5. Mijn pc gaat die niet overleven namelijk (wil een maximale map gebruiken namelijk)

[@biggieshot2pac]

I've watched probly 15 of these CS2 gameplays, this is the best one

[@Kingcommaalex]

Wow I haven’t watched your channel since the super realistic coaster builds years ago, honestly forgot about it. However when I saw you pop up with this as the title I got super stoked.

[@DKN115]

Je bent terug met city skylines. Misschien nog wel beter nieuws dan de komst van CS 2. Deze is al fantastisch, kan niet wachten tot je Nederlandse stad bouwt in CS 2. Die in CS 1 was al geweldig en enorm inspirerend.

[@citybuilderben]

Thank you @Silvarret for taking a different approach than many of the other KZbinrs out there. I can't wait for the game to arrive. I've been waiting for this sequel for so many years as well.

[@m.rciano9392]

These sorts of cities are my favorite types to build and you're absolutely killing it!

[@DYNB]

Wow, that looks amazing! I've always wanted to try something like this myself, but I have a very hard time designing something like this. Very impressed with your skill. Lekker bezig kerel!

[@mushy111]

Love the Downton Abbey soundtrack at the end. Very appropriate 👌

[@FrietPiet]

I absolutely love that you didn't make another 'excel sheet' like many other (especially the American) creators did.

[@chgr4674]

Exactly and everyone only uses the American theme

[@SwrveYT]

Really can't wait to be creating my own British-Inspired city upon release!

[@Zoove1]

Love it. So excited for this game

[@lipatovs]

One of the best videos about the game) I will keep an eye on the city longer, subscribed)

[@spj4188]

Nice build!!!! the organic look is so difficult, and you made it look very simple.

[@even8490]

One of the few if not only videos I've seen on CS:2 focused on detailing. With the new road building I think you can make something really interesting, excited to see where this goes.

[@zainiftekhar]

Out of all the cities builds. Yours is the most realistic and natural! Loved the video. Looking forward to see more of your work!

[@peterahazlewood]

This is sublime. I've never used Google Maps when playing CS1 but I'm 100% going to take inspiration from your design and use that resource once CS2 comes out 🧡

[@TheMrtummnus]

Ooo! So cool! I’m looking forward to the addition of a train station or public transport into these towns

[@martellprb]

You're right about the towns growing around the fields. The farms usually came first. Farmers often sell fields to developers so you get these modern housing developments that are tightly packed into the old field's shape.

[@traiecto]

First time I watch any of your videos. Awesome approach and beautiful setup. So different from all other content creators. Very refreshing.

[@LOLWAAHH]

Haha the Downton Abbey-esque music at the end was a nice touch

[@JimmyRHigh]

This is (unsurprisingly) among the top game plays of Cities 2 so far. Looks great!

[@FrivMusic]

this is exactly what devs should be doing to promote their games. amazing work

[@PlagueXKill3R]

I so love your take on these types of games and im glad you have some videos covering it! Cant wait for it to come out!

[@arthurl5280]

Lovely to see a rural build for a change

[@AnteroJokinen]

Don't worry, I think this video was the perfect length. Enjoyed it a lot!

[@zyroys]

Thank you for putting the time in to making the best CS2 pre release video. It is brilliant, stunning and by far my favorite out of the content creators videos. Straight up Subscribed... Cant wait for release day and more to come from you Silvarret :) Cheers!

[@joshuasims5421]

That cinematic camera tool is amazing! It will make building realistic cities even more satisfying.

[@jckblck]

The rural area looks about right, and hedgerows and mature trees are needed! Drainage ditches, coppices, ponds, woods, hills, rivers, canals... your English town is a little too grid based, most towns started around a market square, or a crossroad, or a river crossing, and are very very tightly packed in old town centres, with 20th century estates being more spacious-ish? A good example of a small historic town to learn from would be Buckingham.

[@hughjanus7803]

Look forward to watching this build its so much nicer than the usual grid build i usually have to watch

[@cyrilr.9454]

Very nice video ! :o Charming village. So, quality of life suggestion for the devs could be : a slider for the density of trees and a randomisation of the rotation of subsequent tree placements :D

[@Silvarret]

For sure!

[@marinary1326]

Super eager to see what else you get to do with the game! This "city" is already looking great... but I feel like for it to really be authentic, the name needs to be much sillier :P

[@opalyankaBG]

Loved this video. Thanks for choosing a map no one else picked, and for not showing what was unlocked with each achievement, lol

[@Silvarret]

Well, I just had to pick this map because it's the best one with no snow and rain all the time :)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

That was great thankyou 😊

[@ChappoIan]

I've watch nearly all early Cities Skylines II gameplay and this is by far the most incredible build yet. Unbelievably thoughtfully planned and built. To use your own words, it looks like a painting! Lekker bezig pik!

[@garethward6875]

Excellent work, and appreciate all the work you do creating these videos

[@happydixiklo]

Looking absolutly awesome. Refreshing.

[@R1PPA-C]

Originally coming from Yorkshire I think I can say.... You nailed the English countryside!!!

[@JohBak010]

Great first CS2 city! Maybe not the buildings, but I see a lot of Dutch small but growing village in here too for sure! The lay-out including tree lines is very similar to villages in Noord-Brabant for example.

[@notenoughpaper]

Best CS2 build i have seen so far :) keep it up!

[@simoncampbell-smith6745]

I like this guys work so I have sub'd him. This English town is a work of art.

[@ToCoSo]

Life is good, a Silvarett video and bendy roads for the bendy people.