LGR - Cities: Skylines Review (from 2015)

Finally, a promising contender for SimCity's city-building crown. Is it any good? How does it compare to its predecessors? Find out in this review!
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[@LGR]

My review on the After Dark expansion is now up! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmTYk6uLeL-maZI

[@YourRealBestFriend]

Cities Skylines allowes the player to decriminalize recreational drugs, thats how we stumbled upon weird opnions about drugs.

[@lilcrabbybabby]

Never played City Skylines, so I had no clue you could do that? I just think, conceived out of my own brain, that the temperance movements of the 1900s destroyed adult agency.

[@jugostran]

So I think that Colossal Order is the new Maxis,also I think Cities Skylines killed SimCity and Maxis itself,but I don't hate them for that,I love them for that!They ended a terrible era that the city building game category was headed towards with DRM and Limitations.So for that,thank you Colossal Order and Paradox!

[@jugostran]

Also,the thing about the dead people?Yes,that is an issue.Fire trucks?No problem!Garbage trucks?Work perfectly!Police cars?No crime here!But hearses,ohhh do not get me started on the hearses!They are soooooo dumb,getting stuck in a stupid lane change occasion,getting lost for god damn sake and so on!But why the hearses,why not the police cars?!I could care less about crime but the issues with the dead are still a huge bummer for me.And it has been 2 years and the hearse AI is still somewhere between Mars and the Moon,on its way to Earth at a snails pace.

[@Flutters_Shygal]

I love that just about everything complained about in this review was fixed in updates. The developers do listen!

[@williamclark4816]

Same, I love when the developers listen and fix the problem at hand. Its a sign that they really do care about the gamers.

[@DJSamsonofficial]

yeah ive played it since it came out but i couldn't even remember all the things he was complaining about. The game still has some issues imo, but it's been updated so much so I love it!

[@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza]

Except for the "dumb" vehicle A.I. that still requires a mod (Traffic Manager: President Edition) to fix 😢

[@Spider-Man62]

@@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza well if you actually want smart traffic you're not gonna be able to run it no matter your specs cause the hardware isn't there

[@Oi-fo1wt]

IKR

[@lazerwolfdiecast]

no forced multiplayer or forced online play?! wow its like the guys who made this actually understand video games!

[@Aytum]

I requested an always online requirement and server side calculations, but they turned me down. :(

[@oz_jones]

Its because we Finns are not very sociable and tend to like the company of just ourselves :3

[@afiwubh4go9aiosugb]

SCURGE Only a team of 13 people, When you have small staff they really focus on detail and listen to their players unlike big bussiness where they only listen to $$$

[@MetalheadBuser]

Yep. They are basically doing everything right SC5 fucked up as hard as they could. I could do a rage speek about SC5 now, but why bother? SC5 sucked but those guys gave humanity the kind of game it desired, without the SC5 Bullshit anyone hates.

[@redsabre_]

Well now in 2018 almost everything you said that cities should’ve added is now added

[@bloba4443]

Slayerkiller 06 Hahhaha I’m in 2020 beat that!

[@RoastBeefSandwich]

the game is still too easy, there's no challenge at all once you figure out the best ways to manage traffic. I enjoy playing it a lot but yeah I wish it was more challenging.

[@laalki80]

@@RoastBeefSandwich This. There should be a difficulty setting business-wise and unpredictable random events that you'd have to overcome.

[@tnfsgsalternateaccount7613]

@@laalki80 Natural Disasters exists.

[@crabman3144]

Even the part about banning grape jelly?

[@Caphalem]

I love it when someone relatively small just absolutely wrecks someone as big as Maxis. This game is one of many slaps to the face that EA deserves. Makes me smile :)

[@NerevarineKing]

It's not exactly a replacement for SC4, but it is great game on it's own.

[@CpnGame]

And soon Life By You will be looking to put some pressure on The Sims... looks like Paradox is making a business out of giving EA the business.

[@rasdan1192]

It's literally Simcity if EA isn't in it.

[@filiboy5932]

Rasdan no

[@davecrupel2817]

Filiboy :D yes

[@moonshonemeadow]

Not exactly. The traffic parts are pretty unique to the developers.

[@denkt]

Actually Paradox (the publishers) are pretty terrible when it comes to DLCs. Luckily it isn't too bad for CS but in other games it's ridiculous.

[@darsparx]

@@denkt and honestly I don't mind the DLCs I'm going to get them eventually but it's a little sad that Skylines is technically the new Simcity. Especially since EA basically turned that into a dead horse at this point. Though the color scheme is getting a little old imo and I really need to figure out how to change that at least

[@RavensEagle]

Correction it was a team of 9 people, and recently 13 people and they are currently thinking about day night cycle if community truly demands it.

[@redicnmad]

Would be nice!

[@LGR]

RavensEagle 20ish people are listed in the final game's credits :) I included interns because they need love too.

[@Aquelll]

RavensEagle Seasons and weather conditions are also planned with snow plows and such during winter...

[@Jill4ChrisRedfeild]

Ackwell I've only just heard about this and oh my god I want it so bad now haha

[@redicnmad]

Ackwell shut the front door!

[@lancethompson37]

"This is the kind of game that I can play for so many hours at a time that when I leave I start seeing zone layouts on my ceiling, and traffic patterns in my cereal." hahahaha

[@LGR]

I wish I was joking D: Even my dreams were affected!

[@lancethompson37]

Just spent the last few hours getting started. getting the Tetris effect for real. haha

[@Ignigknawt]

Lately I've started getting back into Guild Wars 2. The past couple of nights I've had dreams about Guild Wars 2. Help.

[@m4rs12]

wait until you play GTA V....

[@adafrost6276]

Lazy Game Reviews Those are the best kinds of games.

[@PrimoX379]

The cons mentioned in this video are pretty much all taken care of now by the awesome modding community. God bless steam workshop :) Amazing game, buy it!

[@ripppking]

Can you give a few examples?

[@PrimoX379]

Well the whole "chirper" thing being annoying, you can get the "chirpy exterminator" from Steam workshop. Also you can get a mod to fix the traffic so they use multiple lanes rather than getting into the lane they need as early as possible like they do in vanilla. AND you can get a mod to disable traffic lights on roundabouts.. or anywhere. I think there's more even haha

[@Guitarfollower22]

also, the devs introduced new district policies, night time, winter, etc.

[@SIXITHS]

Terraforming in-game, a brush to paint terrain and to place trees down quickly.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

Any complaints of missing roads has been covered by Network Extensions Project. When it comes to better traffic AI, Traffic Manager: Presidential Edition has you covered, plus it allows you much greater control over intersections, which is a godsend sometimes when you are trying to do something specific (like create an SPUI or DDI, both of which need to have very specific signal states to operate efficiently). You can even use it to create dedicated roads for emergency vehicles. Abandoned buildings needing to be demolished is covered by Automatic Bulldoze v2. Tree brushes are available as well as more terraforming options and things that used to be limited to the map editor (like water sources). Niggling issues like having to separate rail traffic completely from international and local is solved by a mod that lets you make local-only stations. There's also a lane switcher for cargo terminals that lets you fix the issue of traffic entering and exiting one conflicting. And a crap ton of other stuff...

[@mendfri]

7:51 the irony of an ice cube factory catching on fire...

[@dinkaDPB]

+Endermender110 Chill Bro, its ok.

[@danhatman3538]

+Endermender110 i love how it still says: "Operating Normally"

[@swogettiswindon8162]

+Dan hatman I bet they use peltier elements.

[@joribremer5260]

Like waterparks (it crowd XD )

[@davecrupel2817]

XD

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

I would love Paradox to make a sims competitor...

[@userjoao]

YES! Maybe EA would start to get it's shit together with a market competitor...

[@LadyFlopo]

Monkeybox Gaming yes!!!!! why is this not happening yet??? I hate the Sims 4 so much I can't even explain it lol

[@Pyovali]

Steve Nugent You mean Colossal Order? Paradox is only the publisher.

[@cecasander]

They did. It's called Crusader Kings 2 ;)

[@nxt_tim]

NO! Paradox is getting more and more like EA. There are tons of unnecessary DLCs for Skylines and I don't think they will stop... I'ld love Frontier to make a Sims competitor since they already have made an own language and they don't milk their players (yet) like EA and paradox do :(

[@Freako]

I don't get why none of these games have any kind of close up driving or walking mode. I wanna drive around in a city I made myself. The closest we got was Streets of Sim City but let's not talk about that one.

[@iniudan]

You could drive in first person in Sim City 2000.

[@emossg]

CO said that they do not have resources to make enough art that meets their standards to allow firstperson mode. This is why they have to limit camera angles and movement. This might change in future.

[@IamLucky87]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone made a first person mod soon

[@lBonaCl]

How about the 1st person view, customizable vehicles (performance cars, rally cars, delivery trucks like in Euro Truck Simulator 2, and Farming sim tractors etc.), fine detailed physics and road editors. Maybe even BeamNG level of crash physics. That added to a Simcity-like free world editing and I'd be blown away. Now, who's willing to take on the challenge to make it happen?

[@ValugaTheLord]

Freako CO CEO said that they dont want to allow people to get up close to their assets as they are not really high quality and are made for looking from a distance.

[@PKM1010]

Districts you say? I'm definitely making slums and calling them "District 9"

[@Erry4576]

You read my mind.

[@robloxdude19]

"Welcome to City 17!" X3

[@delta3039]

I`m pretty suie this is a reference to the movie District 9 no the hunger games.

[@suntoritime]

PKM101 FOOKIN' PRAWNS!

[@funkeyman100]

I'm making my slums Area 11

[@BadBoy1115]

Now all we need is another company to do the same to *The Sims* franchise and make what Sims 4 should have been...

[@marybeyup19]

SimmerBot I would have been happy if someone added the sims 3 features to sims 4. Or not have made dlc for existing dlc

[@MrVuckFiacom]

Matter of fact, they should do the same for the Command & Conquer Red Alert series that EA just had to ruin...

[@jl8417]

Mr Vuck Fiacom Well, I am from the future and I have some bad news about Command and Conquer....

[@megajuanph11]

Or revive SimCopter and SimAnt

[@klobiforpresident2254]

Oh God. Don't remind me what happened to C&C. No. I refuse to believe that this ever happened.

[@Gameplayhq]

this guy is legit, subbing,

[@ellisstate]

Outstanding review. I am buying this game because of this video

[@davecrupel2817]

ellisstate me too! 😀 loving the game now!

[@shadowflame68]

What's this? A game company noticed what people have been saying they want and decided to fill a niche? That's not how you're supposed to do it! You're *supposed* to completely ignore all consumer demands and expect everyone to buy your game anyway. Who does Paradox think they are?

[@destroyercrush1052]

>:(

[@dwvcollection]

ACTUALLY CARING ABOUT THE PLAYERS' ENJOYMENT!? WTF ARE YOU DOING PARADOX

[@RFGfotografie]

A lot better then EA and co will EVER be!

[@dexterjettster3683]

Just like hello games

[@RatelHBadger]

What a.... Paradox of a producer, you could say.

[@lowerkeys]

I still regret buying SimCity 5, this seems great though.

[@MrGeekGamer]

Likewise with the regret. I paid $100 for that terrible game. This looks like it should be what SimCity 5 should have been.

[@NomFandubs]

This is why I waited a few years and got it in a flash sale for £4 which is like $2.50, it's a great game at that price haha! xD

[@nick7102]

Esme Brand 4 pounds is more like 7 dollar :D

[@NomFandubs]

OnePunch Mickey Lol you're right, I went the wrong way! xD

[@TheCrazyBrittish]

its like that skyrim glitch where in a wedding a dead guy pops in and everyone says that you killed him and the priest wont marry your character and your spouse

[@zzt1t4nzz91]

You should have called it Lazy Town

[@davecrupel2817]

We are number 1!

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

ludlowudus lol Lud you beat me to it....by a whole year.

[@The-pf4zy]

@@lude1350 And this comment is mine!

[@janno288]

I Liked the Show... The good old days

[@panzerkamphwaggenlll5247]

The show was a meme machine

[@HomieeeBuzzz]

4:32 "Bang Bus"... niiiice.

[@RetroIslandGaming]

Jeremy LOL I noticed that too. So dirty...

[@davecrupel2817]

Retro Island Gaming whenever a train passes through my area going to another coty, i rename it to "FUCK YOU -insertcitynamehere-" XD im so immature

[@manie8715]

I just LOVE your reviews!! They're so helpful, every time I have doubts about buying a certain game i just check your reviews!!

[@LGR]

Thank you, I'm glad they're proving useful.

[@mrbitbot]

Nice review! This being Paradox I'm sure we'll see lots of patches and DLC to fix most of the issues you had with the game. And I guess that's why it's so cheap too, those guys really love their DLC. But if the game feels complete now then there's nothing wrong with that, I guess.

[@Aquelll]

mrbitbot The CEO of Colossal Order already told in an interview that weather conditions and seasons are planned but they don't want to fuck it up because it needs a lot of work. Snow plows for winter and such... So it won't make the release like many other planned feature mentioned. So I am waiting for the flood of expansions, patches and DLC at some point. :)

[@Rubiraba]

Ackwell The CEO told me in a stream personally that they are not going to make seasons, it requires way too much work.

[@paratrooper6]

Middle Eastern building pack DLC: $9.99

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

Considering it comes at half the price SimCity came in...any DLC would probably be very reasonably priced. I put those numbers in my calculator, it makes a happy face.

[@BasilOmoriFan]

Paradox already said that the next big update is going to include tunnels. Oh and Damian Freeman "Black Mesa can eat my bankrupt..."

[@WestSideJooo]

Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan.

[@UarGad]

perkele

[@OdeForCruelty]

Tätä kommenttia tulinkin vain etsimään. Tiesin etten joudu pettymään.

[@oz_jones]

YSIVIIS

[@MermaidTyrone]

Tämmöstä kommenttia odotinkin täällä.

[@johnmcconey1922]

Rakas suomalainen sinun pitäisi ottaa malli jotta bisness ultimage arvosta nousee yli odotus.

[@Retromicky82]

You,ve sold it to me . Other than flooding does it have other disasters? . It looks far more fun than certain games......

[@LGR]

No dedicated disasters, but it does have fires, floods, and waves of sickness that plague the city.

[@what7psp]

Wait for mods and DLC, cant wait

[@ecc-qe2wh]

Have you tried Tropico? Lots of disasters to be made buddy xD

[@what7psp]

***** Fuck off

[@AcidKun]

***** The disasters in Tropico are quite lame tho, they just randomly destroy buildings in your city, in non-realistic way :P They are just a minor setbacks you are forced to waste money into if you want to fix the destruction.

[@Puppetboystudio]

Only $7.50 on Steam this weekend, definitely trying it out

[@richierich9943]

its soo addicive

[@Puppetboystudio]

Richard Clarkin I know right, I bought the game and by the time I stopped playing it that first day, I already had 15 hours

[@liesdamnlies3372]

Just wait until you get the expansions. And/or start installing mods. o.o I suggest getting Move It!, Network Skins, Network Extensions Project, Traffic Manager: President Edition, Precision Engineering, and One-Way Street Arrows right away, since those ones are universally useful for things that you'll be doing aaaaaaallllll the time, namely, laying roads and designing better road networks. Automatic Bulldoze v2 is also a helpful one. Oh and Fine Road Tool. Edit: And One-Way Train Tracks.

[@padlowan]

It’s like 5 pounds right now

[@davecrupel2817]

Thats it?!?! $7.50??? Blasphemy!

[@GamingTaylor]

That company need to give you a cut of their revenue. I'm sure hundreds of people bought the game after watching this video.

[@arthas640]

Paradox is an AMAZING game company, they're tiny but they make great games and nobody really knows about them. All of their games have high levels of customization and they constantly listen to fan comments. A great example: they found out that fans of their WW2 strategy game, Hearts of Iron, also liked the band Sabaton and they'd listen to the band while playing. So what'd Paradox do? They made an official Sabaton soundtrack DLC.

[@alphazuluosprey1708]

It's on sale as of 24th Oct. 2017. I have it on my wishlist. Definitely will buy it after this.

[@fridericusrex9812]

Arthas Menethil Should I get cities skylines or hearts of iron iv?

[@AcornSmokes420]

GamingTaylor conflictnerd and other people also got this game for free before release so maybe they deserve a check as well.

[@MetalheadBuser]

I also got it after the Reviews of the main game + DLCs. But damn this is great game.

[@DoNotFeedTheSquirrel]

Once you hit 500,000 subscribers you should do a video where you name a person, wait about an hour, and try to find that person somewhere in the city. You can livestream the whole thing, and the video won't end until you've found him.

[@SilverKittiz]

He should just do it in his free time.

[@DoNotFeedTheSquirrel]

Silver Kittiz It's definitely something I'd do in my free time.

[@TheLukesterGaming]

CHBECCA If he did take that idea and actually do it, he should find a person in a red and white striped jumper, then name him Wally! xD

[@guguy00]

LukesterGaming Or Fartwhistle Dingleprop :P

[@SilverKittiz]

Isn't it Where's Waldo? xD Either way, it must happen. Someone tag/get/whatever LGR!

[@CujoHyer]

its art style is more bland and its sound design isn't as good as Sim City 2013. But everything else is better.

[@chrisbanks6361]

That purely comes down to their budget and work load.. With such a small team it's hard to create all the art assets and such.. However the gameplay is what really shines.

[@CujoHyer]

You're 100% right, yes. I wasn't saying its gameplay was bad....

[@CujoHyer]

The sound design bothers me more than the graphics do. Irritating emergency vehicle siren. Werid noises based on your Zoom-in level (Like I heard what sounded as if a person was pissing on a sidewalk while zoomed in on my neighborhood.) But really, the game is a 9/10 easily. Where Sim City 2013 was a 4 at best and only got that because of great graphics and great sound.

[@oz_jones]

Cujo H There is probably a mod for those, so there's no other reason not to pick this game other than no money.

[@CujoHyer]

***** I do agree with IGN that the cities are a tad... uneventfull.

[@KaoruMzk]

"you don't have to connect to a server" I'm sold.

[@Yusuke_Denton]

I hope mods come out to make your cities look more Asian than western. (giant billboards on every office building, neon trimmed buildings, eyesore power lines everywhere, water channels, guardrails on sidewalks, bullet trains, rice fields, and lots of mid-sized non-descript condos) I installed a ton of those in SimCity4.

[@LGR]

I would freaking love that. And knowing Paradox's DLC model, I wouldn't be surprised to see world-themed aesthetic packs!

[@seanclark8643]

There is many asian mods on the steam workshop

[@filiboy5932]

There is thousands of mods and assets for it

[@dwvcollection]

Vaporwave city

[@lewitm4591]

This aged well

[@Mikko088]

Remember when EA said that simulation on this scale was just impossible for that time period? Then just a couple of years later.

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

It's both stupid and impressive how EA, with their billions upon billions of dollars, can own the most successful franchise in a genre and completely kill it by adding features no one wanted and can't seem to fix their mistakes even after years of endless criticism, while a small AA(?) studio can absolutely trump EA by essentially just taking all the previous Sim City games and adding/reworking the features you'd know from asking pretty much any Sim City fan "what would you like to see in the next Sim City game?". It astounds me how smaller developers keep owning bigger ones by just taking beloved games and remaking them while fixing the problems those old games had. I'll add examples when I can think of them, but I feel like I've seen many older franchises where the most recent game that fans consider good is actually a non-affiliated, independently developed spiritual successor (often by members of the original development team), while the actual recent games in the franchise are shunned by the fans.

[@mohamadrizal6165]

2020...... and "still the best city building game"

[@elbincenisev8947]

Out of the ashes of Maxis rise games like these! One question about the game though, is there a tutorial that explains things to newcomers? I did not grow up with Sim City and my only experience with city-builders is pretty much only a freeware game called Mobility that I played as a kid, so I don't really know much about the genre. It sounds like something I would really, really enjoy right now, but... Yeah, is it possible to get into this genre as a newcomer or should I stick to an earlier Sim City?

[@LGR]

No tutorial in the traditional sense, but you can enable an advisor that tells you every step along the way if you'd like! As well as pop-up tutorial hints you can turn on in the options menu. Totally doable as a newcomer.

[@elbincenisev8947]

Thank you! That's an instant buy then.

[@LunaticWithALicense]

Faith in city simulators restored.

[@SirRiconious]

I love the indie vidja community! They won't give us a proper SimCity so we made our own. When they wouldn't give us a real Harvest Moon, we made Stardew Valley for ourselves. Banjo-Kazooie as a lego driving game? Fuck you triple-A gaming! We'll soon have Yooka-Laylee to fill the void!

[@whyrenXD]

fill the void! FILL THE VOID!! *crys* Nah just kidding.. i agree with you, the current indy trend has brought us some realy good games where the tripple A marked failed.

[@lostsanityreturned]

no bauldurs gate, pillars of eternity. no fallout 3 or 4, wasteland 2 (Although that is a bit of a chicken and egg situation)

[@Tokkemon]

This review directly got me to buy the game. And boy, what a good decision it was! Thanks Clint!

[@marybeyup19]

Tokkemon same. Even uninstalled sim city 5. Never going to play that particle board game again after playing hand crafted cities: skylines

[@EmporioZuagroast]

Cities:Skylines really is the SimCity5 everyone had been waiting for. I wholeheartedly agree with the entirety of this review.

[@skcrm1147]

I'm lauging pretty hard at the "Bang Bus" @4:32

[@danielmarcus420]

As soon as I heard this game was gonna be free on PSN for May 2020, I crossed my fingers that a LGR review existed. I was not disappointed. Thank you sir.

[@allouttagum4919]

Same😊

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

even though this is a good game it really sucks that they gave out a game that is already available on PS Now. It's one thing to have one of the slots be wasted on a game you just happened to buy right before that month since there is no way Sony can make sure that every single person who has a Plus account hasn't purchased a game within the past few months somewhere else. It's something else for them to ruin the incentive for people who have Plus to subscribe to Now or vice versa. I mean usually they put former Plus games up on Now which actually makes sense for people who weren't subbed to Plus at the time that those games were offered but nearly everyone who ends up having Now will probably have a Plus account so if you do have Now already that means that is one less game for the month. Sorry to write a novel there but I was someone who defended their decision to go to two games time and time again so it's frustrating when they undermine that decision by making one month essentially not worth anything to you if you already have Now because both games are already on the service.

[@nichsa8984]

@@allouttagum4919 piracy level: simcity level 1 crook cities skyline level ∞ god

[@f1nger605]

Considering how much has been patched into the base game since it was released, would you consider doing a "three years later" re-review?

[@pokealong]

Just bought this and After Dark for only $25 on PC. Can't wait to get started. Haven't played a city builder in almost 10 years.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

I hope another Simulation game like this finally makes Sims obsolete just like Cities Skylines made Sim City obsolete. E.A has ruined so many amazing franchises and they've proven they don't deserve owning these great names.

[@HazyMazy]

The Steam Workshop help with managing fine details, like crosswalks, traffic lights, traffic routes, etc.

[@mito-pb8qg]

Close to 6 years later, and it's still unbelievably satisfying to watch this kick the snot out of Sim City. Sooo good. :3

[@Viehzerrer]

Man, despite your voice not sounding different, one can hear the sheer glee towards the end. I might pick that game up (and with "might" I mean "very probably will"). It really seems to be a "proper" City-building game, like a Sim City should be (and the last one should have been, alas...).

[@Ropetupa]

Suomi mainittu! Torilla tavataan!

[@Octi-ku4yf]

Such a good game It's so relaxing So calming A staple of city building games It did what sim city could never achieve

[@amaypaulsingh1894]

Who else came here after grabbing it for free on Epic games store??

[@DutchSimmer1]

I really like this game and my first city just reached 50.000 people but I'm very bad at roadplanning and I almost got bankrupt cause my garbage trucks couldn't reach the city but I just survived that. Does someone maybe know how I can get better at roadplanning?

[@eoau]

one thing I have learnt is try to make as few junctions as possible, especially on very wide roads. also in high-traffic areas roundabouts help a tonne but you will need to use highway roads for the roundabout so there are no traffic lights on it

[@DutchSimmer1]

MelonHeadSeb yeah that highway trick really works good but tnx for that other tip it really works now xD those 6 way junctions really were a stupid idea

[@xmaxfactorx]

tunnels my friend, tunnel can do miracles, also try to have elevated expressway systems that run through your city and have different exit/access points scattered all over the city, also you can download complex junctions from the steam workshop that work well on making the traffic flow more efficiently. One last tip is to have multiple garbage disposal and incinerators dedicated to different areas of the city, and not a single cluster of garbage management that wont be effiecient enough if you dont know what you're doing.

[@davecrupel2817]

merio without mods.

[@tainio]

This is what I don't like about the game. A city of 50,000 does not have major traffic problems.

[@Darsithis]

Hands down the best city sim, especially with all of the DLC and changes since. I’ve put in hundreds of hours on this game, and I never returned to Simcity (though I do play classic & 2000 from time to time)

[@michelium106]

We can tell it's a good game. Almost every thing he said wasn''t in the game has been added haha

[@wta1518]

The traffic issues are easily solved, just watch Biffa’s Cities: Skylines traffic fixing videos. They help a lot.

[@lucasalce6010]

Did you notice that the "tweet" at 3:09 is from William Wright? :D

[@jonasrugebregt343]

Luca salce lol yeah that's cool! :D

[@Wolfofthenyght_YT]

Excellent review! I heartily agree with all of your points, and am really LOVING this game. The developers are also incredibly active, and have actually integrated some popular mods into the latest update of the game (such as disabling the film grain effect, color coding mass transit lines for easier management of different routes, and the ability to change the direction of one ways.) Over all, I'm incredibly satisfied and have had a very difficult time putting this down! xD

[@ZombieRyushu]

A Linux port! Awesome!

[@CaptainSouthbird]

Yeah, I always appreciate any game company taking that extra step.

[@francistheodorecatte]

Since they used Unity (yes, Unity!) as the game engine that made it a lot easier, since Unity supports Linux and OSX out of the box. But yes, that is awfully nice.

[@CaptainSouthbird]

FrankTheCat Well yeah, using the right tools always helps. (Most importantly don't program for DirectX, or at least not DirectX only...) But still, they could ignore Linux even if it's relatively "easy" to be cross platform.

[@francistheodorecatte]

Captain Southbird I'm hoping that with the arrival of Vulkan/OpenGL.Next that DirectX will finally die the death it deserves.

[@CaptainSouthbird]

FrankTheCat I'll cross my fingers, but I'll bet Microsoft doesn't want to lose that stranglehold.

[@awesomeferret]

Last day to get it under 8 USD on Steam!

[@based_dragon_0110]

I just got it a few days ago for 8 USD, and I have to say I agree with this completely!

[@JaddenSinn]

Great review, this game looks really good and looks like it will scratch that itch that DRM-City didn't. Will definitely be buying.

[@Tyrese-ui6rc]

plz do a review like this on cities skylines 2

[@Operative34]

its great how every negative you mention has been fixed. At first through mods but almost all have been implemented in the base game now

[@Gustavpadomdish]

Bangbus? Really? :P lol

[@rayseegerts]

couldnt stop laughing when i saw that!!

[@sirtfyed]

I love Cities Skylines, and of course the first major expansion is turning up in September, After Dark, which will add a shed load of extras as well as the day / night system, although it is already available through the modding community. This is the game Sim City should have been. There is also an insane amount of modding, good grief, you got themes for districts, music, traffic management mods and loads of maps and almost every building, vehicle and prop you could ever-want. I love the first person mod which is awesome. Paradox well done, modding community also well done, this is one awesome game.

[@KingofGermanic]

They should have had an "Auto Remove" system for Abandoned Buildings

[@LGR]

EDIT: There is now a mod that does this steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406132323

[@KingofGermanic]

Lazy Game Reviews Ah alright, to be honest that was the only thing holding me back since something like that just ruins a game for me. Bit stupid, yea but still...nitpicks.

[@KingofGermanic]

***** Alright, I'll definitely be trying Cities: Skylines out then.

[@EspirituOtaku]

Steam RP Videos I can easily see lots of updates coming that will add small things that will improve the game a lot, plus DLC content that will always had new flavour to it.

[@LunaticWithALicense]

Theres no need to remove them at all. Once a building is abandoned it will be replaced automatically if the corresponding zone is in demand. But I do understand the need if you wanted to minimize land value drops.

[@ImBored8141]

This game still has the best community in any game I’ve played

[@jaegye]

im still waiting...one day...one day you're going to be able to play sims in your simcity cities...one day..

[@IAMTheNerdHerd]

That's a fantastic idea, a mix of Sims 3 and SimCity could be fabulous!

[@jaegye]

IAMTheNerdHerd i know i wish there was at least a mod for that..

[@IAMTheNerdHerd]

I think that would be quite hard to mod though! Would be an awesome idea for Sims 5, but I really doubt it'll ever happen.

[@jaegye]

IAMTheNerdHerd yea..one day thou.. sims x maybe??

[@Diovanlestat]

Wonjae Gye Sims 2 and SimCity 4... You can build your Sims 2 world with Sim City 4, and in Sim City 4 you can import your Sims 2 people to live in that world so you can track them. It's already been done, so it's very possible.

[@dash1dash2]

RIP SimCity

[@dazedconfused3547]

Every time I look for a high quality gaming review I always find myself landing on this channel... way more detailed and neutral than an IGN review. Just subbed and bought this game!

[@SOFGames]

This was even made in the Unity engine, proving that you CAN make a good game on it

[@TheRealJims]

I haven't played a city buiding game since SimCity 3000, but after watching this review, I have a sudden craving to play one again. Gonna check this one out.

[@JRRacing64]

On the spring steam sale right now! Just bought the deluxe edition for $9.99

[@ThatEccentricguy]

Still have to wait 5 hours for this to come out. Not sure if this can top the visual style of SimCity, that's one thing I loved about SimCity 5, though it looks like it's topping it in gameplay by a longshot

[@Pvemaster2]

You should value the gameplay at least at 5:1 to the visuals. The gameplay makes most of a simulation game!

[@Option42B]

Pvemaster2 hahaha,.. thx for letting us know the ratios

[@jopa_ryds]

Option42B I thought it was more like 6:1 but I see now that obviously it's 5:1. Thanks Pvemaster2

[@gfs5551]

Actually, in some very specific games the graphics does account a little more than 15%, specially in the PC market...

[@intdisaster]

I'm calling it. Cities Skylines is now in the nostalgia club

[@awkwardcultism]

The game is still only like 8 years old. To be truly nostalgic for something I think you have to associate it with your youth. Even if you played CS when you were 13 right when it came out you'd only be 21 now, still extremely young in the grand scheme of things. The game is also still in active development, which doesn't help. That isn't a dealbreaker though. I'm nostalgic for Dungeon Fighter Online.

[@1Bloxer]

Watching this video after 3 years, its amazing how the devs have fixed literally all the problems you had with the game at this time

[@scj6693]

here after the airports video. it's really weird to see how much this game has changed and to see the disappointment of the latest pack

[@John_Locke_108]

Same here!

[@lookingforpg]

Playing it today, expansion packs and the modding community has given us everything to put SimCity in the grave. Legends never die, but their games probably will.

[@JayeEntityConcord]

I have to admit, the water physics in this game are great. I keep messing around with them in the Map Editor.

[@ledfed1912]

Lots of his gripes are fixable through mods.

[@LGR]

They are now, but not at the time I made this review!

[@ledfed1912]

Lazy Game Reviews yeah i know, lol. Now with night time and the endless amounts of mods its basically almost the perfect city building game. Colossal Order definitely deserve as many cookies as they'd like.

[@SpaceKebab]

but then... they found out about dlcs.....

[@David_Granger]

Even the DLCs are worth the money tho I own all major DLCs

[@SpaceKebab]

@@David_Granger yeah but now some of them are not don’t get me wrong some of them are good but too expensive

[@David_Granger]

@@SpaceKebab my main problem is with some of the more recent ones, idgaf about financial districts or airports

[@KalpeshPatel78]

EA ruined Simcity. That's one greedy fucking company.

[@TALCOLMINTHEMIDDLE]

All these years later and I just learned that there's a MAP EDITOR

[@SetsunaTheFandom]

And even years on since this video, it's still worth the price! Definitely _the_ best city simulator there is! Never looked back when buying this earlier this year!

[@murilodude]

I just found out this channel and I'm already a fan! Keep up the good work!!

[@LGR]

murilodude Thanks, hope you continue to enjoy!

[@dylandalton6564]

The only thing I don't like about this game is there is no day/night cycle. other than that I like this game!

[@LGR]

+Dylan Dalton That's being added in a free patch launching alongside the After Dark expansion :)

[@dylandalton6564]

Lazy Game Reviews Cool! I didn't know that

[@errorcode_1a]

And Now 7 Years later The Game Is Even Better And Still 30$

[@peteryt357]

Watching this now that City Skylines 2 has been announced a while ago, is coming day one to Xbox Game Pass and now has a release date.

[@PaladinV0ci]

Just bought this game because of this review. Great game. Thanks! Is After Dark worth it?

[@LGR]

I've got a review for that, too :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmTYk6uLeL-maZI

[@axilslayer]

+PaladinV0ci aww they just put it on sale for 50%

[@PaladinV0ci]

axilslayer Yea I know. Thats why i bought it.

[@Doctaphil64]

160k views in a day, and it's not even a sims video. nice

[@mark979]

It's extremely satisfying to hear him complain about the missing aspects of the game and say in my head, "That was fixed... And that was fixed..."

[@Ashh602]

This game actually killed Sim City. As soon as a competitor for the Sims arrives Maxis Division is done.

[@lj2265]

Technically EA killed Sim City just before this game even launched lol The studio that made Sim City was axed March 4th 2015, and Cities Skylines launched March 10th 2015. They were going to be a competitor, but ended up being a replacement for a series that was very recently deceased. So, if the same thing follows, EA might officially pull The Sims off life support just before Paralives is released lmao Although probably not because with all the DLC its probably their biggest cash cow, especially with all their other games failing miserably and losing both the Disney and FIFA exclusive licenses.

[@Ashh602]

@@lj2265 I can only hope after their newest flip that Maxis Division is axed. Leave EA to struggle with their scammy sport games lmao

[@BigRobChicagoPL]

I have been playing Sim City 4 on my custom Win Xp tower for a while and it was getting dated and mundane for me. I saw this game on a 75% off steam sale yesterday and jumped at the opportunity to buy the deluxe for 10$. Very happy with the graphics and complexity as well as the easier gameplay compared to something like sim city 4, where most of the time I'm struggling with debt and protests from underfunding a certain asset.

[@josej.1042]

EA keeps making these ''FUCK YOU, GIVE ME MORE MONEY'' games. Its killing them! You see whats happening to call of duty? I hope it will soon be done with EA games aswell.

[@userjoao]

It's so sad! They're slowly destroying series we once loved. So unfair

[@LordofFullmetal]

What I don't understand is forcing people to get involved with multiplayer; something EA has tried to do both in Sim City 5 and the Sims 3. There's a difference between including multiplayer, and literally making parts of or the whole game INACCESSIBLE without it. People don't want to be forced into multiplayer. I really don't like EA as a company. It's becoming more and more clear that they don't care about video games, they care about money. They've repeatedly ignored and lied to their customers, they will do ANYTHING they can to squeeze every last drop of money out of a game, and they're stifling the creativity of developers. They're one of the few game companies that I would say don't deserve the money they make.

[@snetmotnosrorb3946]

EA has always been the shittiest gaming corporation. They have seriously thought about making weapons, skins, certain mission objectives within maps and even ammo capacity a DLC option in Battlefield games. The forced multiplayer aspect is a way to repel piracy, and that is sadly not constrained to EA but applies to the gaming industry as a whole.

[@MakoHazard]

While EA does suck, they are in no way hurting. They can basically do whatever they want and will still make shitloads of money.

[@snetmotnosrorb3946]

8bit Yeah, people seem to forget. They have been shit since at least when they bought Westwood in 1998 and trashed it. There are always hordes of people willing to give EA a chance.

[@Three-kb4ut]

I've just been playing this all night and your review was a very satisfying summary of my feelings. You can keep slightly more in the loop if you leave Chirper on, but it's in exchange for a lot of ridiculously repetitious spam. There's still a lot of improvement to be made on this game, but I'm hopeful CO will be as good as Paradox is at releasing worthwhile DLC and free features with patches. Still, they are different companies so we'll see.

[@LGR]

My problem with Chirper is that doesn't show you any information that the rest of the infographics already do. The little icons that pop up over buildings are a hundred times more useful and precise! Those keep you in the loop just fine, except for the deeper and more detailed stats that I was requesting.

[@gfrewqpoiu]

There is a mod that should remove all non informative messages from Chirper steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=407871375 but doesn't seem to work if your game language isn't english

[@gfrewqpoiu]

and for a more sim city like look there is this one steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406623071

[@Trusteft]

I hope they release this on GOG.

[@LosEagle]

Trusteft That would be great.

[@PaladinV0ci]

4:31 "Bang Bus"

[@jugostran]

7:53 the Ice Cube Factory is on fire xD The irony

[@a_cowwithlegs]

The ice cube factory caught on fire haha

[@StevePro121]

and the review of Tropico series? when?

[@LGR]

_The future._

[@randombrokeperson]

A half decade later and this game is still the shit. I hope they develop a series like The Sims, but some guy on Steam is developing one by himself so he will probably release one before them. (It's called Paralives.)

[@raras889]

Here's hoping Paradox creates a life simulation game to rival the sims!

[@Skippy19812]

I've put about 16 hours in so far and I'm loving it. The traffic system in particular is tons of fun to play with. There is something strangely satisfying about getting your traffic flowing smoothly through a busy district then sitting back to watch all the little people go about their business. I purposely avoid hype and trailers to keep my expectations of new games in check, so seeing the dynamic water system in action was a real surprise... mainly because I accidentally flooded half my central business district with my first hydroelectric dam (d'oh!) I'm actually hoping for some quality DLC in future, especially if it messes with the aesthetic (dystopian cyberpunk hellhole FTW.)