SUPER IMPRESSIVE NATION & CITY BUILDER!! - Citystate 2 - Economic Simulation and Management Game

[@andreasask6791]

It’s very isometric. I think it was a huge improvement in cities:skylines that roads could be curved and that it wasn’t restricted to grids. Same in W&R:SR. I’m a little surprised to see so many new games are restricted to grid building.

[@christianlachniet5785]

I like grids it's very irritating it you have to like eye messure distances in a game... I do like curves too tho the zick zack stuff looks kinda stupid

[@inccubusdaniel9249]

What's W&R:SR?

[@andreasask6791]

@@christianlachniet5785 In Cities Skylines, you can build grids where you prefer. The snapping tools make it easy. But you can also build more organic looking areas.

[@andreasask6791]

@@inccubusdaniel9249 That’s Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic. A city builder that focuses greatly on raw materials and supply chains in a planned economy.

[@NLTops]

@@christianlachniet5785 Grid style (and cul-de-sac) design are very prone to being overly car-dependent cities and prone to gridlock (hence the name). Great city design means not making everything rectangular and build organic roads based on anticipated traffic based on zoning plans, with of course non-car alternatives and detailed zoning.

[@anubisfox5765]

It absolutely baffles me after all these years, cities skylines is still the only big city builder. This looks really good hopefully it can stir up the market and get some modern competition going

[@jimskywaker4345]

anno 1800 did pretty well

[@domisPL_01]

Sim City 4

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

it baffles me too because it's so bad in so many ways. i hate it, but it's the best

[@NobleWolf33]

Yes pls!

[@Draco-pv8ie]

Am I a bad person for having never played Cities Skylines? Asking for a friend.

[@toshineon]

Absolutely love this game. Its city building mechanics aren't as deep and complex as Cities: Skylines, but the in-depth political simulation makes up for it for me personally. Also, mixed use zoning, because duh. How has C:S not thought of that yet? That is one of the hallmarks of a central city.

[@orbitalpotato]

thanks for the tip!

[@tyboogie2438]

Looks like a cool game but cities skylines will reign supreme until they can figure out how to add curved roads

[@Skibidy_rizzler_]

It wont happen

[@persel_hd]

Citystate two is much more realistic in terms of building look and occupation size. Also you have a much more realistic and much more precise control of how big your buildings should get (for aesthetics of the final product, very important)

[@oilslick7010]

Bit of a bummer that this game, like everyone of its city builder predecessors, also forces you to build a North American style Euclidian zoning car centric gridhell.....Otherwise I like this concept. However, if you want to play a nation builder that is much further along its developmental path and has way more features: play "Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic". As long as you don't mind the Soviet/Eastern Bloc aestethics....

[@spacebound1969]

There is only one country that has been to the moon, it is also car centric. Might be that roads just make a shit load of sense?

[@sachal-smith1030]

@@spacebound1969 the issue here is grids, Im sure you love your downton suburbia where the only way to get anywhere is by car. But some people want to create a more... European city with curved roads and walkability and public transport.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

I did see something about mixed zoning at least lol something that doesn't actually happen much in america.

[@jimskywaker4345]

and the soiviots didn't use grids? that's news to me

[@7th_CAV_Trooper]

US style? Have you seen Madrid? Grids are everywhere.

[@Latriise]

Due to the political aspect, this is a city builder that I would especially love to see people from various different countries play (to see a variety of approaches). I bought the game near launch and was really enjoying it, but I fell into a gaming slump and haven't gone back to it. This video is inspiring me to get back to my city.

[@RobertGoddard86]

Crazy but great job for Andy Sztark. It's the mix of Sim city, Cities Skyline, and ANNO all in one with a more in-depth political aspect like, Urban Empire.

[@kreaturen]

Looks cool, but not sure if I'll be able to go back to "all grid"... I wish Cities Skylines had such a powerful map generator though. These maps look superb!

[@BrotherAzrael]

Very nice! My only concern is also a matter that impresses me is that it's developed and ran by just one guy. It's a big job to do quality control for a larger fanbase as just one guy.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Can't believe I'm only just discovering the existence of this game on 6th Sept 2022!!! I like the concept- taking elements of Sim City 4 and Democracy to create a deeper political and economic simulation. The game of course lacks the style and creativity of Cities Skylines- the rigid grid is the biggest weakness. If the political and economic elements could be incorporated within Cities Skylines then we would have a truly great game.

[@orbitalpotato]

It's really good!

[@YujiraNol]

the graphic is awesome, if the road can be curved it gonna be even better

[@dragonborne8687]

The in game music is amazing!

[@Forcefed777]

City Builder II the graphics look excellent. I got hooked many years ago after playing " Sim City " the first time. It was the coolest thing being able to get so creative with editing the landscape maps , then plan and grow your own city. And back then the graphics were even so basic. I'll probably give this a try as I'm currently still playing Cities Skylines.

[@bitmau5]

Most accurate sim ever... drops 4 lane in middle of nowhere.... LAWL!!!! teasing.... heheheh, I can't wait to try this out, I LOVE micromanaging every little detail!

[@vex3488]

You had me at you can make your own flag.

[@CaspianNomad]

Worth noting too, I'm not sure about Citystate II but the first game was made by one person and it was fantastic. Definitely will look to grab this one soon

[@jimskywaker4345]

the origanal citystate was really underrated, i hope this one goes far

[@dannyroe1697]

upgrading buildings is something cities skylines lacked, I actually quite liked the modular idea the last Simcity had.

[@demonlordomegaacepilot7090]

The building upgrade themselves in city skyline. You can also save the buildings in certain area so when they upgrade the dont loose their old style look.

[@dannyroe1697]

@@demonlordomegaacepilot7090 sorry I am talking of services such as fire,police etc. SimCity allowed you to build on top of the currently placed building. Also I believe each upgrade added a different function so it all became modular to suit your cities current needs.

[@demonlordomegaacepilot7090]

@@dannyroe1697 thats why city skyline has pilice and fire building you can place bud. I like city skyline because its jsut way better than sims.

[@apexinstinct]

yeah that's what I loved about simcity 2013

[@demonlordomegaacepilot7090]

@@apexinstinct i missed the simcity 2013 game. The last sim i played was the phone one and the supernintendo one. Ever since i came across city skyline its the only cuty buikding game ill play as its just that good.

[@theARMYGamer]

Nothing will every bear Cities Skylines especially with it’s modding community. I’ve literally built cities that have astounded me, how beautiful road hierarchy can be, city planning, urban development. Only cities skylines manages to do that

[@slavenarkaimovski3897]

I'm casual Cities Skylines player,and i would like to know,howmanny city and civilization builder games exists on PS4 ?

[@8Tarkus8]

its modding community*

[@raidermaxx2324]

true, nothing comes close

[@jack-dh9hs]

Bro im so tired of c:s i want a game with simcity personality but the map size and community of c:s. Someone please needs to make a new city builder

[@slavenarkaimovski3897]

@@jack-dh9hs I can understand yours words man,becouse i'm to disapointed in some games.I play Cities Skylines on PS4,and better version of Cities Skylines is on the PC.The city builders that we play have flaws and limitations,and creation of real city have not,and should not have limitations in size or shape.I for once would like to play city builder game in slavic style,and 3D open world city builder,where we could build underwater,on the water,on the ground,underground,in the air,and in outer space.But for that to happen we must convince others to sing petition,to make that kind of game.And the good news is,that Paradox Interactive are gonna publish Cities Skylines 2,based on the players wishlist.So maybe we should convince Paradox Interactive,to make open world city builder game,with minimal and optional DLC and microtransactions,and mentioned criteria. :-)

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Saw your review. I love ❤️ city simulators! Just downloaded! Thanks for giving this game a review!! ❤️ 👍

[@alexnguyen9274]

Do you have to separate residential and commercial zones? Can they be mixed zones and you can build buildings that have both residential and commercial components?

[@jhonykurt]

Yes is that possible, mixed residential and comercial, including you can choose low/middle/high density by number, start from 1 is low, and 5 is high.

[@jayc1139]

I've found out myself a few days ago that the residents, unlike in Cities Skylines for instance, don't complain about 'noise' when you build mixed zoning like that. So I was thrilled and kept mixed the 2 zones so the traffic wouldn't be ludicrous. Residents in this game are generally LESS inclined (for some reason) to walk vs. drive, even if the store is not 1 block away...kinda irritating, makes more traffic lol. It's really nice too when you unlock the actual new mixed zoning use of C on the 1st floor and R on the floors above it.

[@vel-judahisrael7892]

He really don't believe in cross roads. Man must be tough on ⛽️

[@CallMeThyme]

I LOVE FLAGS SO MUCH!

[@snoo333]

looking forward to this series.

[@Timiloti]

It’s more efficient to have a bunch of smaller schools than just one big one + It increase the land value by a lot

[@Ld7snake]

Until the teacher’s unions bankrupt the city by taking most of the budget 😄

[@LuizOtavioZen]

@@Ld7snake Just pump the social ladder and economic freedom you will have so many rich people that you can pretty much get very low tax and still be earning upwards of 20k easily. Problem is that basic factories will shut down due to low workers, but changing it to advanced factories is a non issue.

[@TheRojo387]

You truly are a true politician, knowing how corrupt you prove in this video!

[@svenskaas]

Would love ti see this in a series

[@sandwichninja]

This game seems like it leans heavily on reductionist notions regarding the political/economic spectrum. The whole _"left vs right"_ shorthand is more or less fine when you're talking about social values, but when you introduce other metrics like size/type of government or economy, demographics, law, etc. it becomes woefully inadequate due to being over binary. Like, what if I want to build an economically socialist society that rejects capitalism and the use of central banks, but I don't want it to be communist, and I want it to be socially traditional with private property and gun rights still intact, with the government issuance of a value-based currency instead of fiat? That's not rightwing or leftwing. It's third positional. I doubt this game lets you do that, and if it does, the in-game language would sort of confuse things.

[@Timmynewtron-cd3gq]

I’m impressed by this game

[@Interitus1]

Says to pick orange, chooses mustard yellow.

[@Frostrazor]

I like that you can add a bit of sovereignty with a flag and some gov't aspect, but sadly the layouts is a poor man's city-skylines knock-off.

[@sophiethesloth]

does this hav a campaign like missions tasks or is it just open sand box play

[@KnockedHard]

Should build state owned residential. (Rent controlled) i guess? Also a big chunk of your immigrants will require cheap housing Also reduce length of streets to improve connectivity when you add public transport

[@arthurrussell1642]

Can you put government buildings together like in a downtown area

[@Engineer_Eric_59]

Great video, thank you. Are there pedestrians in this game?

[@orbitalpotato]

I don't believe so in the way they can be followed or clicked on!

[@nonnegative7063]

51:40 "Increase police quality a bit" *_Scrolls to MAX_*

[@VenomStryker]

Should have put a mountain behind your flag logo and it would have been the Sierra logo....lmao.

[@dreeco1762]

How do I put down water ? lol that’s hard for me to learn

[@p.r.1308]

wish there would be more city builder like city skyline and please more / diffrent settings. It is kind sad that games like City Builder or RTS are so rare now.

[@3Danful]

I really dislike the selection and placement box ui. really shows a low standard, and screams indie. If they could change that so it doesnt look yucky, and is more subtle, bit like cities skylines. then i think it could be a winner.what is with that airport too.. Way too short of a run way, and the planes dont look pitch, or do a run up before taking off lol. you make a game to look nice, and things like that, just break immersiveness. :/

[@coreydennison2392]

I bought the game because of you

[@jumbomuffin1316]

I always end up giving up on this game after 20-60 minutes because there is just constant housing demand and if you don’t meed them, slums start to pop up and absolutely destroys the land value. I just want a bit of time to add services and all but most of my time just goes into making roads and housing. I wish the developer allows stream workshop so we can download mods

[@alandrine203]

Where can I get this game?!

[@BilalAhmad-ff3xq]

This has strong anno 2205 vibes.

[@LenhaRDT0130]

C:S is still by far the epitome of city building and economic simulation and management game...

[@IfadArdinx]

Definitely not epitome of traffic mgt though

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

@@IfadArdinx it has far the most superior traffic though, all actual people going from and to places, even if it sucks. it's ok with mods

[@Sam-uv2mv]

@@user-wq9mw2xz3j The actual going to and from is only partially simulated in the area you're looking, not the entire city. Anyway, CS still reigns supreme.

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

@@Sam-uv2mv not totally true. its simulated for ~60k+ citizens, but not for a million. Still, even for the rest, they are partially simulated and the people/cars always go from one place to another

[@benjibatch]

I have just bought this game because city skylines 2 didn’t really live up to the hype and don’t feel like using it till it’s fixed

[@Timiloti]

More of this!!!!

[@jk_ilyu]

the first response to road congestion is making wider bigger roads ☠️ too much like real life where's the buses and subways

[@florincosma]

No curved roads.

[@madthane_]

This looks nice. But I'd rather have something that's just focused on city building like Cities Skylines or Simcity 4.

[@digitaljunglegaming]

Yeah nice flag, AT&T wants to talk to you

[@ulrikmller3161]

Please upgrade your roads! You have a city of almost 40.000 where the main streets are dirt roads :S

[@QuotidianStupidity]

Ever been to Istanbul?

[@markvogel5872]

Colorado too.

[@miamianz]

Wish i could play this game im lucky if i get to play it once a year with all the loading issues via steam. always getting the data corrupted crap even after uninstalling all my hours of work lost after a couple of weeks . wont load saves and or wont create new cities. then goes into verifying files and get stuck im going on year 3 of always dealing with this . but when it works i love it. so here i am complaining . and i have over 1k hours in cities skylines, id like to have the same in this game but lord of the load screens issues.

[@da-hicksta9550]

city skylines, best city builder, wait whats citystate 2 ? is it better, it looks better

[@MrPuch82]

A question to anyone playing Mercs: I did take a break from the mode (and Hearthstone in general) quite a while ago, can you do dailies/weeklies in Mercs now? Back then some quests worked (Battlecry x times for example), but the majority did not.

[@abkhatti2341]

share save game pls

[@markvogel5872]

The colors are off! Red for left and blue for right?!

[@joelszabo8721]

In much of the world red is left and blue is right. In fact the only country I'm aware of where it is the opposite is the US 🤔

[@bitmau5]

Having a clue about economics, might be useful here... If anything, this might teach people something, but I "FEEL LIKE" that won't happen... uhg....

[@ruifaria7919]

it isn't that realistic, the game has an index for "economic freedom" yet I have built a communist utopia where almost everyone is upper class and in high value areas yet there's 0 "economic freedom"🤣

[@Oopyuman]

Everyone commenting on the city building aspect and no is amazed at the other management features???

[@TheFate23]

This is the reason why a game like this is so underrated: people simply want to buyld a city with a fancy graphic, they don't look for an actual simulator.

[@makaan1932]

Oh there's Gulags

[@marcoprazeres4975]

The game looks really cool, but tbh the video would be a lot better if you weren't clueless the whole time

[@zakariaalami1491]

Cool

[@F3arRa1n]

The Flag: Mexicans: TELEVISA, PRESENTA

[@idlamatkhau]

the traffic tho

[@chrisbone1821]

The buildings feel underwhelming. Schools are tiny, airport is tiny, basically everything except maybe houses need rescaling imho.

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

scaling sucks with basically every city builder sadly. from sims to c:s to this.

[@Kenjuudo]

This game looks interesting but it has nothing on Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic.

[@QuotidianStupidity]

But Soviet stuff aesthetically looks like shit

[@Kenjuudo]

@@QuotidianStupidity That's kind of the point. The buildings and vehicles are supposed to look drab and depressive but functional.

[@QuotidianStupidity]

@@Kenjuudo I understand that, but it makes for a poor game visually (imo)

[@tuqe]

Lowering taxes to reduce inequality? America brain lol

[@VarietyGamerChannel]

It looks very hard to build anything other than a grid based american styile urban sprawl hell where everything is segmented and reliant on roads. Not cool. 3/100

[@youreaveragesalvadoreno2004]

Bro is not seeing the full picture

[@youreaveragesalvadoreno2004]

But tbh yeah the gird style is pretty bad but doesn't mean the game itself is bad bad

[@7th_CAV_Trooper]

Claim "Citystate II is a modern city-builder" in description and then treats viewers to 8 bit clunk.

[@ivanbro1208]

It looks good

[@aeplayed2037]

Super theotown

[@TazarZero]

A 'game' with "Left-wing" and "Right-wing" politics is just stupid. The flag design thing is cool, but they should've left the politics part out.

[@youreaveragesalvadoreno2004]

Personally I like the political side, gives the game a unique thing

[@cardellino5342]

Brainlet logic: iT's LiKe CiTiEs SkYlInEs

[@amuktadir1991]

kindly automation maker see me with prove for treat.

[@andishawjfac]

OH yaay another sim city clone with barely anything exciting or unique about it, can't wait to forget about this quicker than I heard about it!

[@anthonyvera6424]

Playmore

[@zanderallan4373]

God cities skylines is so fucked lmao

[@lostnumber08]

It's like Cities: Skylines, but not nearly as good.

[@LudoTechWorld]

It's far better than Cities Skyline if you want a political/economic simulation of an entire nation. It's by far not if you want a city builder. In other world, it's nothing like cities skyline.

[@vikingnusantara]

Hyper realistic.. grid.. ugh.. no thanks

[@feliperodrigues7414]

Too grid

[@diegorivera9197]

Uggghh ewwww suburbia 🏘🫣

[@larristheblackswan3584]

Whoever is running this game needs to get off the glue huffing and allow curved roads.