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#CITY SKYLINES GAME XBOX ONE PC#

Instead of powering through these lulls in the gameplay you are forced to watch patiently as new citizens move in and your city expands.Ĭities Skylines on Xbox One is a worthy console city builder, but it lacks a lot of a features that makes its PC cousin such a great game. Of all the compromises, this is the one that got to me the most.Īccelerating time is pretty essential in order to reduce that about of waiting for your population to increase and for your city to adapt to the changes that you make to it. This was removed in order to maintain the game’s stability when cities reach the rather incredible 250k population levels. The game also lacks a time acceleration function.

The visuals, which are still great, scale a lot more than they do on PC, with things like power lines and streetlighting columns popping into view as you get up close. It lacks some of the precision of the PC’s mouse, but still works a treat. The user interface and control system have been tweaked for use with an Xbox controller. In order to fit such a processor-intensive game on an Xbox One, Tantalus, the developer responsible for porting the game from PC to console, has had to make some compromises.

Your citizens are demanding which will keep you on your toes, but there’s also the immense satisfaction of creating a fully functioning city and watching all the people, cars, trains, buses and planes doing about their business. This is game that you will find yourself getting lost in. These range from being able to plant individual trees to your city’s very own monument- which can be a copy one of a number of real-world icons, such as The Statue of Liberty. Constant tweaks, which sometimes need to be quite radical, are often needed to meet the demands of an ever-changing city.Īs you progress in the game you unlock literally hundreds of different service building types, allowing you to create unique cityscapes. Once the city reaches a decent size, the game keeps you busy as you attend to the concerns of your citizens and keep the city prosperous. You’ll also need to consider public transport such as buses and trams. Each of these have a number of upgrades allowing them to serve a larger population.Īs your city expands you will find your roads getting congested and requiring upgrades. As you progress you unlock more zones like dense residential and offices to create an even more diverse city.Īs your city expands you are going to need to add services like fire stations, police stations, schools and medical centres. They are then going to need commercial areas for shops and industrial areas for jobs. First off you are going to need residential zones for people to build houses. The design of your city is shaped by zoning areas to particular uses. You need to connect your utilities to a network of pipes and wires to get them where they are needed.

You’ll also need a waste water outfall as well- make sure it is downstream from your water source. As with all industrial areas, you’ll need to think about where you are going to locate them so as not to affect residents.įor water, you can pump it out of the ground or use a pumping station to get water from a river. You’ll get more power from the power station, but you’ll get more pollution as well. For power, you can opt to go green and position wind turbines in the optimal locations in your city area or just build a coal power station. Later on, you can also add seaports and airports for additional transportation connectivity.īut to start with, your future metropolis is just a street off a motorway interchange.įor your city to grow it will immediately need three things: power, fresh water and waste disposal. Some areas also have a regional train network for you to tap into.

You need to connect your new settlement to the main highway network and from there you are off. You start the game with an open area marked by a dashed white line (which in time can by expanded). The fact that the best city building game is now available on Xbox One is great, but don’t expect all the bells and whistles of the PC version.Ĭities Skylines places you in charge of a city, responsible everything from zoning to waste disposal. Cities Skylines turned out to be exactly the game that EA’s Sim City reboot wasn’t- a perfect city building game. To say I was pleasantly surprised is an understatement. Hopefully enough to take away the bad taste of the very disappointing Sim City reboot. Developed by Colossal Order, the Finnish team responsible for the OK-ish Cities in Motion games, I was expecting a mild bit of entertainment at most. When Cities Skylines was released on PC my expectations were low. Hands-down the best city building game is now out on Xbox One.