Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines 2 has lofty ambitions. Several interlocking systems come together to convince you that this isn’t just a city-building game, but a way to build lively neighbourhoods full of small stories and intertwining threads. There’s a lot to love here, and if you fall for it, you’ll be hooked for a long time.

I had sky-high expectations for Cities: Skylines 2, and they were largely met. The larger scale, satisfying progression system, more realistic cities, improved AI and an extremely well-reformed road system have me completely hooked by this game. Unfortunately, there are also some negatives, which fortunately did not hinder my enjoyment. This will definitely be a regular on my PC for the next five years.

To move forward, sometimes you first have to take a step back. Colossal Order is laying a foundation that it can build on for years to come, but currently has its own predecessor as its main competitor.

There’s still work to be done, but Cities Skylines 2 is an impressive improvement over the original. Its systems work together seamlessly, and you have more control over how your city develops without it feeling overwhelming or intimidating. It's a shame some features like green building are gone, but I'm looking forward to seeing how Colossal Order keeps building Skylines 2 in the future.

Cities Skylines 2 is an outstanding transportation simulation, but as a city-building game it still doesn't feel as polished as its predecessor.

It is pointless to spend your time on Cities: Skylines 2 in its current state. Developers should decide what is really important — fixing the game or releasing DLCs.

Cities: Skylines 2 offers the foundation of a world-class city-building game, with a wide array of features, smart quality-of-life improvements, and a genuinely impressive simulation to help bring your town to life. But its promise is completely overshadowed by its technical problems, dragging a fantastic core experience down into frustration and disappointment.

While this game had some problems in the beginning, especially with the early and bad DlC’s, the game is now a nearly perfect city builder with great realism, a high level of details and very good graphics. The new Update Economy 2.0 improves the simulation even more.

I have to reconsider my rating and raise it from a 4 to a 7 because, after another studio took over the game, things started to move forward. Not very quickly, but things did start to move forward. And they tackled the issues that were plaguing the game the most, and they’re still releasing updates and developer comments, so it really does look like things are heading in the right direction now.

A solid sequel that expands the scale and complexity in meaningful ways. The simulation feels more ambitious, and city growth is more dynamic, but performance issues and rough edges hold it back. It’s fun to build and experiment, though some features feel unfinished at launch. With updates, it could easily surpass its predecessor. (7.3/10)

Cities Skylines II s'effondre sous le poids de ses ambitions techniques. Là où le premier opus séduisait par sa fluidité, cette suite accumule les problèmes de performance qui paralysent l'expérience. Les ralentissements constants transforment chaque session en épreuve de patience, même sur configurations musclées. Si les systèmes de simulation gagnent en profondeur théorique, leur implémentation chaotique génère des comportements absurdes qui brisent toute immersion. L'interface surchargée noie le joueur sous une masse d'informations mal hiérarchisées. Les bugs récurrents et l'optimisation catastrophique révèlent un lancement prématuré. Paradox livre un city-builder techniquement bancal qui trahit l'héritage de son prédécesseur et frustre plus qu'il ne divertit.

I love city builders, and I loved the first Cities: Skylines.Honestly, that's probably the main reason this score is even as high as it **** number of problems in the base game is simply ridiculous. After waiting a long time for updates and fixes, many core issues still remain unresolved.Just a few examples:* Building a bridge over a ship canal has been problematic since launch. In many cases, only underground crossings work properly. Want a better solution? Buy a DLC.* Bus- and taxi-only roads are still frequently filled with regular traffic.* Traffic simulation remains unreliable, with cims often choosing routes that are significantly longer than necessary.* Garbage collection is heavily dependent on traffic flow, which becomes a major issue because of the broken traffic systems.* The same problem affects services such as hearses and handling deceased citizens.* The biking system feels unrealistic and often creates additional traffic issues rather than solving them.* The economic simulation still doesn't behave consistently enough to feel believable.* Severe CPU bottlenecks begin appearing at surprisingly low population counts.* Graphics instability and crashes become increasingly common as cities grow **** biggest problem, however, is not any individual ****'s the feeling that many fundamental systems still don't work as intended. Even worse, some fixes and features that feel like they should have been part of the base game are effectively being sold back to players through **** someone who genuinely loves the genre, that's difficult to accept.When I set my affection for city builders aside and judge the game purely on its current state, I struggle to recommend it. There is a great idea buried underneath all these issues, but the execution remains deeply flawed.A score of 4/10 is already more generous than this game deserves.