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SimCity 4
Released On: Jan 12, 2003
84
8.5
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
84
81% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
19% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 36 Critic Reviews
84
81% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
19% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The new features, refined interface, and (above all) near-perfect sense of balance make this old dog feel vital and new.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 377 User Ratings
8.5
83% Positive
314 Ratings
314 Ratings
14% Mixed
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
3% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 377 User Ratings
8.5
83% Positive
314 Ratings
314 Ratings
14% Mixed
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
3% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
Dec 14, 2024
* slaps top of PC * back in my day i bought this games disc version, and when i say disc version i mean the 4 discs the game and all of its expansions came with. THOSE WERE THE DAYS SHEEPLE .Too bad EA Thanos snapped Maxis out of existence Memeing aside this game got me into the city building genre without this game i wouldn't be the best mayor i could be in like 100000 other different games throughout the years.
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PC Nov 23, 2021
Classic city builder still unrivalled in terms of customization and size. Pretty polished although can be a resource hog with larger maps but with all maps joining the possibilities are endless. With the network addon mod you can do curved roads, many real life road designs and even see which one is best implemented in your town. Will you make an off grid eco town or an industrial nuclear powerhouse for neighbouring cities
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PC One thing that is really great about SimCity 4 is the fact that EVERYTHING is under your control.
Technical sim junkies will have a lot to build, destroy, and monitor, but newbies might want to run for shelter.
Unlike past SimCities that dealt in generalities, this one takes a more hands-on approach.
SimCity 4’s biggest flaw is that it’s not a SimCity. It’s some third-party interpretation of what SimCity should be like, with some grand new features. The new features are implemented but the designers totally missed what makes a SimCity.
Because the game adheres so much to real-world city-building, it's harder and harder to build the city of your dreams. [Apr 2003, p.76]
Feb 19, 2019
Just reinstalled this game on my computer via Origin and it's an absolute blast to play. SimCity 4 is a fantastic city building game! The game is addictive and has a sense of challenge. Playing and managing new cities is incredibly fun and all the features this game offers is mind blowing. Also this game allows you to connect cities with other cities to create regions which is just amazing. Even though I had this game on Origin uninstalled for years, I have been enjoyed it ever since I installed it to my computer. Also, I'm surprised that the Deluxe Edition on Origin runs well on modern computers. SimCity 4 is very addictive and the game is an absolute blast to play!
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PC Aug 28, 2023
It's a good city builder game, with beautiful graphics and plenty of options... But it is less complete than cities skylines and less fun than simcity 3
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PC Dec 24, 2022
As far as I know, the only city builder game worth playing. There are prettier games out there, but this actually attempts to be a city SIMULATION, not a city painter. It doesn't do an amazing job. The economics are wonky, everything is kind of janky, its easy to break and cheat this game. But its the best thing out there in this genre.
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PC Jul 7, 2013
I wrote a scathing review before, but I have to say the game isn't quite that bad. Sure, it has a quite a few crash bugs and falls flat in some places, but altogether the regional map is nice and the development of the city is fun to watch and manipulate. There are some annoying things, like terrain pathing for building placements (like, a lot of the time housing built on a hill will just make a garage spring up). But more than that isn't to be expected from a 10 year old game, which was just getting a grip on its technology. Still, here's some points from that old review that I still think are worthy of consideration: "SimCity 4 loses much in the way of atmosphere from the previous title. The great caricatures from SimCity 3000 are replaced with sprites from The Sims (classic) when Sims 2 was already out. What? There's still the uptown jazz, but some of it is annoying and repetitive. Graphically, its only a marginal improvement over SimCity 3000 and doesn't fully utilize hardware available at the time. As to mechanics, there's not much to do but zoning and planning. One of the reasons why SimCity (2013) revolutionizes the series is because it gives you something more to do than just lay down streets, pipes, and zones. Once you get everything layed out, you'll find there's nothing to do but build a new city. There's also some arbitrary things like power lines, which have no real purpose except making islands a little harder to play. Not really, because you can just lay down one wind turbine and its all good."
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PC Feb 26, 2018
Bought this years late. The resolution stays at 4:3 making it hard to play on a laptop monitor and there is no detail at zoom levels with a broad enough view.
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PC Summary PLAY GOD - Sculpt mountains, gouge valleys, seed forests, and bring forth animals to create a world imagined only by you. Summon volcanoes, release tornadoes, and call down meteors and ligthening. PLAY MAYOR - Connect a massive region of SimCities, each sharing and competing for resources. Deploy emergency vehicles and join in the action...
Rated E for Everyone
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jan 12, 2003
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