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not good

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: August 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i like everying in the game but i hate it when they add monthly cost to buildings thats the problem i always go bankrupt and have to start all over again but other than that i really like it

More of the same...reliable fun with few new surprises

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for something brand new from this edition, you may be disappointed. The game play is still enjoyable and fun. If you like what they've put out before, then you'll probably like what this game has to offer. If you are looking for a substantial departure from their previous games, you'll likely be disappointed.

Great game but crashes every so often

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been a fan of the Sim City series since I played the SNES port of the original game many years ago. The 4th release of the series is everything i expected it to be and then some more, but sadly, the game crashes on a rather regular basis, no warnings, no error messages, nothing. You go from looking at the game to your desktop in a couple of seconds and for no apparent reason, making the whole experience annoying at best and infuriating at worse (ever had your city growing nicely to suddenly lost your last hour without even a warning?)
Even if I'd love to give the game 5 stars, it saddens me that Maxis or EA or whoever was responsible, decided to release the game in such a buggy condition.
Still, if somehow you manage to run the game without a glitch, I wholeheartedly recommend it.

Not as good as sim city 3000

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: March 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Not as good as sim city 3000 very few maps to play to start out to learn the game and if you start a map it is very hard to keep your city going.

Its Ok

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: September 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Sim City 4 is a fun game but i would suggest not getting it because there is infact a new simcity coming out (learn More at simcity.com) but if u cant wait then heres what i think,

heres some pros and cons

PRO,
in simcity 4 you can do drive it missions and u can choose the funding levels for all of your services such as, school funding, mass transit funding (etc. airport, city busses, school busses, sea port, road services).

CON,
you can not choose what type of building you want to be built on a zoned area, so if you zone for low commercial buildings, you can not choose if u want a insureince company, it chooses for u, THAT IS A MAJOR CON.

more CONS,
you can choose where u place bus stops, but u can not choose what routes they all take, so if your like me and like to control every aspect of mass transit then u will find that a major downer. and a VERY BIG DOWNER IS THE PIPES, if u want your city to have more then low living areas, industrial areas, and bussines areas, u have to lay the pipes witch is not fruststraighting but BOREING because if at first there all spread out and every building has water, ok good.....BUT, when your city is bigger u need more pipes then even more boreing...not to mention the the big burning hole they have on your wallet, the water sestems are very exspenseve, so if your in a rut and need bigger buildings (witch comes from higher levels of the three zones) and its time for water, but your in a rut, but then it hits, 'hey i can just lower water funding' but if u do that this happens....the pipes burst and if u dont get new 1s they explode and blow up the road above them so make sure your finacily prepaired for them.. ^-^

PROS,

A MAJOR UPPER, the mass transit, i found placing the mass transit systems to be very ammusing, (etc. subway lines, bus lines, trains, freight trains, passenger trains, monrails, airports, sea ports, & more)
but if your like me and like to have all the lines then you have to have your budget prepaired... But over all the game is very, very, very fun & if your thinking that this is are there is to game, your wrong.... if i listed all the PROS and CONS you would be at your pc for a hour....but like i said at the beggining i do suggest NOT getting this because there is a new simcity coming out (simcity.com) but to make life easyer heres some sites where u can get a lot of downlodable things and helper for simcity 4...

http://simcity.ea.com/exchange/lots/results.php

thats a building download site....

http://www.simtropolis.com/

is a building and cheat site (both sites should explain how to make them work) keep in mind that simcity 4 must be installed *BEFORE* the downloads ^-^

Better than expected.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is "the" game that I can't stop playing. If you liked Simcity 3000 then you will love Simcity 4.

Sim City 4 Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I think this is the best version of the Sim City series so far, even including the new 3000 version. I really don't get what's going on in that one, so I tend to play this one (4) even more. I've always enjoyed being the mayor since the first version way back. I think every mayor should be required to play and 'win' this game before taking office!

Sim simminy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Oh the possibilities, you are in control! Fun simulation to play, fun cities to destroy... arhem excellent!

Slightly Disappointed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I don't find this game to be as fun to play as the previous incarnation. First of all, there are a number of things I do like about this version:
1) I like the idea of the megalopolis--separate city regions being able to interact.
2) I like the new transportation options: street types and ferries.

But the disadvantages I've experienced outweigh the plusses:
1) Less flexibility in geographical design. I really liked how the previous version allowed you to generate a variety of geographical choices, randomly with some input as to amount of land vs. water and where these were.
2) Much more difficult to balance the budget. Playing 3000, although sometimes a challenge to get the right balance between services and taxes, I eventually got the right equilibrium down so that I could at least play the game. In this version, most of my cities are so far in debt, there's no way to play them. I found it to be too frustrating and so stopped playing.

I like the SimCity game, and I'm looking forward to seeing the next version. I'm hoping to see some improvement.

My son really enjoys it.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

An easy game and hours of fun. Kids learn skills such as planning and reasoning.

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