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If Only It Was This Easy!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The first SimCity game I played was on my uncle's computer when I was barely old enough to understand how to figure out how a city works. It was SimCity, the classic 2-D birds eye view. Nothing was more entertaining to me than attempting to reach the population goals and trying to figure out how to turn the residential and commercial zones into their highest form. I'd be exciting when the white skyscraper gained a floor and even more upset when it would lose one.

The franchise has come a long way since then without a doubt has not taken a single wrong step along the way. Even if the graphics in this game did not look magnificent the game play itself warrants the buy.

This newest has many new features over 3000. The news ticker returns, but with clickable reports that can take you too the point of interest and offers suggestions for repairing or sustaining the status of that point. More choices in transportation helps clear up traffic congestion. Desirabilities are now also based off of more than land-value and pollution. And taxes can now be more finely tuned to shape the economy you want.

The biggest change is the region system, that has you building your neighboring cities instead of having imagined neighbors that barely interact. Your sims can and will commute between you and your neighbors to shop and work, so having strong neighbors can strengthen you.

Complaints: The game can be taxing on your system. My computer isn't top notch but still has a few instances of slowdowns and even freezes.

Not complex at first, easy to get in and play right away

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is easily playable on older machines, the price for both SC4 and the expansion cannot be beat. The driving missions are a nice touch as it familiariazes you with your own city as you drive by blocks which normally I would never do, I just control from a birds eye view.
Not too many bugs but save often anyway as there is no autosave. This is the complex sort of game that at first is easily playable but makes you search out details to find out how to better use certain aspects such as mass transit, parking garages, etc. I find the easy setting is similar to SC3's Medium setting, the game is tougher. One thing I am finding is that although my bottom line does not appear to support expensive items such as high schools and bigger hospitals, once I build them they create enough demand in the city for more housing that the tax revenue keeps making up for it. This game is perpetual yet fun. Perpetual that when you create one facet such as commerce or industry it creates demand to create more housing, which in turn creates more demand for commerce or industry and so on. Probably in my top ten of hundreds of games played for FUN.

I am so addicted to this game but......

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There is one downfall. It states on the box that it is for up to Windows XP only. Vista will run this game but there is a graphical glitch that appears from time to time. Every now and then (and I haven't figured out what triggers it yet) all the textures on you city will smear, contort and just plain go crazy. I am a big enough addict that I don't let it phase me, I just save and exit then re-enter the city.

I'm sure if your reading my review you have read others so mine is short and sweet. With that said this game is great! Not only can you build and run you're city but for fun or when you're strapped for cash or good ratings you can do the vehicle mini-missions such as crop-dusting a cemetery for an evil genius who wants to create zombies, fly a helicopter for the same evil man and annoy neighborhoods with your loud-horn and searchlight and run down the bad guys in a cop car!!

I'm very happy with my purchase of Sim City 4, i'm just sad that I paid $19.99 at best buy instead of the great price here.

Warning: May Cause Extreme Addiction

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been a SimCity addict since I met it back at SC2000, and I would say that this one is definitely the best. Very complicated. I agree with the reviewer who says that polticians should have to prove themselves by playing it.

If you're used to 2000 and SimCity, the more realistic way railroads have to be laid in will cause issues until you learn to think about it.

Make sure to only play this when you have PLENTY of time before you have to be anywhere else, and set an alarm, or you'll find yourself being late to everything else. It's that addicting.

Too Realistic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 28
Date: March 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ok, this game is fun 'n all but a little TOO realistic. I'm only 11 and I have to deal with millions of tax values, loans, and all the polictic buisness. I wish they would make a kids' version of the game where you don't have to handle all the so-called "POLICTIOANS". The word in the "" is most likely to be spelled wrong.

Peter Senge Is Present

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 16
Date: August 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Fifteen years ago Peter Senge wrote a book called "The FIfth Discipline." It depicts the essentials of "systems thinking" and informs us that unless we think in terms of complex interactive systems, we run the risk of creating unwanted outcomes. All of life is about "side effects."

The creators of the original Sim City had this very much in mind. In this game, while there are robust graphics, there is no intent to have us do "virtual reality." In fact, it is about as far away from "FPS" gaming as you could imagine.

The lessons taught are depicted in other reviews here; perhaps the most important one, though, is that everything is interdependent. There is no decision here without a series of good and bad consequences (unless you cheat). The learning value is enormous; I hope that this important goal is not forgotten in further developments of this great game - which, by the way, is sort of overdue!!

A true expansion pack

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 21
Date: September 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well if u really like simcity series but u didnt have an opportunity to play sc4 this is your change cos with this new package u will get simcity4 plus its new expansion pack called rush hour, both are amazing and now u really can have your dream city and control everything inside it from taxes to your sims life!!!

Addiction!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: March 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I would keep playing this game on and on if it weren't for bodily functions and work. If you only have the regular Sim City 4 version I would recommend that you get the Rush Hour expansion pack or buy the deluxe edition like I did. The additions that deluxe has makes the game so much smoother and playable. Granted, there are more things to improve on in the game (triangles within the grid) but modern processors haven't been built to what would be needed. On top of all of that it's educational; how could you go wrong?

The BEST Game Ever!(...)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 17
Date: June 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It is 10000x easier(u always have to go undergrond for pipes ONLY) than Simcity 3000 cuz in Simcity 3000 they are freaks about water and even if they do have water, they still abandon it.

BUT in Simcity 4 they hardly complain!Blow your city up and u still will have people living in it!It has the best graphics and the U-Drive-It is fun!!(Crash into another tank and the barrel will pop off)Honk at the pedestrians and they'll scream in terror and if u spray them with your hose in the fire truck or if u fire something!

ALERT!!ALERT!! WHEN BUYING SC4 YOU MUST HAVE A 128MB(OR HIGHER) VIDEO CARD.

My Mistake

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: April 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I wrote a bad review witch is not true the dealer called me and helped me to get the key I needed to run the game it was found by looking at the game books and the game works great if not for the call of the seller It would not be working but they did a great job in finding the key and helping me on my way good Job Seller its nice to know there are still honest companys out there that care and will help when needed thank you very much for your help. This kind of help will keep customers comming back and thank you again.

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