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Its a hard game! Especially with the money...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a game where you need a lot of time and thinking to suceed in. I have tried evrything to get money nohting works. I cheated constantly to build up my city till I could get enough out of my citizens taxes, had casinos, toxic waste sites ect. even only had 1 school and hospital for the entire city and made tons of deals with my neighbours. BUT STILL im losing money!!! I dont get it! But a good way of making money is doing different things on different neighbourhoods. Like a residetial 1 connected to a commerial 1 and thats connected to an industial 1. Swap deals get money, the folks jobs arent far away and everyone's happy. Sort of. The residential lot is the hardest obviously. You need hospitals, schools, libarys, police and firestations, parks and so on.. The easiest 1 I think is commercial. Get a couple of landmarks make sure you have lots of big roads connecting to the residential and industrial lots and hey presto a massive commercial buissnes boom with tons of money. Its a good game but if it was that little bit easier in the budgets especially it would be worth playing that little bit longer.
I wiped it off my system cause it took alot of memory of my computer. Now its being lent to my cuzin, and im playing the sims 2 which has a bit of simcity in it which is quite cool. If you had Simcity 4 and The Sims 2 both installed on your pc you can make your own neighbourhood in the sims 2 but both installed at the same time would just be toooo much for my old computer!

Great graphics but at a cost

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Really looked forward to this version based on a number of previews; graphics and city details definitely improved over SC3K.....but there's a cost to pay. Even with a computer running at 1.1GB w/128MB RAM, NVidia GEForce2 32 MB video card and most of the neat graphics features turned down/off, the gameplay becomes slow and erratic as your city develops. Just read a review where the same problem appears in a 2.2 GB system w/ 512MB RAM. If you're thinking of buying, wait and see what EA can do to fix this problem.

The good and the bad

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I agree with other reviewers here who have actually played the game. I have for 24 hours and am slightly disappointed. I find the animations great, but the overall quality of buildings is not as good in SC 3. They are very soft like a water color painting rather than sharp and vivid as in SC3. I have been playing SC since version 1, right through SC3 Unlimited and then this latest one. It is NOT a quantum leap as reviewers would have us believe. On a Dell XP 8200, it installs and works just fine with xtasy everything 64 mg video card. Cities are very difficult to get going since money runs out quickly and citizens seem never to be satisfied. The landscape visuals are much better, but buildings are worse. For those who have played SC 3, it is easy to learn the basics, but then there is so much more to learn and do. As other reviewers have stated, it appears to be unfinished and I suspect later versions will be 4 or 5 stars. Also it is expensive. ... I cannot rate it more than 3 stars. It is also a huge program nearly 900 mg, requiring 2 CDs to install. Just wait until we have computers running at 5 gig with 2 gig of memory and we will have a fantastic 3-D program in version 5 or 6.

Slow Mo World of Sims

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I anxiously awaited the release of SimCity4 and have to admit that I regret spending the $50. The game is a complete memory hog and scenes move in slow motion. The airplane sounds cut in and out. My system meets (actually exceeds) the recommend requirements but the game seems to have stability issues. The game is a great concept but you need to have patience and a screamin' hot PC.

Very detailed and entertaining!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is very detailed and I like how Maxis made the move to 3D. The disasters are very fun to control and are also realistic. The only thing I have to say about this game is that it's a little buggy. A new patch will probably fix it.

Buy it!

Hours of Fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: February 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Great graphics! You can see the buildings going up, and the Sims in action! The game takes a lot of stategy in planning and combining your recsouces with your neighbors. I've played the game for many hours and the game runs fine on my PC, no problems at all, but check the system requirements before buying!
This game is very different from prior additions of Simcity. The new Sims on line (TSO) interface takes some getting used to, and the use of regional strategy takes some new thoughts of city planning (you need to build neighboring cities in order to succeed).
You will need to use carefull placement of industrial zones as they emit a LOT of pollution, and you must conect to Simnation via rail/road connections.

I could go both ways

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: February 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

SInce I ahvent played the game I reallly have no opinion, but i think i oculd go either way. The website is nice, but i am worried becasue there is no demo. I played a lot of simcity 2000 but i was 14 then and i do not know if i still have the same taste in video games. I might try to download it illegaly which i suggest you do too.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I still favor Sim City 2000 over this. It is clunky, comes with a lack of instructions on what you are doing.

Plus you have to have the CD-ROM in the drive when you play. This drives me crazy. I'd think twice about buying this product

Worth the Effort

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: February 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was sorry to see all the negative reviews on this game. Yes, it is a memory hog and does crash often. Just keep saving your game as you go along.

Go to the God mode and create a whole new world. Start a new region of your own. This game has so much possibilities.

Not only was I addicted to one city - but I could not wait to join it with others.

I was disappointed when Maxis canceled out on "Simsville" - but they have added all the ingredients into Sim City 4. Get close, go slow and your city will grow.

Somewhat disappointed with this one.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After playing Simcity 3000, which I highly enjoyed, I thought SimCity 4 would be even better. Boy, was I wrong. I really did not like SimCity 4 from the first time I played it. I found it to be harder to master than any other SimCity game. Some people might be amazing experts in the game, but for the general public, I do not recommend this game.

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