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So disappointed!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 34 / 65
Date: January 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm so disappointed! I've been a big fan of Maxis and the Sim City games, but unless you have a brand new 2,000 dollar computer, DON'T GET THIS GAME! If your computer is one or two years old, Maxis recommends turning all graphics down to the lowest setting, which means you should just save your money and buy Sim City 3000.

So horrible the company stopped publishing it !

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: June 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

True. Within months it was clear that even very basics within SimCity4 were horribly done. The only hope was for those already owning this version, to PURCHASE an expansion or "Deluxe" that actually end up destroying those few enjoyable elements from the original and never fixing the MAJOR problems the game has. Avoid this game. Even if you can get it for free, it is not worth computer crashes it commonly causes. Awful.

I loved the Simcity series, but they need to change it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 76
Date: September 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed the Simcity games and felt ripped off with Simcity 3000 as it was basically the same package as the previous Simcity. If you love the basic city building concepts of the Simcity games, Simcity 4 is the exact same thing. At least they changed the graphics for this one and gave it an updated look for today's video cards but if you look at screenshots for Simcity 4 you'll see that it has the same rules, building types, etc. If you'd like to play Simcity again with an updated graphics engine, go for this title, but if you've been "simcitied out," save your money and buy another title. Sims anything sells like hotcakes and EA realizes this. It's another attempt to cash in on the Sim name.

Unacceptable..

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 17
Date: January 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Simcity 4, in it's current state, is a disaster. My specs: P4 2 Ghz,Radeon 9700,512 MB,Soundblaster Audigy 2. The game churns. I'm sure most of the reviews seen here are either from Maxis trying to save their dwindling game, or people who have played it for five minutes. With my machine, a city with a population of 25k on the largest map will barely run. Days take 5-6 seconds to advance even on the fastest setting, and it is impossible to scroll around and place buildings because of the slow down. This programming is horrid. No current machine can run a large city without terrible lag. Simcity 4 is unstable, and with ANY ATI card, buildings are turned off when you scroll, yet I was able to fix this by changing a few lines of code.

Great graphics, horrible game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 19
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Where can I begin, the ridiculously slow game engine, the decreased city size from Sim City 2000, the bland, corporate feel...

Play Sim City 2000. Remember that game came out nearly TEN years ago. Then play Sim City 4. Is this really all we can do with such a great game in a decade? No, of course it isn't. What happened? EA bought Maxis, and is driving it in to the ground like every other company they purchase.

Folks, there is simply no excuse for releasing a game of such poor quality. None at all.

Two minds on this one ...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: March 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Firstly, I have the PC version. The PS2 bit on the description has thrown me a bit!

That aside, I loved Simcity 3000. Played it for hours. Heard about SC4, got it, unwrapped it.... and.....

Well it looks nice. Has a bundle of extras that 3000 didn't have. So I dived in to the rich graphics and started building my city. CRASH.

Frozen computer. Hmm. The read-me's said ensure you have the latest drivers for your soundcards, graphics cards etc... so off I went... spent about 3 weeks upgrading drivers, playing the game for a bit... watching it crash, trying another driver.... watching it crash...

So I contacted the admitedly very responsive EA tech support via email. We spent about a week trying different things to a point where it worked ok in VERY slow software mode. At this point EA told me how I could get a refund.

Not impressed.

All my computer specs exceed those printed on the case. I'm also a bit of a PC geek, so following the read-me instructions, tech support advice and upgrading drivers wasn't a problem. So why am I left with a very nice looking but unstable game?

I have now got it working with medium detail settings rather than the full glory I should be able to see, but after several weeks of constant crashing, I can't face playing it again. I fear the next crash!

(Yes, I have tried EA's first issued patch for SC4. No it doesn't help).

an utterly mediocre game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The only improvement over the previous editions is graphics, everything else is the same or made worse, like cumbersome menus and lack of customization features. If you played SC3000 and got bored with it, stay away from this one, there is nothing new here.

Too much detail/Older computers not compatible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game via pre order. I installed it and during the tutorials it crashes my game, why, because to run it I would need to buy a new $... video card! I did get to play some and there are just too many options, functions, etc. that you have to do in order to play this game. You have God Mode, Mayor Mode and Sim Mode which can only be played if you own The Sims. The graphics are great, very detailed, but everything is really small because of the massive detail. The gameplay, interface are very different from SimCity3000 and I didn't like it. I was very dissapointed and am sending it back. All in all, too much detail, slow, too much to do to actually build a city! Too much like work and not enough fun!

Frozen on arrival

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have a Pentium 4 1.8GHz, 256MB RDRAM
Video: 64MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce 3 Ti 200

This game plays very slow. After playing slow for an hour, it freezes. It's annoying and unplayable. Don't bother. There's nothing new in the game that's worth the pain of watching it freeze every time you play it.

Buggy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I installed it and go to start the game and the CD ROM spins, but nothing happens. I go straight back to the desktop. Even used the online support, but its no help. I have plenty of PC power to run the game, but it won't go. In reading the Amazon reviews, it looks like I'm not the only person with major techno-problems. This game is a big fat pig. Its so big your computer will choke.

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