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« on: February 19, 2011, 01:18:50 PM »
It seems to me that due to a number of factors the City Building/Management Sim category of games has really suffered over the past several years.

Sim City 4 hasn't had a real successor and it was released in 2003. I've seen some reviews of Cities XL 2011 and from what I can tell it's a bit lackluster.

I've got a real itch for some good sim-gaming though... does anyone have a favorite? Indie or otherwise, I don't really care. I just want some really good, in-depth gameplay, like the years of old would have given us.
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« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2011, 01:43:31 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2011, 01:52:42 PM »
Haha, I know, but I've played it to death.. and anyway I'm saving my motivation for my turn with Lurewound Wink
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« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2011, 02:09:15 PM »
I haven't played any of these, since my computer's crap, but Anno 1404:Dawn of Discovery, Settlers 7, and Tropico 3 are all supposed to be okay to good. There's also a city transport planning game that just came out, Cities in Motion.

For a general non-city-building sim recommendation, try the latest version of Europa Universalis III.
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« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2011, 02:28:58 PM »
Have you tried LinCity?

http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
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« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2011, 02:52:24 PM »
Has anyone here tried CitiesXL? I'm wondering if I should have bought it during the steam  sale...
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« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2011, 03:13:47 PM »
Quote from: Pishtaco on February 19, 2011, 02:09:15 PM
For a general non-city-building sim recommendation, try the latest version of Europa Universalis III.
This a hundred times.
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« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2011, 09:08:25 PM »
Quote from: InfiniteStateMachine on February 19, 2011, 02:52:24 PM
Has anyone here tried CitiesXL? I'm wondering if I should have bought it during the steam  sale...
Quote from: jotapeh on February 19, 2011, 01:18:50 PM
I've seen some reviews of Cities XL 2011 and from what I can tell it's a bit lackluster.
From what I've heard of Cities XL it seems to be pretty mediocre.

I haven't played anything more recent than Sim City 3000, unless you count my failed attempts at understanding how to do stuff in Dwarf Fortress.
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