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bapenguin
10-03-2007, 10:08 AM
1UP (http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3163375)...umm...Kefkataran has a preview up over at 1UP (http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3163375) of SimCity Societies. Apparently the game strives to be more mainstream by removing some of the common complaints of tedious tasks in Sim City as well as replacing the graphics with super happy funtime graphics.
The tutorial continued to lead us through the slow, early stages of building our own Simtopia, the default name for a city in the game. My friend commented that the game reminded her of SimTown, an oft-forgotten kid-centric SimCity spin-off from the mid-'90s. If that comparison makes Societies sound a bit too simplistic, don't mistake the game's early hand-holding for a lack of depth in the long run. We were quickly introduced to more complex game mechanics, such as Decorations, which produce "social energies," and Venues, which provide city-dwellers with activities and thus increase happiness. In fact, if anything threatens to crush SimCity Societies' bid for the casual market share, it's the nearly ludicrous number of resources that players are required to juggle.

I want a new SimTower sequel damn it!
Nura
10-03-2007, 10:09 AM
Prevew? :P

I just hope they don't move too far away from the original games.. they were awesome.
Dukefrukem
10-03-2007, 10:10 AM
ugg what a terrible direction to bring the franchise.
Wraith
10-03-2007, 10:28 AM
I want a new SimTower sequel damn it!Seconded!

And SimFarm, while they're at it.
2HeadedBoy
10-03-2007, 10:44 AM
Mawr SimAnt plz.

thx

BTW, I hate how there's no more zoning in this new Candyland version of SimCity.
aileron
10-03-2007, 10:46 AM
What, so they've made it more mainstream by taking away the things that make it SimCITY... like utilities, etc. and replace them with things like "Spirituality, Authority, and Knowledge"? Argh.
Wraith
10-03-2007, 10:52 AM
After reading the preview, it sounds like Societies is a bit like Tropico, in some respects.

And while some of the graphics are a little less realistic, it's not so far removed from previous SimCity games, based on the screenshot gallery.
walkstheplanes
10-03-2007, 11:23 AM
I too cry out for more Sim Tower/Yoot Tower.
KingGorilla
10-03-2007, 11:24 AM
I like what Ryan Scott said about it a few months ago. "At least the took out how one broken link in your goddamn pipe will not break your city."
Tricky Thumb
10-03-2007, 12:15 PM
That was Kef's? Wow I read that last night, it was good.
bapenguin
10-03-2007, 04:37 PM
That was Kef's? Wow I read that last night, it was good.

Philip Kollar = Kefkataran

:)
Yellowman
10-03-2007, 04:59 PM
Mawr SimAnt plz.


Seriously I really love that Sim Ant game because it's like that book 'Empire of the Ants', which was stupid, but enjoyably so. The idea of a hive mind (you) controlling the ants is so fitting. They could definately expand that idea into cooler things...
BlackMako85
10-03-2007, 05:18 PM
Prevew? :P

I just hope they don't move too far away from the original games.. they were awesome.

They removed all of the "sim" from the game. All you do is plop down buildings--there's no form of urban planning situation in it like the previous games had.

My brother has been obsessed with SimCity games since SimCity 2000, and he's super pissed that this game carries the SimCity name.
Ravana
10-03-2007, 11:20 PM
Its basically Caesar IV with a different skin. I'll play this for a few days and then throw it away, unlike Simcity 4 which is still installed.

I'd rather a new Sim/Yoot Tower than this cash-in.