The types of power plants have become much larger, and the differences between them have become more significant. In addition, an expensive but efficient metro appeared. And rail transport now needs not only rails, but also stations, which is logical. The previous infrastructures also did not remain unchanged: in addition to roads, we can now build highways and bus depots to help solve the problem of traffic jams. So get ready to build a network of pumping and water treatment plants, as well as descend to the underground level and independently lay pipes to areas of the city. It is impossible for a big city to do otherwise, without water, there is no reason to exist except the houses of the lowest level. Some people break through rivers, build mountains and plant forests like no less than build a city!Ī new aspect of infrastructure has been added to the game: in addition to electrification and road construction, we will now have to deal with water supply. The editor himself can also bring a lot of joy.

Well, if you don’t put up with all these irregularities, you can launch the map editor and create a landscape that suits you. Further, a SimCity fan is surprised to find hills and mountains on the map, which need to either be leveled (at the expense of the budget), or be torn through with tunnels (also not free), or, spitting on difficulties, build on the spurs of the new San Marino. For the better, the detailing of the environment has changed, thanks to which the need to draw letters on the police and fire department buildings has disappeared: now everything is clear. Is there something new? Yes, and a lot! The first thing that catches your eye is an isometric projection that has replaced a plain view from above. Even a convenient vertical control panel - and she moved to the new version with minor changes. Type of income is still the same - taxes. All the basic principles remain the same: we also mark the territory for residential, commercial and industrial buildings, build roads, power lines, build buildings for city services, ports, airports, railways, fight traffic jams, pollution, crime, and sometimes withstand disasters. So, the player again has to take the mayor's easy chair and rebuild a huge metropolis from scratch. So four years after the official release of SimCity, SimCity 2000 appeared - a logical development of a successful idea and another milestone in the history of the genre. No matter how silly the experts sat in their shoes felt, it would be even more stupid of them to ignore the prospects of peaceful urban planning. But gamers, as always, had no idea what games they should want to play, and the popularity of SimCity, the first city-planning simulator, surpassed the most optimistic forecasts.

“It is also clear if the game has to travel, fly, or go around the city, completing tasks, but who wants to just build a city? It's boring! ”- so said the sales team.

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