Hello Gamers!
I’m sure we’ve all at
least heard of The Sims games, and today is the day I talk about one of the
best and worst games ever: Sim City 4
I absolutely love this
game for about an hour, and when my city becomes too big, I hate it.
It is a game for those
of us who have never played it where you plot out areas for residential
development, industrial parks, and business sectors. You then can plot out
utilities, hospitals, fire and police stations, schools, libraries, basically
everything your city needs to be a city.
You then wait for people
to build houses, get jobs, go to work, and finally complain about absolutely
everything.
I used to plot out
everything before people got started building, but I’ve learned a trick: Don’t
give them anything until they ask for it.
This way you avoid
prematurely planning out every detail about your city, and you look like a
decent mayor for it.
You can also create
airports and seaports although it never seems like they bring in that much
business.
It only takes about four
or five in game months before your city is thriving and flourishing on its own.
I usually get around 1,000 people in my
city before they begin to complain about things.
If you do follow my strategy
of waiting, then you should be able to compensate for the demands of the people
before they get too aufgepissed.
Once you have your city
developed, you need to start planning cities in other plots of land to connect
to your city of choice; otherwise you will fail…utterly.
This part of the game I found
very realistic, and as a realist I liked it, but as the idiot I am I could not
find a way to correctly hook up two cities. Sure I knew how to extend roads and
railways, but nobody ever used them… I was really sad.
Once in a while I will
pick the game back up, and try to perfect my strategy, but realistically it’s a
crap shoot. I get on, play for about a day (irl) and then I leave from boredom.
So, when you’re mayor I recommend
you listen to your council of advisors as best you can, otherwise your city…
does something, I just don’t know what.
In fact, I don’t think
the city does anything except lower your popularity, which might get you thrown
out I don’t know.
Anyways it’s still a
really good game, and I suggest that if your life needs some more
micromicromanagement (you read me right), than this is the game for you!
See ya next time Gamers!
Resistance is Futile
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