Genre: Simulation
Like its predecessors, SimCity 4 is a game of creating and managing your very own cities. You control ever part of your town from where roads go to how high taxes are. Though the formula hasn’t changed from SimCity’s initial release, SimCity 4 offers great new changes to the series that creates new levels of depth.
Graphics
SimCity 4 is not spectacular looking. For a game made in 2003, it is decent with sharp textures when zoomed out a distance. However when zoomed in the game tends to look a little blurry. Regardless of this cities look nice with their good variety of buildings and vehicles moving around. It would be better if you were able to see the city in more than four viewing angles, but then again this is an older game.
Gameplay
Basically you create a city in SimCity 4, big surprise. You start out with empty land and a set amount of money. You create roads, power plants, water facilities, parks, zones for people to build buildings, and what ever types of buildings you find in the average town. The strategy involved here is what to build where and when. Each area in town has certain desirability to it which relies on factors such as crime rate, pollution, and education. Rich people are not going to want to move into your city if you create zones for them to build near garbage dumps. Also, high tech industries won’t build anywhere near you if all of your citizens have an IQ of 50. The fun in SimCity 4 is managing all of these constantly changing demands and eventually creating the largest city you can.
Conclusion
SimCity 4 can easily be played for hours on end. It can get frustrating at times, especially in large city scenarios where you are trying to expand more. Frequently it is nearly impossible to manage transportation and jobs at this point unless you think everything ahead completely. In any case though, SimCity 4 is an amazing city simulator that really tests your micromanaging skills.
Gameplay: 8.6
Graphics: 7.0
Lasting Appeal: 8.8
Overall: 8.7
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