The basic service is simply an outflow pipe. Sewage also needs to be handled carefully. People became sick and a mass exodus began over ten thousand people left before I got the problem under control. At one point I failed to notice I wasn’t keeping up with demand and bodies stacked up around the city. Without a sufficient number of these, bodies begin to accumulate. As part of health services you need to have cemeteries and crematoriums. While most services work as you would expect, there are a few unique twists in Skylines.
You can see the pollution head out to where the rivers merge, pushing it to one side. A “water drain pipe” isn’t really water treatment. You can also place pedestrian pathways, which citizens will use to cut their commute when possible. Parks and trees are available to provide recreation as well as to give your city a visually attractive style.
There are the basic services to provide including electricity, water, sewage, garbage collection, fire, police, health, and education. You can zone Residential, Commercial, and Industrial in a variety of densities (as well as a specific “Office” zone).
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Mods can unlock the full 25 areas for zoning should you feel the need to build your very own Coruscant.Īll the basics you would expect are here, and the game clearly borrows heavily from the concepts laid down by SimCity. Unlocking another area shows you the adjacent plots you can purchase. That’s enough that I still haven’t filled up the space available to me on my first city. The map is huge, containing 25 such areas, and your city can cover up to a total of 9 plots for a whopping 36 square kilometers. You start with a single 2km x 2km plot, but as you achieve population goals you are given the opportunity to buy adjacent land. Skylines is a traditional city simulator where you build and manage a growing urban center. The service range and smiley-face reaction clearly have a SimCity influence. Plopping down a hospital brings out happy faces from your citizens. So while I will have to reference the rich pedigree that SimCity has laid down in talking about Skylines, you won’t find a smackdown comparison here. Steam has thoughtfully been totalling my play time and at over 32 hours in a week it looks like it’s fast becoming my second job.Ĭity building is back, and it’s good to be the mayor.Īny review of a city building game invariably leads to comparisons to the long-standing juggernaut in the field, SimCity, and I could spend much of this article recapping the expectations and issues with its 2013 release, but that wouldn’t tell you much about Skylines. It may be a cliché opening for a game review, but the problem with writing about Cities: Skylines is that I can’t simultaneously play the game while writing a review. Get your urban planning on in Cities: Skylines and prepare to lose track of friends and family.