Save_Ferris
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I'm not too big of a fan of multiplayer, so I wasn't too thrilled that EA requires it for the new SimCity. Are there are good city-building simulations on Steam? (I'm on a Mac btw, SC4 is not an option)
Any good alternatives to SimCity?
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Maniacal
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Well you can play the previous Sim City games as they all have Mac versions, or install Windows. EDIT: Tropico 1 and 3 are also available for Mac.
warpus
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CitiesXL is okay and can be really fun. It's pretty much sim city without the pretty UI.. Yeah, the UI kinda sucks, but if you can get over that, it is actually a pretty fun game. I've put hours into it.
Cities in motion is similar but not about city building at all - they give you predefined and unchangeable cities and your job is to set up the buses, subways, streetcars, etc. Really fun but a bit of a different concept.
Cities in motion is similar but not about city building at all - they give you predefined and unchangeable cities and your job is to set up the buses, subways, streetcars, etc. Really fun but a bit of a different concept.
Maniacal
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I don't think CitiesXL has a Mac version, but Cities in Motion does and it is a lot of fun. It does have a map editor too.
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Woah, a pure traffic sim?
I may have to get that.
I may have to get that.
warpus
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Oh, mac. Who plays games on a mac! 
It's mainly a public transit sim game, but there is a city editor too. And your city doesn't evolve, but you get to play in well put together replicas of cities like Berlin and Munich. So there's definitely tradeoffs and it's not for everyone, but it for sure can be fun. It's got elements of transport tycoon in it, so.. for me that's a big plus.
It's mainly a public transit sim game, but there is a city editor too. And your city doesn't evolve, but you get to play in well put together replicas of cities like Berlin and Munich. So there's definitely tradeoffs and it's not for everyone, but it for sure can be fun. It's got elements of transport tycoon in it, so.. for me that's a big plus.
Maniacal
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Well some scenarios do have areas of the city slowly cleared and built up as it expands over the years/decades.
I dont know if they work on the mac, but Anno 1404 and 2070 are top quality Sim City replacements.
Much more complicated and hardcore, like taking settlers and sim city and putting them both together.
I also really liked Stronghold 3, but again dont know if you can get that for the Mac. Its a very slow paced city builder RTS, but very challenging and rewarding.
Much more complicated and hardcore, like taking settlers and sim city and putting them both together.
I also really liked Stronghold 3, but again dont know if you can get that for the Mac. Its a very slow paced city builder RTS, but very challenging and rewarding.
Important yo note that Tropico 4 - which Steam is heavily discounting until 3/15 - is NOT available on Mac.
I only found thus out *after* I purchased the collection.
The install button was greyed out, and said that it's not able to install on my current platform
If they don't refund or credit, I'll likely try to gift it away if possible.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
If you have already activated it on your account you can't gift it.
Nope. Firefly stopped making games after Stronghold 2. They all got abducted by aliens or something.
Nope. Firefly stopped making games after Stronghold 2. They all got abducted by aliens or something.
I was a huge Transport Tycoon fan, so that sounds pretty promising. Definitely adding it to my Steam watch list incase it goes on sale
FriendlyFire
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Why did EA have stupid Always on DRM and day 1 DLC
I was all excited and then I saw the review score which went from 9/10 to 8/10 then final score of 4/10 (EA completely screwed themselves, with bugs, DRM and game breaking DLC)
I'll guess I'll wait for some kind of discounted deluxe edition.
EDIT: The multiplayer is kinda not really multiplayer, its just building cities at the same time with tiny bit of interaction.
I wondering if EA will control modding of the game to force people to buy DLC. There recent announcement of "microtransactions" for all single player games is really crazy.
I was all excited and then I saw the review score which went from 9/10 to 8/10 then final score of 4/10 (EA completely screwed themselves, with bugs, DRM and game breaking DLC)
I'll guess I'll wait for some kind of discounted deluxe edition.
EDIT: The multiplayer is kinda not really multiplayer, its just building cities at the same time with tiny bit of interaction.
I wondering if EA will control modding of the game to force people to buy DLC. There recent announcement of "microtransactions" for all single player games is really crazy.
sophie
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They uh...revised that announcement. Apparently what they meant to say is all their mobile games will feature microtransactions built into the system.
FriendlyFire
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Sure EA just happened to make that announcement just after the launch of the single player game Deadspace 3 which had microtransactions ... and then retracted that statement the moment the massive backlash began.
Time will tell.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
The statement was taken out of context by some gaming blog/website and it was from an investor's meeting or something. They didn't make an announcement that they would be putting it into all of their games.
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Now Maniacal, never contradict someone when they bash EA.
EA EATS BABIES TELL THE INTERWEBS!
EA EATS BABIES TELL THE INTERWEBS!
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I've never played them but tropico and anno look awesome. Was thinking about buying tropico 4 during this sale but I have so many unplayed games already. On a mac though? No idea. Sim city 4 is also really good and there is a fix to put it in 1080p resolution. It looks pretty good too as long as you don't zoom in max.
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