Was about just to say the same thing lol.
Memoriapolis has just popped up in my steam queue (entered EA a couple of days ago). Looks interesting: the aesthetics are right up my alley, and the sequence of progressions very intriguing, and the vibe a mixture of casual and epicness. A lot of the reviews say that it's less of a city builder and more of a small scale civilization game, some even explicitly calling it "Civilization scaled down is Memoriapolis". I like the idea in principle, and generally love city builders a lot (recommending Against the Storm and Farthest Frontier to anyone out there).
On the other hand, the political system seems similar to Tropica 4 and I never managed to enjoy that (the cartoony over-the-top-ness grates me a little, and so much of the economy is modelled "behind the scenes" that I felt unable to ever make any plans). I'm also never confident about EA, city-builders specially seem to often get stuck in that state for 3+ years and are either outdated or an incoherent hodgepodge of mechanics by the time they're "finished".
But, I've got to say I'm still tempted by Memoriapolis, has anyone here played it?
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I haven't had the time to play it much yet though, so I don't want to say too much. My very superficial first impression is that it's not a giant game, but a very interesting one. Compared to, for example, the traditional Impressions city builders (Caesar, Pharaoh, Zeus, and so on), it seems you are much less involved in the small details of the city, instead focusing on major buildings and decisions. For example, you don't put down housing, and you don't directly place roads. People will make housing for themselves in areas which are appealing to them, and roads are created depending on how you place and orient buildings. Again, I haven't played nearly enough to form an informed opinion, but initially, I rather like this approach.
