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I Was Wrong about Cities: Skylines vs SimCity

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by Kivi

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08.11.2021



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(Nth Review #13) Nick plays City Building God and evaluates the would-be clash of the Metropolitan Titans: 2013’s SimCity and 2015’s Cities: Skylines in a deluxe, in-depth look at what it takes to be a virtual mayor!

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And @IAmStarRiley as Mariina Hallikainen

0:00 Intro
0:41 I. A Tale of Two Cities – History
20:52 II. A Landscape to Build a Dream On – Starting Out
1:15:16 III. Scraping the Sky – Mid + Endgame
1:36:47 IV. Conclusion

ERRATA:
@17:23, I say that Colossal Order was formed in 2019. It was formed in 2009.

Polygon 2016 interview with Maxis’ Ocean Quigley
https://www.polygon.com/2016/5/20/11722342/simcity-launch-ea-maxis-ocean-quigley

Wired UK 2014 interview with Colossal Order’s Mariina Hallikainen
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cities-skylines-interview

PC Gamer 2015 Interview with Colossal Order’s Mariina Hallikainen
https://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-greenlit-after-what-happened-to-simcity/

PC Invasion 2016 interview with Colossal Order’s Karoliina Korppoo
https://www.pcinvasion.com/cities-skylines-snowfall-interview/

Game Maker’s Toolkit – “Can We Make Better Tutorials for Complex Games?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GV814cWiAw

@Polygon – “Unboxing the hidden politics of SimCity”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_51_YJQpeg0

Let’s Play Enemy Nations #001 by ThrakerMogitus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlUiVxNslAk

PS1 X-COM UFO Defense by March12314
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZszPNFBh94

PS1 C&C by @DarkShadowRage2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gPxTQIu1Eg

PS1 SimCity 2000 by @10min Gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q33rq2tm69c

SimCity gameplay by @Insert Coin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A54blk-ojA4

Civilization gameplay by @World of Longplays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE3t_WuoSwE

Railroad Tycoon gameplay by @Nookrium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ths0tQL2qu4

Crystal Skull gameplay by @123Pazu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsWhdbpq-xI

Streets of SimCity gameplay by @RetroGamer. biz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=racA6Jv2cH8

SimTown gameplay by @junyigamers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=326yRdlSP7M

SimCity pathfinding issues by @UKAzzer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g418BSF6XBQ

How Realistic is Cities: Skylines? by @City Beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c5pSCgbZ84

TIE Fighter gameplay by Kong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJOLUYisew

Master of Orion gameplay by @GetDaved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAbfFf9_q9M

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