May 21, 2014

SimCity

Date played: May 20th
Platform: PC
Session fun rating: 9/10

I guess I had the itch to build... After building a colony on Alpha Centauri, I decided to give SimCity another shot. When I first played SimCity, it was plagued with server problems and completely turned me off from playing it more. However, it's been a while and the game has been patched extensively, including the ability to play offline, which seems more fun to me.

My casino city is pretty balanced
I started a seaside city in the hopes of making it a gambling haven. I think I've done pretty well as the only real problem I seem to have is high demand for residential areas. I've got a decent balance all around. Power is plentiful, water is available, sewage is under control, garbage is being picked up, businesses are striving, industries are healthy and transit isn't as bad as it could be. Fire, police and health departments are doing well too.

The best part is my highly profitable strip of casinos. I have three casinos, two small ones and a nice highrise, larger casino. The cost is high up front, but I was soon making tons of cash from gamblers. I want to make a new city in the region now to see if I can plan ahead a bit better. I wasn't as efficient as I could have been.