Cities Skylines

This is what I call the ultimate city builder management game and in my opinion, a million times better than sim city. of course all of this is just my opinion as always.

in cities skylines you start with a massive piece of land to build your city the way you want maybe you have some mods that make the editing much more fluid or maybe your new to the game and starting out, either way, the game offers a lot of things to unlock as your city grows so you can make it better.

so after you place your streets you will have to zone them much like in sim city this is how you draw a crowd to your city green zone is for residentials blue zone for commercial use and the yellow zone brings the smokestacks of the industry to your city which let’s be real that’s where the money comes in.

now, in the beginning, you start out with 100k to invest in roads and get your city going but its not cheap so make sure you at least have some plan for when you get started, me I like to try and divide my zones ill keep residential and commercial in one area and I try my best to move industrial as far away from the public since it is a big issue with the people more on that in a bit, the money does limit a lot since the roads do cost a good amount to make and down the road as your city grows it does become a massive pain in the butt trying to get the roads to flow.

now if you have never played this game i admit the first time I tried it I was overwhelmed by how much is in the game they literally tried to make the game as close to realistic as possible you see pollution like in real life is a major problem in game which is the one reason I keep my industrial zone as far away as possible since it affects peoples health and makes things harder to work with and its a big increase in health problems for your population another thing its not just aerial pollution you need to worry about there’s ground pollution from the waste dumps as well as sewage pollution trust me when I say this game is super realistic in most aspects.

now unlike in sim city in cities after you place your zones you also have to place the source of power you plan on using you get to choose between a wind turbine and a coal plant me I always try to play green and stick to the wind turbines, unlike the coal plant where you can just plop it down the wind turbine will change the ground into a special map of different greens and you want the very dark patches those indicate the best spots to place them down to most effectively use them and generate the most electricity for your people as you progress in growing your city though you get to unlock a water turbine which is also very helpful for your city and my favorite the solar power plant which seeing that awesome building as part of your city I feel is very worth it and it also makes your citizens proud to be part of a green city.

water is the next point in your city as you have to place the facility that will intake and be lead to your city now usually ill look at how the river flows and ill put it at the very start of the river cause the next facility which has to do with your sewage you wanna put at the end of the rivers flow and like in real life you connect the pipes around your city so everyone has access to water and can do everything they need to do, just like in electricity later on down the road you get to unlock different buildings that help make the water supply better for your city even though I haven’t had much luck with them since I admit I am still a noob at most of the game lol.

the game offers a massive variety of things for your city and the level of expansions to grow your city are huge between the parks and public transportations to ferry docks and airports there is no end of customization for this city building gem and its in my honest opinion a must play for anyone that is a fan of simulation games i know there is more i coulda mentioned but this game is really a must play or this would have been a dictionary by the time i was done i hope you all have a great day take care