This game is deeply flawed, and runs the entire game on a single CPU core. This results in a game that steadily slows down (lags) the more population you have. By the time you get to 500,000 population, unless you have a top of the line many Ghz CPU, you'll find it's unplayable. Competent game developers in this day and age know about, and implement, support for multi-core CPUs. It's a necessity if you've got hundreds of thousands of items active in-game, all interacting. I tried asking for a refund fr...

This game is ment for strong computers like ALIENWARES and Cyberpower. If your game crashes or lags too much, then it's obvious that your computer is crappy and not fit. Go cry about this somewhere else.

Is this worth playing, while we wait for the king to return? Or are there any other worthwhile city builders out there?

Is it?

The Cities XL Platinum page clearly states that owners of Cities XL 2011 and 2012 will get a 85% discount when they upgrade to the new Platinum version. But when I add it to my card (I do have 2012 installed with Steam key already) it's not giving me the discount and charge me for the full €30 instead. Any way to get the discount I'm entitled to?...