This or Simcity 5

[rathvanna]

I bought Simcity 5 about a year ago and just heard about City Skylines. Which do you guys prefer? Or which is better?

[grapplehoeker]

I bought and played SC2013 for perhaps 150 hours total. I did enjoy it.
I bought and have played Cities: Skylines for more than 230 hours since it was released
almost a month ago... and have no plans on stopping anytime soon.
That kinda says it all right there ;)

[Freedom]

I am keeping my hours played close to the vest as they dwarf Grappelhockers. This one is much better.

[davetango182]

Simcity13 is am awesome game but riddled with bugs I have 900 hrs or so in that game Freaking EA wont spend the money to fix the issues they already sold the game so to hell with us but this game is in early dev and its good dont play this game like simcity, this game works dont wanna say it doesnt have bugs but the game works good and is super addicting I have a cpl hun hrs here almost i think Traffic management is key here and takes alot of practice read the guides learn a little from the pros and enjoy this game dont get to caught up in the mods and assets they will bog you down initially with thought process there are some good ones lookup essential mods in the workshop or play it clean to start ENJOY Correction 1190 hrs

[Father Christmas]

its no contest really. You can build freaking huge cities (as in you have a large landmass to build on) and the mods are just amazing. As mentioned though it kinda focuses on traffic (bus/car/metro/train/airports) management as the rest of it is easy to do.

[ErickaUnlimited]

Cities: Skylines is everything that Sim City 5 should have been and then some. Sim City 5 basically encompasses everything you shouldn't do when building a city simulator.

Get Cities: Skylines.

[Freedom]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Ericka (At Work):

Cities: Skylines is everything that Sim City 5 should have been and then some. Sim City 5 basically encompasses everything you shouldn't do when building a city simulator.

Get Cities: Skylines.

I am so telling your boss!!

[wawaweewa]

SC5 was okay but not the game it should have been. Cities is what is should have been. I'm loving every bit of it so far (about ~50 hours in).

[ErickaUnlimited]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Randall Flagg:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Ericka (At Work):

Cities: Skylines is everything that Sim City 5 should have been and then some. Sim City 5 basically encompasses everything you shouldn't do when building a city simulator.

Get Cities: Skylines.

I am so telling your boss!!

D;

[rathvanna]

The maps on simcity2013 were soo small. i kept getting mods on that game until it crashed. Trying to fix that though.

[rathvanna]

Thanks alot.

[Bozrh]

After a certain time in game, Simcity 5 was just about looking for a way to go around the bugs. So far major problems in mechanics in Cities:Skylines can be solved with mods. Like the custom traffic lights mod, or the mod that lets you stop a building from leveling up (works WONDERS on commercial zones). So go with Cities:Skylines :)

[Jzin]

Both games are quite different. Simcity 5 has alot of features that skylines don't and vice versa.

Simcity 5 has better graphics and in my opinion better simulation because of things that skylines do not have:
1) day and night cycle + natural disaster
2) the sims have a daily routine, going to work shopping going to school, so there are peak hours and stuff. Skylines don't. People take days to get to work and back home lol.
3) natural resources actually has a function other than generating money.
4) the cities of tomorrow expansion pack makes your city look very futuristic and awesome

However skylines does alot of things that simcity does wrong
1) there are more flexibility in designing your traffic and public transport, you can freakin design your routes!
2) your city is much larger
3) traffic is less stressful
4) there is a sense of progression as you unlock buildings... simcity offers this too but i feel that this game does it better at least slightly.

Both games however are buggy. Although this game is not that buggy but it can be annoying someitmes. The most annoying one is the mass deathwaves lol.

[simonmd]

Wow, i'm surprised no one has asked this before!!!!!

[rovaira2]

The honest people will tell you (in addition probably some other things. :):

CSL has:
1. Larger cities (well it's a large city with districts if you choose to have them).
2. Fun to play
3. In many ways like Simcity 4
4. Well done game
5. Lots of Mods and Assets

Simcity:
1. Fun to play
2. Small cities which everyone complained about
3. More in depth specializations which are fun (or at least very fun imo)
4. Disasters which are cool

I enjoy both games. I played Simcity over 1300 hours. I've played this one around 125 I believe now. This game is pretty awesome.

[Froudini]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Bertsies:

Both games are quite different. Simcity 5 has alot of features that skylines don't and vice versa.

Simcity 5 has better graphics and in my opinion better simulation because of things that skylines do not have:
1) day and night cycle + natural disaster
2) the sims have a daily routine, going to work shopping going to school, so there are peak hours and stuff. Skylines don't. People take days to get to work and back home lol.
3) natural resources actually has a function other than generating money.
4) the cities of tomorrow expansion pack makes your city look very futuristic and awesome

However skylines does alot of things that simcity does wrong
1) there are more flexibility in designing your traffic and public transport, you can freakin design your routes!
2) your city is much larger
3) traffic is less stressful
4) there is a sense of progression as you unlock buildings... simcity offers this too but i feel that this game does it better at least slightly.

Both games however are buggy. Although this game is not that buggy but it can be annoying someitmes. The most annoying one is the mass deathwaves lol.

This pretty much sums up my thoughts too. To me the biggest difference is that SimCity has more in-depth simulation and micromanagement on almost every aspect of the gameplay. You spend more time "polishing" what you already built. Cities: Skylines is focused more around building a large city and setting up a good traffic and public transportation network.

It really depends on what type of gameplay you prefer. I have enjoyed both games equally, but for different reasons. In the long run, you're better off with this game simply because native mod and asset support can take this game in so many directions.