Cs1 vs cS2 difference?

[BSNB]

I keep hearing a common defense of people not liking cS2 is because it isn't a direct cs1 successor. So what is the main difference between the two games? What is fundamentally different gameplay wise?

[dan0812]

I think there is a more citizen and economic focus though it seems it is not well done/is bugged in CS2.

CS1 was more about the city looking good and transport optimisation. Things like the economy and education didn't matter too much.

[SumGumption]

CS1 - Builders could build aggressively, change finances, among other things without the sims protesting and with positive results. Then mods and the editor, of course. It is designed more for the creative people.

CS2 - The sims are in control. Extreme cause and effect game play. Sims fight back. You are literally just the mayor trying to create a city (for them) without your sims destroying you.

[❆🎄Douglas 🎁 🎂]

One have bikes the other doesn't
One have abandoned buildings, the other everything looks prestine at all times
One the simulation is bugged the other as well
One works, the other crash to desktop

Gameplay:
- CS2 you building suburbia as infinitum and thats it

I don't know, sorry for the lazy post. CS2 just not worth it.

[zaltocleotl[Banned@Paradox]]

You can lose in the original game. Go broke. Run out of money. Game over. Three loans and then kaput. But you can prevent money problems by being smart or playing the taxes or watching spending.

In 2, you are given gobs of cash and the money never stops rolling in and you can spend it all but more money magically appears and there is no way to lose and there is no challenge or interesting reason to play at all except to draw a city.

[mikelleh63]

CS2 is really a huge jump in the core game. Sadly, they missed the mark by a lot. Visually the game is stunning and dull at the same time. Stunning in the detail of assets, dull in the small quantity of available assets. AI is vastly further along than CS1 ever was, but it seems to be a bit stupid.
CS1 benefits from tons of helpful mods and thousands of creator assets. CS2 does not.
CS2 is a resource eating animal. Because the detail level of the CIMs and the lives they lead are so extensive, everyone will bump up against a population limit at some point. At that point the game slows to a crawl and basically overheats your system. Your pop point will vary based on PC specs, but you will hit it. Mine was about 465k.

[SoddenStar]

CS2 has no Steam workshop.

[zaltocleotl[Banned@Paradox]]

C:S1 was a fairly boring, dull, tedious game until it was saved by modding against Colossal Orders plans and expectations.

C:S2 is a fairly boring, dull, tedious game that may or may not be saved by modders. We have yet to see.

[Nestarion]

You have to compare CS 1 core game vs CS 2 core game. And not CS 1 with all DLC and mods. I am confident dat CS2 will be much better after 2 years. The game is now a bit core and empty. But de base is very solid. So the CS 2 has a lot of potential. But we have to find out if collossal is able to make this game great.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Gameplay wise they are not that different.

Simulation wise, CS2 is a turtle compared to CS1. Plus crashes often, and tries to simulate wealth and separates residential demand into low/medium/high, but the end result is unbalanced and rather unflexible in a game where many people just want to build a city to their own liking.

Also no Workshop.

There are some quality of life improvements in this game, such as road and train tracks being much more enjoyable to build, and some features that are only available in CS1 in DLCs are available in this base game, but you have to think twice if these outweight the issues described above.

[Inquisitor Aldnir]

Originally posted by zaltocleotl:

You can lose in the original game. Go broke. Run out of money. Game over. Three loans and then kaput. But you can prevent money problems by being smart or playing the taxes or watching spending.

In 2, you are given gobs of cash and the money never stops rolling in and you can spend it all but more money magically appears and there is no way to lose and there is no challenge or interesting reason to play at all except to draw a city.

Yah CO said that in CS2 it's supposed to be WAY harder from what we got lol...... Hope the difficulty is turned up.

[Metalhead123]

Originally posted by zaltocleotl:

You can lose in the original game. Go broke. Run out of money. Game over. Three loans and then kaput. But you can prevent money problems by being smart or playing the taxes or watching spending.

In 2, you are given gobs of cash and the money never stops rolling in and you can spend it all but more money magically appears and there is no way to lose and there is no challenge or interesting reason to play at all except to draw a city.

^^^ This

I even tried to run out of money and failed. The Milestones are too overpowered with cash rewards. The loan system is pointless, you don't even need to use a loan at all.

CS1 had a fairly complex economy which offered a bit of a challenge early on. CS2 has just been streamlined and had it's economy stripped down to it's bare bones. Midway through the milestone progression you just get so bored because of how easy it is to be swimming in money.

[TheKillerChicken]

Cities Skylines I has these stupid and unneeded user-agent limits that no one asked for due to Colossal Order assuming everyone uses a PC from the mid-1990's. I do believe Cities Skylines II has those agent limits removed.

[General Zod ™]

Cs1 is fast no matter what. Cs2 is slower simulation at high pop. Both set at same population, cs1 blows cs2 out of the water on speed and simulation stability. Cs1 has better everything except the realism effect.

[Terry Lao]

CS1 is a great game, because CS1 has the steam workshop. CS2 also is a great game if CS2 also can be open the steam workshop.