SimCity Societies
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of SimCity Societies
Customer Review: Pretty Good
Summary: 4 Stars
I like this game, which should be obvious because I gave it four stars. The biggest complaint I heard from reading the reviews is that its too easy. I'm not a big gamer, I like the easy stuff so this is right up my alley. I liked Sim City 4 but I could never figure it out, I always wanted skyscrapers but I never could get them and I could rarely go very long without going bankrupt but with SimCity Societies I can play with little limitations. I can play where I have unlimited money and where all building are unlocked and I can build the exact type of building I want. The only thing is where you have to try to keep Authority, Prosperity, Creativity, Knowledge, Productivity and Spirituality over 0, or in the green. You do this by creating buildings that "provide" these things, but some also "consume" these things. It's kind of confusing to explain, you have to see it.
Another thing I've read about is problems with it using/needing too many system requirements, so make sure you check those before you buy it.
And some people complain that its too different from Sim City 4 these are the only big differences I see, and some of them are good
- there are no more zones
-you don't NEED to put in water and garbage
-you get to manually put each building in
-less road choices! this is kind of annoying, all there is are dirt (country) road and roads (in Sim City 4 it is referred to as avenues)
-you can't drive through your town! I hate that this is no longer an option, I loved driving through
-your only transit opinion are bus stops and subways (I'm okay with this, in Sim City 4 my citizens never used any transit stations I put in anyway atleast now they use them!)
-you have your choice of workplaces, homes, decorations, and venues. You need to have enough venues so that people can stay happy and keep going to work
-a million people don't live in one house like Sim City 4! this used to annoy me so much, now its much more realistic
So I really liked this game, but it's not right for people who aren't for those easy simulation games
Customer Review: waste of time
Summary: 1 Stars
Overall this game has completely disappointed me. I've been playing Sims 2 and the Civilization series for a very long time and so I've really grown to love management and development games. One of my friends suggested i look into Simcity because it falls in more of a middle area between the two game types.
Unfortunately i started with simcity societies. This game seems like a very simple game where the only real point is to drop random buildings down and try to create one of 6 ideal society types. The buildings have no real relation to one another. For instance if i put a trash collecting plant down it really has no effect on anything especially the cleanliness of the city. If i put a burger joint down versus a tanning salon there is no real difference accept that one may make more money then the other.
You never feel like your managing a living breathing city which really should be the goal. You can't really make any personal touches to anything. And by the end of it all you've earned is a trophy or two that don't give anything worthwhile and an empty feeling that you tend to get after wasting alot of time doing absolutely nothing,
Hopefully this series dies with this one or moves back to its roots and dumps the current development team.
Customer Review: A so-so game
Summary: 3 Stars
I ended up selling this game to some one. It's decent and definately has better graphics than the past sim cities. However, I found the game play to be poor and generally boring. Once I created the city, it got boring really fast. I think it could use more mini games or something like that. Buy it and play it. But you may get sick of it quicker than you think.Customer Review: Don't Buy This Game
Summary: 1 Stars
You know, I loved all of the Simcity games and didn't hesitate when I saw this sitting on the shelf. I won't bore you with a lengthy description, just read the lengthy review of the guy before me - I agree with everything he said exactly spot on. I'll add a bit though, if you are like me, and absolutely annoyed with our media and government hammering us with that "Global Warming" hoax you won't be disappointed in this game. As soon as I saw that my city (which functioned completely on hydrogen power) was causing natural disasters in other parts of the world I turned it off. The final insult from EA on this flaming-turd of a game? It won't uninstall. Thanks EA, I'll spend the next three hours of my Sunday afternoon trying to get your propaganda filled, virus-like software cleansed from my system. Too bad EA doesn't sell digital disinfectant.Customer Review: Patch #5 and still not working correctly
Summary: 1 Stars
There's not much I can add to what has already been said about this game. It is very easy to play and looks good, but other than that I can't recommend it. Not to mention the fact that we are now up to patch #5 and it STILL doesn't work right. I have a brand new, fully loaded for gaming computer. In the past I could play for about an hour, then it would crash to the desktop. With the latest patch I get about 30 minutes and the game freezes for no apparent reason. It doesn't seem to matter what I'm doing. In fact, it has frozen when I wasn't even touching the mouse. At least before it crashed to the desktop, but with the freezing it is a little more complicated to get out of it without restarting the computer, but it can be done through the Task Manager.
Overall, I personally feel that this game is a total ripoff. They keep trying to add new features with each patch to make it more fun, but I see little or no improvement in the playbility even if it didn't crash/freeze constantly. Pass this one up.