Cities: Skylines

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Cities: Skylines
Cities Skylines Logo.png
Studio FinlandFinland Colossal Order
Publisher SwedenSweden Paradox Interactive
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 EuropeEurope March 10, 2015
platform Windows , macOS , Linux , Xbox One , PlayStation 4 , Nintendo Switch
Game engine Unity
genre City building simulation
Game mode Single player
control Mouse , keyboard , gamepad
system advantages
preconditions
medium Download , DVD
language English , German
copy protection Steamworks
Age rating
USK released from 0
PEGI recommended from 3 years

Cities: Skylines is a city ​​planning simulation published on March 10, 2015 by the Finnish developer Colossal Order , who previously developed Cities in Motion and Cities in Motion 2 . Like Cities in Motion, Publisher is Paradox Interactive . The Xbox One edition of the game was released on April 21, 2017, and the PlayStation 4 version followed on August 15, 2017.

Gameplay

In Cities: Skylines the development of a city is simulated, taking into account various factors such as crime , the environment , taxes , traffic flow and formation . The player can build on an undeveloped landscape at the start with the help of various buildings and zones. There are three different types of zones in the game, including residential, commercial and industrial zones. There are residential and commercial areas with low and high density. The workplaces are divided into industry and offices. In addition, the player can specify other districts, for. B. to promote the oil industry or agriculture. The appearance of the city or district changes depending on the setting of the parameters.

Roads can be shaped straight or freely. The network for the different zones is based on the course of the road. There are different street types (e.g. avenues) and street sizes (from gravel paths to highways) that have different effects on property prices and noise pollution.

In addition to roads, the player can also build metro lines, trains, airports and cargo ports, as well as tram lines, ferries, monorails, taxi stands, cable cars and zeppelin stations using various addons.

In Cities: Skylines the player can create his own maps with the help of the map editor and then play them. This means that real landscapes can also be reproduced.

Mods

For the game, players are developing numerous modifications that can be downloaded from the Steam distribution platform . These range from new building and vehicle models to new built-up or undeveloped maps to programs that precisely show the traffic flow of the simulated citizens. Management programs have also been developed which make it possible to coordinate traffic light regulations based on the extracted traffic information in such a way that a smooth flow of traffic is possible.

reception

reviews
publication Rating
GameStar 89%
IGN 8.5 / 10
Meta-ratings
GameRankings 85.85%
Metacritic 86%

The game received mostly positive reviews. It has a meta rating of 86% on Metacritic , based on 45 ratings from specialist magazines, and a player rating of 9.2 based on over 800 reviews from users.

“Cities: Skylines proves to be the best urban planning simulation in a long time. Especially because the developers are finally taking the 'simulation' in the genre name seriously again. "

- GameStar

"'Cities: Skylines' [...] leads amateur architects back to their roots."

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Over 250,000 copies of the game were sold within 24 hours, and over a million units were sold by April 15, 2015. By March 2016, the number of units sold had increased to two million. In March 2017, publisher Paradox Interactive reported sales of more than 3.5 million copies of the game. In March of the following year, the mark of 5 million copies was reached, in March 2019 sales of over 6 million copies were reported.

In 2019, Cities Skylines - Das Brettspiel, an analogue board game implementation of the game by the Swedish game designer Rustan Håkansson , was published by Kosmos Spiele in German and English and by IELLO in French.

Extensions

No. title publication description Metascore GameRankings
1 After Dark September 24, 2015

In addition to the eponymous introduction of a day / night system via patch, other innovations have been added, such as urban taxis , bicycles , prisons , new streets, specializations and new leisure activities.

79 81.11%
2 Snowfall February 18, 2016

In addition to the introduction of a weather system with rain and fog by patch, other innovations are also included, such as new winter maps with snow , an improved transport system, the tram as an additional means of transport, new buildings and snow plows .

72 75.80%
3 Natural disasters 29th November 2016 In addition to the introduction of natural disasters such as B. Meteorite impacts , there will be an early warning system and evacuation plans . In addition, a scenario mode is to be added, in which players can create their own challenges. Radio stations are also included. 80 81.43%
4th Mass transit 18th May 2017 This expansion is primarily dedicated to the city's transportation system. Other new transport systems such as ferries , monorails , and cable cars are also being added. There are also additional buildings within which citizens can change transport systems, for example. There are also other scenarios whose challenges are the transport systems. 78 76.67%
5 Concerts 17th August 2017 Concerts can be organized. Furthermore it is now possible to set up a radio station .
6th Green cities 19th October 2017 There are over 350 new objects, such as eco-friendly buildings, electric cars and new parks. 75.00%
7th Parklife May 24, 2018 This expansion adds theme parks, new buildings, and new area guidelines. New sightseeing buses and hiking tours are intended to boost tourism. Buildings can now also be built next to park paths, not just on streets. 75.00%
8th Industries 23 October 2018 With this extension, value chains for the four raw materials can be processed. In addition, a postal service, a cargo airport and new guidelines will be introduced. There are also five new cards. 79 78.75%
9 campus May 21, 2019 This extension enables the construction of university campuses with different buildings, depending on the focus of the university. Also new are the library, school bus and job title of the Cims. 74 75.00%
10 Sunset Harbor March 26, 2020 This expansion adds the fishing industry , new options for mass transportation, as well as other urban services. These include a flying club and an overland bus service that enables transit between cities. The expansion also brings five new cards.

There are also numerous radio station extensions and building style extensions available from the Steam Store.

Web links

Individual evidence

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