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- Platform: Windows 7 / Vista / XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 7 and Over
- Media: Software Download
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Product Description
Product Description
The defining city simulation is back! Create the city you desire and make the choices that shape your city and power the Sims within it. Every decision, big or small, has real consequences. Invest in heavy industry and your economy will soar - but at the expense of your Sims' health as pollution spreads. Implement green technology and improve your Sims’ lives while risking higher taxes and unemployment. Team up with your friends to solve global challenges: launch a space shuttle, reduce carbon emissions, or build magnificent wonders.
- Constructible Worlds - Creative and customizable world that offers unique gameplay benefits, all with a fun tactile interface.
- Sims Matter - The Sims in your city speak to you directly and it's up to you to respond to their needs. Will you listen and be the toast of the town? Or abuse your power for fame and fortune?
- Specialize in What You Love - Mold your city as a casino resort, manufacturing hub, educational enclave, and more, and then watch as a unique look and feel spread throughout your city.
- Multiplayer - Build a region with friends for the first time! Collaborate or compete in regional and global challenges and make decisions that impact the greater SimCity World.
- GlassBox Engine - SimCity introduces GlassBox, the revolutionary simulation technology that gives you the power to impact individual Sims lives, manage city level simulation, and balance multiple city simulations at once
Requires Origin Client to activate.
System Requirements
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better or Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or betterOperating System: Windows XP/Vista/7
RAM: 2GB RAM
Hard Drive: 10GB HD Space
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 2x00 or better*, nVidia 7800 or better*, Intel Series 4 integrated graphics or better*
Broadband Internet: Minimum 256 kbps download, 64 kbps upload
*Minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM and Shader 3.0 or better support.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By sirmascot
Amazon Verified Purchase
I was one of EA’s biggest critics when they brought this game out last year with ‘small’ cities, the constant online requirement and the necessity to co-operate with others online annoyed me. I recently started re-playing simcity 4 but it kept crashing on windows 8.1. Then someone recommended Anno 2070, which is fine if you like water and a linear plot line, but it didn’t fill the craving. So I decided to take the plunge and purchase the basic game of SimCity 5. Best decision I ever made, yes EA are greedy (just look at Dungeon Keeper mobile for further proof), but they know how to make a good game that sucks you in and is very atmospheric. Here is what I found:
1. You can play solo, you just make your region private and build all the cities yourself. Or just invite your friends.
2. No server issues now, I was able to play whenever I wanted for as long as I wanted.
3. You will enjoy the cooperation between cities, and like me will probably want to coop after a bit.
4. Yes the cities aren’t huge, but then you specialise in one city and build another for different things. For instance you can have a university in one city that serves the region and mining in another city to serve the region. You can even have one large police station or fire service to serve the entire region, this frees up space in other cities.
5. There are regions where everyone has to cooperate to build a massive project, like a space station or international airport. This will take resources from all the cities so a lot of solo effort or team work required.
6. You can follow every sim and ask them for opinions. Responding to their requests appeals to the god like responsibility of being the mayor (in a God game). Read more ›
1. You can play solo, you just make your region private and build all the cities yourself. Or just invite your friends.
2. No server issues now, I was able to play whenever I wanted for as long as I wanted.
3. You will enjoy the cooperation between cities, and like me will probably want to coop after a bit.
4. Yes the cities aren’t huge, but then you specialise in one city and build another for different things. For instance you can have a university in one city that serves the region and mining in another city to serve the region. You can even have one large police station or fire service to serve the entire region, this frees up space in other cities.
5. There are regions where everyone has to cooperate to build a massive project, like a space station or international airport. This will take resources from all the cities so a lot of solo effort or team work required.
6. You can follow every sim and ask them for opinions. Responding to their requests appeals to the god like responsibility of being the mayor (in a God game). Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By JP Morrissey
Amazon Verified Purchase
It's initially good fun to play, but the fact that cities are so small and limited in size, and wit no terrain editor to create your own maps it become a little boring quite quickly. After a week I was bored of it having built some nice cities.
It's also seems to be not as in depth as previous version. Still waiting for ta offline mode to keep me amused when on the train.
It's also seems to be not as in depth as previous version. Still waiting for ta offline mode to keep me amused when on the train.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By brad
Amazon Verified Purchase
wont load or even attempt to open, seriously the ea help line are useful as chocolate teapots.....how do i get refund
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Samuel
Amazon Verified Purchase
the map sizes are too small and theres only 1 road in or out the city is why I give it 3 stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Steve Penny
Amazon Verified Purchase
The game play is great, having people coming from other cities to spend and make money in yours is cool, and with so many ways to specialise. The only down side is my laptop graphics card isn't fast enough so I've had to lower the graphics! But they are still impressive! Definitely a worthwhile purchase
By IanA
Amazon Verified Purchase
The classic city simulator with a modern online play element to it. Great game and now I've finally upgraded my graphics card I can finally play it smoothly :)
By J. Eames
So disappointing, waited this long till after launch to review incase it got better, I feel so sad EA killed my favorite game series
By Shuggy
Amazon Verified Purchase
It works with Windows 8.1, the gameplay is okay but the area you can build on for your city really needs to be at least 3 times the size. Once you work out where your resources are and build the required buildings to extract the Oil, Coal or Water from these reserves then it doesn't leave much room for building your city. The one thing I don't like is you can't pump water from the sea to make sure you have an endless supply of water. You pop a pumping station down on a good reserve of water in your water table and its not long before you begin to "run dry" beneath that station, so you have to build more in other areas...eventually the water runs out and you will have to buy from your neighbours...even if you have the sea right there in your area. In Sim City 4 you could pump water from the sea but you can't do it in this version.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good but repetitive
It is a good game don't get me wrong but once you play it for a few hours/days it can get slightly boring. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Cameron Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good game Love it
Recommend For any one who love sim city strategy game (City-Building Simulation), The game is considered to be a reboot of the SimCity series Unlike previous games in the series,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Omar Altaway
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
I must say this game really helped me with my geography and is very simple to understand. Only improvement is it could have more activities then just the one thing. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Amira
1.0 out of 5 stars
Won't work
I'm stunned that I have to write this, but it just won't work. played it one evening, and the next it just won't work. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tris Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it
I love this game and I am always playing it. you can play with people around the world too. the only down side is that its always online so you must have an internet connection,... Read more
Published 2 months ago by PebbleOsc
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun game, lives up to the Sims reputation
This was a great example of the Simcity line. The most impressive element is the dynamics between other cities where players can support each other and work as a team to boost the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Nazgrim
1.0 out of 5 stars
Buyer Beware - Problems With Origin
Purchased this, entered the serial number into my Origin account and the game appeared in "My Games". Read more
Published 2 months ago by N. Cronin
1.0 out of 5 stars
DRM
For a single player game to be always online is BS 1 star.
Do not buy this game, this is the kind of thing we (gamers) need to discourage!
Do not buy this game, this is the kind of thing we (gamers) need to discourage!
Published 2 months ago by SOul
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