SimCity is finally arriving this week, and a number of early reviews have already hit the web; but has enough planning and development gone into this colossal construction?
Over on Metacritic, things are looking positive. The game holds a Metascore of 91 from 7 reviews, while Gamerankings features 92.5 percent for the PC-exclusive.
What are the critics actually saying though?
Eurogamer Sweden: 10/10
“A fantastic city simulation that meets all expectations. So perfectly balanced it makes it easy to pick up and enjoy, but proves to be very difficult to master. Funny, addictive and with great options for both co-operative and competitive online play – Sim City is a clear candidate for Game of the Year.”
Polygon: 9.5/10
“A near-perfect fusion of the classic simulation game with modern social and online play elements. It is in every way the fully realized evolution of the franchise and a much welcome iteration, perfectly engineered to dispense the maximum amount of fun in the most efficient way possible.”
AusGamers: 9.4/10
“What SimCity offers is so much potential for so much expanded and persistent gameplay that its mind-boggling. All I can actively offer you is what the game offers you upon firing up, and in that sense it’s a fricking addictive affair.”
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Gamereactor Sweden: 9/10
“EA has listened to the community, improved, brought back what was good, improved again and made the most marvelous city creator you could ever imagine.”
GamesBeat: 90/100
“It’s a joy to see SimCity return in a better form than it has ever been. It is wonderfully complex, but very easy to play. The title is a massive undertaking and it has come together beautifully overall.”
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XGN: 8.8/10
“The world’s biggest simulation franchise is back with a vengeance. We’ve all grown up playing SimCity, and it’s finally time to get back to living the life of a virtual city planner. Whether you play the game alone or with friends, SimCity proves to be a great deal of fun.”
Gamer.no: 8/10
“SimCity is a game you can lose yourself in for hours at a time. It’s a game where you can keep digging deeper and deeper in underlying systems and play a plethora of different ways. Mostly though, SimCity is a game where you can allow your creativity and organizational skills to work in tandem, just the way you wish.”
On a bit of a negative note, Youtuber Francis isn’t that happy with EA and Maxxis – check out his rant below:
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I have no issue with the game, it is amazingly complex and I really enjoy how the game plays. Have had no issues regarding servers. I installed the game, Origin ran an update and the SimCity launcher ran 2 updates, 2 insanely small updates and after that the play button turned green and been playing happily since. Oh wait I did have one server/web related issue. BT Games pre-order link to SimCity was broken, and so I called the shop to pre-order me a version, When I got there I was told I have to pay full price because they had no pre-order on the system for me. I phoned BT and the guy at head office just told me sorry can’t do anything about it. It’s no ones fault. You should have phoned me, next time phone me ok lol. How about next time I just pre-order and buy my games from Takealot or Kalahari. But other than that, great game and great experience so far.