need city building games recomendations.

[LWS666]

sim city 4 is now on steam and i recently got into tropico 3 and i was going to buy it but i have a quad core processor and SC4 is very unstable on multicore computers, so i was wanting to know of any other good city building games.

 

[GonzoGamer]

The first one I got into was Utopia on the Intellivision. It was like competitive citybuilding but very very primitive. My favorite in my teen years was Act Raiser for the SNES: action platforming with citybuilding in between. Unfortunately those are the two not-obvious ones I know of. Worth checking out if you can but I think I want to keep my eyes on this thread as I?m sure there?s been another even better one since then.

 

[SnipErlite]

Sim City 2000 is the best Sim City of all time ^_^

 

[LWS666]

The first one I got into was Utopia on the Intellivision. It was like competitive citybuilding but very very primitive. My favorite in my teen years was Act Raiser for the SNES: action platforming with citybuilding in between. Unfortunately those are the two not-obvious ones I know of. Worth checking out if you can but I think I want to keep my eyes on this thread as I?m sure there?s been another even better one since then.

i was really meaning more modern games, as i don't have a SNES or intelivsion

 

[xxcloud417xx]

I heard Cities XL was good. Get it on Steam :

http://store.steampowered.com/app/35500/

Here is the upcoming version if you want to wait a bit:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/58510/

 

[Mekado]

sim city 4 is now on steam and i recently got into tropico 3 and i was going to buy it but i have a quad core processor and SC4 is very unstable on multicore computers, so i was wanting to know of any other good city building games.

Run it on a single core...

(assuming you're using Windows7)
start the game
ctrl-alt-delete
task manager
processes
find your simcity (probably SC4.exe or something like that)
right-click on the process
set affinity
uncheck 3 cores, leave only CPU0 checked

And voila, you're running the game single-core, without problems, helps a lot with apps that don't like multicores...

 

[Iwata]

If you like historical gaming, CivCity Rome is a really fun and well-designed city-building game, as is the classic Caesar III.

If not, then I'd suggest sticking to the classics,more specifically, to SimCity 2000.

 

[GonzoGamer]

The first one I got into was Utopia on the Intellivision. It was like competitive citybuilding but very very primitive. My favorite in my teen years was Act Raiser for the SNES: action platforming with citybuilding in between. Unfortunately those are the two not-obvious ones I know of. Worth checking out if you can but I think I want to keep my eyes on this thread as I?m sure there?s been another even better one since then.

i was really meaning more modern games, as i don't have a SNES or intelivsion

I know but I think you can download Act Raiser if you have a Wii. Utopia was great in the 70s but is about as sophisticated as a cell phone game from 10 years ago.
I just wanted to keep track of your thread so I can check in and find one for myself.

 

[LWS666]

sim city 4 is now on steam and i recently got into tropico 3 and i was going to buy it but i have a quad core processor and SC4 is very unstable on multicore computers, so i was wanting to know of any other good city building games.

Run it on a single core...

(assuming you're using Windows7)
start the game
ctrl-alt-delete
task manager
processes
find your simcity (probably SC4.exe or something like that)
right-click on the process
set affinity
uncheck 3 cores, leave only CPU0 checked

And voila, you're running the game single-core, without problems, helps a lot with apps that don't like multicores...

do i have to do this every time i start it up or just once?

 

[Mekado]

sim city 4 is now on steam and i recently got into tropico 3 and i was going to buy it but i have a quad core processor and SC4 is very unstable on multicore computers, so i was wanting to know of any other good city building games.

Run it on a single core...

(assuming you're using Windows7)
start the game
ctrl-alt-delete
task manager
processes
find your simcity (probably SC4.exe or something like that)
right-click on the process
set affinity
uncheck 3 cores, leave only CPU0 checked

And voila, you're running the game single-core, without problems, helps a lot with apps that don't like multicores...

do i have to do this every time i start it up or just once?

You'd have to do it everytime, these settings don't "save", works fine though, and it takes about 10 seconds to do.

 

[LWS666]

You'd have to do it everytime, these settings don't "save", works fine though, and it takes about 10 seconds to do.

ok, i just googled it and you can set this through a desktop shortcut and that saves. i'm probably gonna get SC4.

also, is cities XL 2011 really being released in 2 days? it might be better since it's a different developer.

 

[Mekado]

You'd have to do it everytime, these settings don't "save", works fine though, and it takes about 10 seconds to do.

ok, i just googled it and you can set this through a desktop shortcut and that saves. i'm probably gonna get SC4.

also, is cities XL really being released in 2 days? it might be better since it's a different developer.

Huh, i didn't know that, it seems you can put a command line in the shortcut to force it single-core everytime, very useful... There you go then.

As far as city-builders goes , Simcity holds the crown, Tropico's not bad, CitiesXL is subpar imo.

 

[Spacewolf]

immortal cities children of the nile was quite fun

 

[Neuromaster]

Not what you asked for, but if you just like the experience of building in general I'd recommend the Civilization series. Civ V has a free demo on Steam, and Civ IV (actually quite a different game) is only $20.

 

[Chal]

I heard Cities XL was good. Get it on Steam :

http://store.steampowered.com/app/35500/

Here is the upcoming version if you want to wait a bit:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/58510/

NO. NEVER get cities XL. i beta'd it and it was horrible. it is now DEFUNCT. you can only play single player but cities XL IS A CITY BUILDER MMO WITH FEATURES MISSING IN SINGLEPLAYER.

I'm in the same situation of looking for a city-builder, and I'm still curious about the new Cities XL. The first one was definitely a horrible failure, but the new devs dropped the ridiculous multiplayer concept entirely and did some clean up. I might wait for a few reviews first.

 

[omicron1]

Anno 1404 is good... Immortal Cities is very good. Caesar IV is a callback to the old Caesars, and is probably the best of the "Roman" city-builders. Grand Ages Rome is sort of a casual CB game (but it looks oh, so beautiful)... and Settlers 7 is also casual, but is afflicted with the abomination of UbiRM, so I wouldn't recommend it. Those are pretty much all the historical city builders of recent years; take your pick.