- April 21, 2017
- Tantalus Media
Cities Skylines
Cities Skylines: Switch Edition is a serviceable city builder for Nintendo's portable wonder. However its graphical sluggishness, imprecise controls and lack of scenarios to complete dampens things somewhat.
Cities Skylines: Switch Edition is a serviceable city builder for Nintendo's portable wonder. However its graphical sluggishness, imprecise controls and lack of scenarios to complete dampens things somewhat.
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About Cities Skylines
Cities Skylines is a single player city builder game. It was developed by Tantalus Media and was released on April 21, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.
- Build the city of your dreams Bring on a smog-filled industrial revolution or create a quiet beach town ideal for tourists powered by renewable energy. Build it your way - Multi-tiered and challenging simulation Playing as the mayor of your city, you’ll be faced with balancing essential requirements such as education, water electricity and much more, along with your city’s economy. - Extensive l…
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- The graphics and required interaction are incredible, making the game addictive.
- It offers a great variety of options for building your city, appealing to fans of city-building games.
- The game has been well-received by younger players, keeping them engaged for hours.
- Balancing citizens' needs can be frustrating and may detract from the overall experience.
- The Xbox version does not port as well as the PC version, making controls less intuitive.
- Some players find the game boring and prefer other city-building games like the Tropico series.
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3 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe graphics are praised for their quality and aesthetic appeal, complemented by a user-friendly interface and extensive city-building options. However, players find the experience frustrating due to the less intuitive controls when using Xbox controllers compared to PC, particularly when it comes to creating smooth curves and roads.
“The graphics and required interaction are both incredible.”
“The graphics are great, the user interface is simple enough, and the options in building your city are fantastic.”
“Although the graphics are pretty, using Xbox controllers is not as intuitive as drag and drop on the PC, making it challenging to create smooth curves and roads.”
“Although the graphics are pretty, using Xbox controllers is not as intuitive as drag and drop on the PC, making it very challenging to create smooth curves and roads.”
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Cities: Skylines - Switch Edition Review
Cities Skylines: Switch Edition is a serviceable city builder for Nintendo's portable wonder. However its graphical sluggishness, imprecise controls and lack of scenarios to complete dampens things somewhat.
70%The sky’s the limit — Cities: Skylines Nintendo Switch Edition review
The depth on offer in Cities Skylines is staggering, which is why being able to pick that up and take it with you is so exceptional. There is a limit to how successfully the console version is able to emulate the PC experience, but it does a good enough job that I can’t recommend the game enough to the Switch owner hankering for a city building game for their favorite hybrid console.
80%Cities: Skylines – Nintendo Switch Edition Review
Words by Thomas McMullan
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Cities Skylines is a city builder game. Common tags for Cities Skylines include gaming.
Cities Skylines is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others.
Cities Skylines was released on April 21, 2017.
Cities Skylines was developed by Tantalus Media.
Cities Skylines has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked Cities Skylines for its graphics.
Cities Skylines is a single player game.
Similar games include Surviving Mars, Anno 1800, Planet Coaster, Cities in Motion 2, Cities in Motion and others.