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Cities Skylines sells 500,000 copies
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Crimsonclaw111
Member
Somebody apparently already built San Andreas.
http://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-mod-completely-recreates-gtavs-los-santos/
There are 11,407 items in the Steam workshop right now, and a few mods which significantly improve the gameplay. Seems like it's a good idea to provide a full API!
No idea about incorporating any of them though.
OrlanisWorks
Banned
Probably one of the best games I've bought in years and hot damn if it isn't actually working at launch. 
Much congratz to the devs. They did a fantastic job with this game.
Much congratz to the devs. They did a fantastic job with this game.
Absolutely deserves it.
This feels like the true successor to Simcity as it was. It's really quite fun, the mod scene is great and will only grow. Very happy to see the game succeed, word of mouth is nothing short of excellent and reviews (yes they do sell games despite what some say) shine as well.
Would love to see it eventually outsell the last SC game.
This feels like the true successor to Simcity as it was. It's really quite fun, the mod scene is great and will only grow. Very happy to see the game succeed, word of mouth is nothing short of excellent and reviews (yes they do sell games despite what some say) shine as well.
Would love to see it eventually outsell the last SC game.
I think a lot of us (I'm guilty of this as well) underestimate how powerful a positive reaction from the community can be.
Certainly gives hope for smaller projects. Glad to see it.
bearythebear
Member
I was worried about this genre after SimCity 2013 came out. It takes very specialized skills to make a game with heavy amounts of simulation. It's not like a platformer in which you only really need a programmer and an artist to make something amazing.
It's amazing that a "small team" was able to pull this off. And they needed 20 people to make it.
It's amazing that a "small team" was able to pull this off. And they needed 20 people to make it.
MrCunningham
Member
Apparently one of the former Maxis employee's who developed for Sim City 2013 is contributing models to the Steam Workshop for this game.
Clint from LGR points this out in his latest video.
There are so many good mods that I start a city one day and by the end of that day, there are enough good/better mods out there that I want to restart a new one to use them.
Time that Colossal Order took some former maxis workers there. Funny to see this and pretty cool though.
9 people there now at 13 what i have been reading last time.
Delta Assault
Member
This is what happens when you actually have Cities in your title and you let people build cities.
razgriz417
Member
Glad to hear this game is doing well, would pick this up if i wasnt knee deep into MH4U and have Type 0 and Bloodborne showing up soon. Def gonna pick this up over the summer (steam sale?) when there's more of drought
Prototype Viktor
Member
The require their costumers to plug their BlackBerry's into their PC to handle the power requirements
Karspankey
Banned
Buying this soon! Glad to see it's doing so well!
chrominance
Member
It's not complete, though--there are a few things marked as "not yet allowed," mainly replacing car and people models. Weirdly, these are the things I want to make assets for (alongside buildings, which are possible). Yesterday, in the shower, I came up with the greatest idea ever that would rely on both vehicle and people assets: a PARADE MOD. Random parades happening in your city! It would be AMAZING and I want to start making it NOW.
eot
Banned
Ihanaa leijonat!
Tunned
Member
Well deserved! I love this game, already got my money's worth, and not stopping any time soon.
It is a well polished game too, runs great on my almost 5 year old system with a GTX480, a i7 930 CPU and 6GB RAM (4GB usable). I have a growing city with over 100k people, and the game runs like a charm.
For people who are on the fence, BUY IT NOW!
It is a well polished game too, runs great on my almost 5 year old system with a GTX480, a i7 930 CPU and 6GB RAM (4GB usable). I have a growing city with over 100k people, and the game runs like a charm.
For people who are on the fence, BUY IT NOW!
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Bought the game today after reading so many of the positive impressions and the GB Quick Look.
The game is really great so far and its just fun! The fact that there are so many mods already is simply awesome. Really happy to see a smaller developer get it right when you have the big ones like EA completely dropping the ball on these kind of under served genres.
The game is really great so far and its just fun! The fact that there are so many mods already is simply awesome. Really happy to see a smaller developer get it right when you have the big ones like EA completely dropping the ball on these kind of under served genres.
The day this game's sales surpass those of Sim City 2013 will be a good day for videogames. And I think it will likely happen rather soon. The modding scene alone will give this game legs. And I mean, long legs. This game might well become the city builder to play for the next decade or so.
Congratulations to the team! It's good to see that success comes to those that don't try to rip off and deceive gamers.
Congratulations to the team! It's good to see that success comes to those that don't try to rip off and deceive gamers.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
does this have future stuff like fusion power and arcologies?
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Totally agree. And to the bolded, I wish more developers would support mods. They really can add so much to a PC game. Its funny since you look at how SimCity 2013 had lukewarm mod support and then something like Dragon Age: Inquisition is so unfriendly to mod. If EA had their own equivalent to Steam Workshop for those sorts of games, they'd extend the lives of those games by so much! Seems so myopic not to support the modding community for those sorts of games that naturally seem suited for mods.
Sportbilly
Member
YEAH. Dungeon Keeper in the sewers and Zoo Tycoon in the parks as well.
aspiegamer
Member
Dear, EA--
Fuck you. No extra reason to say this right now, but every time I see news for this game it's the first thing that comes to mind.
There's no such thing as Skylines having oversold until they could literally buy out EA and reform Maxis to make future city-builders along side with.
Fuck you. No extra reason to say this right now, but every time I see news for this game it's the first thing that comes to mind.
There's no such thing as Skylines having oversold until they could literally buy out EA and reform Maxis to make future city-builders along side with.
Basileus777
Member
The community manager has created Steam lists of recommended mods. So it looks like they are at least attempting some curation to promote the better mods.
It's 20 now, I think it was 13 earlier this year and 9 people mid-late last year. Still really tiny compared to Maxis which had 110 people on the dev team.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I know myself and many others are definitely keeping an eye out for this too, just waiting for the summer sale while we work through our backlogs.
Damn...
how is it for people with macbook pro retina 15" model?
I have i7 2.3Ghz, 1gb GT650m and 8gb ram.
SolicitorPirate
Member
Got a feeling this is going to be an evergreen title. The lifetime sales are going to be amazing.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Most people here got the game for $21 or less even before launch.
garginator850
Banned
That's awesome. I hope Paradox can continue making bigger and better games now.
Immortal Technique
Member
Really good to see that a game can move that many units just by being awesome.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
It looks excellent. The API is very open, so much so that there is a subreddit dedicated to looking over people's code so that there isn't anything malicious in it.
In one week, there are more mods and better mods than SimCity had ever.