Pretentious title for ambitious city planners

The concept of the classic Sim City revolves known to build and manage a city, from laying the infrastructural foundations and the definition of areas for the three possible stakeholder groups (residential, commercial and industrial areas) on the provision of public services through etc. for the creative design with emblem

In Sim City 4 of these "micro-urban" part of the game takes again the crucial role, added, however, the "macro urban" dimension, which enables the same to create an entire region with mutliplen, contiguous cities and among themselves in complex relationship with bring. So not only goods but also labor in the form of inter-urban commuters are exchanged when the player has created the appropriate requirements (public transport)

The aim of the game is to create a prosperous city / region in which the city treasury (n) fills from period to period (/ - s), the inhabitants are supplied with work, shopping, schools, fire protection, etc., the Commercial just as with orders and customer bursting etc. True fans publish their cities at that time on the Internet to let you admire from your peers.

In order to create and manage such a city can, represents SimCity 4 players in addition to the city proper construction tools a whole range of instruments at its disposal that allow a healthy growth can be ensured.

So the tax burden of different regions can be determined individually in order to influence their demand or expansion and mainly due to the tax revenues of the city.

Analysis tools help, among other things, unmet need for certain public services to identify (eg, fire protection  firefighters cover) to then eventually to take appropriate action.

The resulting game depth can become overwhelming and thus a deterrent because in fact a certain time is needed to find 4 a serious access to Sim City. But as soon as this effort was invested, paid the game with high long-term motivation through never-ending possibilities for micro and macro optimization, growth and creative freedom.

The technique of SimCity 4 is compared to games of the same genre outstanding, though not quite on the amount of time (Sim City 5 leaves as hope). Nonetheless allows very nice graphics and the underlying engine to the player, from observations in the city to draw conclusions about positive developments or problems in the city to make (eg a significant visible group of striking teachers in front of a school or jams on congested roads) and the appropriate measures to take.

A well-occupied RAM memory bank - In order to play Sim City 4 reasonable, especially a recommended! Experience has shown that the RAM capacity is the critical factor - even at only 512 MB relatively long loading times during the game are needed. From 1024MB RAM should you have any more problems. With graphics card and processor itself nowadays ranges consistent performance.

In conclusion: SimCity 4 is a great game with unrivaled depth and a healthy demand for the cognitive abilities of the player. There are departures only during relatively difficult start (due to more complex but partially undeclared or non-obvious interdependencies within the city) and the high RAM requirement. SimCity 4 is no match for zwischenurch, but a serious alternative for rainy vacation days.

One last tip - if you want delve deeper, more influence, more Analsyse-Werkzeugem, more depth, which was warmly recommended the expansion pack Rush Hour. This allows, among other things, the main logistical flows (labor / goods) to display for any object (for residential, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, roads, railways ...) in order to identify corresponding problems etc. Really recommendable!