60 Hours Of Playing Sim City Since Launch

Tonight I hit the 60 hour mark of playing Sim City.  I know initially the game had its problems, but the last few days have been quite uneventful for me.  No crashes, lost cities, or nothing.  It has been running super smooth which was a bit surprising with it being the weekend.

I hit some milestones with my cities today.  My first city which is poorly made somehow has finally reached 300k population.  My second city hit 150k, and my third city is barely even growing right now.

I somehow have to figure out in my third city how to make all the things I need for my great works, or my whole region will basically be a bust.  I read my prima guide so hopefully I can manage to figure it out.

There are still some unexplained things in the game.  I was at around 275k population for hours, and than out of the blue my power bar went from overage to about 200 below.  It was almost the doom of my city.  I had only one option, and that was to build nuke power.

It really sucked because my whole city was going belly up, and I couldn't make money to build the nuke plant fast enough.  Somehow I managed, and got rid of some of my space eating solar power, and wind power plants.

I think the education costs are a little bit excessive.  It costs me at least 15k an hour to have a University, High school, and grade school.  It has stolen every penny of profit I can make.  My previous cities were rolling in the dough, but all three of my cities now can barely make ends meet.

Here are some screenshots of my cities right now.

I Played Sim City For Over 8 Hours Tonight

Finally I was able to play Sim City.  I played for a little over 8 hours tonight.  My city finally came to life, and by the end of the night I pretty much bankrupted my city.

It has been so long since I have played Sim City I am still learning as I go.  I still don't think I have everything figured out in the game.

I have figured one thing out though.  The cities are way too small.  As you progress in the game you realize how much space everything takes.  Initially you plop down city hall, and I soon figured out I should have left tons of space around it.  You have to be able to add all the department of education, transportation, utilities, and etc to it eventually as your city is upgraded.  I wasted a ton of money on stuff because I ended up having to bulldoze it to make room for other stuff.

It continues with the space issues.  You may initially plop down a few water towers, but as your water demand grows, and you put in a water plant it takes up an enormous amount of space,  Once again you are wasting money building, bulldozing, and rebuilding.

The hospitals are the same way.  Eventually you have to add ambulance bays, patient wings, labs, research, and etc.  You just run out of room for everything.,

I made the mistake of putting my streets too close together so many areas of my city couldn't grow.  Initially I didn't understand how it worked I guess, but once I figured it out it was too late.  Most of my houses didn't have enough space to turn into high rise apartment buildings.

The crazy thing is some stuff really takes up a ton of space.  I tried to add a pro sports stadium, and it felt like it was taking up 25% of my city.  It just doesn't make sense how you can make a functioning city out of each small city plot in a region.

I guess the point is to build up all the cities around you, and each city specializes in one thing.   I guess one city is industrial, one commercial, one residential, one tourist stuff, and so on.  It is the only way I see it working properly.

Anyways I pretty much run my city to the ground, and I am going to have to start a new city today after I wake up now that it is almost 5am, and I need to get some sleep.


Here is a video of me showing some of the above examples.

My First Few Hours Playing Sim City

I finally pulled the trigger on a new game.  I have been in a gaming slump lately, and I think Sim City may be reviving it.  I haven't played Sim City since the original which has to be at least ten years ago, or more.  I can't believe how much it has changed.

I sat through the tutorial, and did I mention I hate tutorials?  I just wanted to play the game.  I have to say I was a bit overwhelmed.  I haven't played for so long everything seemed complicated.  I picked a region, and a city spot in that region.  It seems that now you can play public, and random people can build cities next to you.  It seems pretty cool, but no one has joined mine yet.

I really have no idea what I am doing.  I started by building some roads, and residential areas.  I never have seen so many choices for roads.  I just picked low density since it was a housing neighborhood.  It seems to work, but we will see.

I threw up a small industrial plot to create some jobs, but I think it was a little too small of an area.

Suddenly I get alerts for power, water, town hall, police, fire, hospitals, and more.  I really started to get overwhelmed.  I just started plopping them down almost anywhere.  I am sure there is a rhyme, and reason to everything but for now I am just trying to get a feel for the game.

I make some commercial areas, but it seems they are small little fast food joints, and stuff.  It was a little disappointing since I made the area along one of the shorelines.

I am thinking I am figuring out that as your city progresses houses, and things start to be upgraded, high rises built and etc.  At least that is what I am thinking since I don't seem to have any options to start off with them.

I am a little stumped right now because to unlock some things it says I need a safety resource in my city.  I have tried to figure it out, and I guess maybe it just happens in time.

Right now I have to say my city is a hot mess.  The planning is horrible, and I am still trying to figure everything out.  The tutorial barely explained anything in the game at least it feels that way.   It looks like I am going to have to buy the Brady guide to help me figure this all out.

Even with all my frustrations I am really enjoying the game.  It is always fun playing these types of strategy games.

Here is a video of my current city.  As you can see I won't be winning any awards any time soon.