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Summary: Not Well Supported
Review: While the game itself is quite good. I enjoy playing my copy of the game, and still find new interest and challenges of running cities. The replay value should be obvious as there is no "end goal" to meet, though there are "rewards" along the way. There are several problems, however, particularly when compared to Sim City 2000. First, there are no scenarios. That is a pity because the scenarios often enhanced the value of the game. Second, you cannot for your own landform in the New City mode before you start the game (again, unlike SC2000). Both of these problems were later corrected for the later cousin of the game: Sim City 3000 Unlimited. Additionally, the online support is much better for Unlimited. The building downloads on the official website are minimal, and the building design tool is not supported by the basic game. Still, I will have to admit that 3000 is still a vast improvement over the previous version. The buildings are better designed, and they really do look different on different sides. Also, the graphics are much better over 2000, while they are not vastly improved in Unlimited (which is essentially the same game, with the additions above AND additional buildings). I would recommend that you do buy Unlimited over this version simply because of the vast number of updates. And, with the release of Sim City 4, it is highly unlikely that even the Unlimited website will stay up much into the future, and it certainly will not be supported any more.
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Summary: Manotinous
Review: Fun at first but gets old VERY fast and isnt worth your time get the unlimited version for like 3 or 4 bucks more and enjoy.
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Summary: THIS GAME ...
Review: THIS GAME ... ITS A VERY BORING GAME VERY DUMB
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Summary: Boring game
Review: I think this game is very boring don't get me wrong the tradgeys you can make are okay but this game is extremely boring its very complex and hard i personally don't like it.
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Summary: THE BEST GAME EVER
Review: THE GAME IS REALY COOL YOU GET TO BILD YOU OWN THINGS AND WATCH PEOPLE AND CARS DRIVING ON YOU ROADS AND PEOPLE WITH SHOPING BACKETS THE BEINGEN IS BORANG WHEN YOU MAKE YOU CITY BUT WHEN YOU FINISH IT IS REAL COOL BLEAVE ME YOU SHOULD BY THIS
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Summary: I terrace mountains into zonable areas while sleeping now
Review: Guess I'm playing too much? lol I've enjoyed this game for quite a while now, and have made some spectacular cities, from miniature, to large with populations of up to 4 million. You can experiment with all sorts of neighborhood designs, and terracing to produce very high land values.You're responsible for managing power, water, trash disposal, transportation, providing parks, managing taxes(and, yes, your sims will complain no matter how low the taxes are), deciding wether or not you should accept your neighbors trash for extra income, or wether you should pay your neighbors to take your trash.....also proposals will come for toxic waste disposal plant, casino, gigamall, and a maximum security prison and each has a nice income attached, but has consequences for each which could cause your sims to riot and demand it's removal. You can also accept things like a university, military base, performing arts and stock exchange which benifit your sims, and can cause a few problems.....and other improvements which are quite costly to add, like a medical research facility, science center, theme park, nature park, lighthouse and a few others which are well worth the expense in the benifits to your city. My only complaints are that yes, running around your city having to find and destroy defunct water pumps, power plants, recycling centers and incenerators gets old after a while. Also a warning: you have the option to sell water and power to your neighbors if you have extra. I've never been able to keep these deals since at some point my city ends up running into the power I'm selling to the other city, and I'm assessed with a hefty cancelation fee before I even realise the deal is gone. A thorouly adictive and enjoyable game, I'm looking foward to seeing what new things are avalible in the new 4000 version.
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Summary: Good Game If You Have A Good Attention Span
Review: As the Mayor of your SimCity, you are tasked with building a city from scratch. Your primary objective is to make your Sims happy and increase the size and population of your city. SimCity 3000 is another in a long line of games from this genre. SimCity 3000 is a very good game overall. Good graphics, good sound, well designed interface. The game has a very short learning curve -- anyone can become an expert in 15 minutes. This is not at all to say that the game isn't complicated -- building a good city is a different matter. When you begin the game, your first task is to get your budget out of the red. THIS IS HARD. Many of my friends have been turned off of the game just after the first 30 minutes of play. But believe me, it's possible. After this step, the game becomes just plain fun. SimCity 3000 is challenging and funny. The only real flaw in the game is that it is possible to get bored with it. Once your city is built, you have nothing to do but create a disaster (fire, tornado, earthquake, UFO invasion, etc.) and try to rebuild. This takes a long time to happen, however. This game is good for a solid 3 months of entertainment minimum, and is well worth the price. Even a young child will enjoy this game. Highly Recommended.
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Summary: SimCity 4 will be better.
Review: If you haven't got SimCity 3000 yet than don't buy it. You will enjoy SimCity 4 which will be hitting shelfs in November.
The graphics are bad because they still used the SimVCity 2000 engine for it (although SimCity 2000 was much better). Trust me you will like SC4 better. You can import your sims and the game has a whole new 3D engine.
This game needs a bit of improvement. The fires are a bit yuck. And the buildings need some help. If you can't wait until November than just waiste your money and get it.
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Summary: Simcity 3000: the good and the not-so-good
Review: Simcity 3000 is a good simulation. The graphics are outstanding, the music is ok, it is fun to look down and see vehicles driving on the streets and the people walking around. Even the sound effects match with the specific area of the city you are looking at. For example, high-crime residential areas feature sporadic gunfire, rapid footsteps and the clanging of a chain-link fence. the bustling commercial areas feature heavy traffic noises and sirens, and industrial areas have heavy truck and machinery noises. You control the layout of the streets and the zoning. Then the city develops itself, according to land values and access to transportation. The not-so-good: When areas become blighted and buildings are abandoned, the buildings become black boarded-up boxes that no longer resemble the original building style-- for example, a twelve story apartment building, when abandoned, becomes a three-story black box with boarded-up windows. You cannot have suspension bridges cross above highways or city streets. ALL the streets intersect (no way to build overpasses, except highways crossing streets) There is no way to build elevated rail lines-- the railroad must cross every street at an intersection. Also, you are mostly restricted to a north-south street grid system Overall, this is a great game. I just felt like pointing out some flaws that might annoy some people.
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Summary: easy Game
Review: this is a fun game. You can choose the name of your city, mayor name, and difficulty level. the difficulty level determines how much money you have to build with. EASY: $50,000. MEDIUM: $20,000. HARD: This is hard! you have to make a thriving city in hard with a $10,000 LOAN WITH INTEREST!!! AHHH! but don't use all your money. You have to pay money for ordinances, utilities, funding, and loans. But you can get money from taxes, gambling, and some ordinances.
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