While some gamers are complaining that the new UI is not up to snuff, I personally find it a significant improvement over the previous versions. When looking at Cities XL the user interface was very similar to what you would find in something like SimCity, being light-blue and a bit bulbous, the latest user interface in Cities XXL has received a black, flat, and semi-transparent look. As your cities get larger and far more attractive, the performance of Cities XXL will drop considerably I found that tweaking the graphics to a more medium-ish setting allowed me the most stability while not looking all that bad. Setting the graphics to the maximum setting will absolutely increase the quality of textures (especially the roads), however, the engine is so poorly optimized that your framerate will drop significantly and frequent crashing will occur. They do not look terrible, but they certainly look like they came from a 10-year old game. You have the ability to zoom in to street level, which is actually pretty neat, however the citizen models are fairly bland and do not even get me started on the simplicity and low-quality vehicle models. Given the outrage and controversy surrounding Cities XXL’s release, the review that we will be giving today will try to be from the point of view of someone that is new to the franchise (though that will likely be very difficult), in hopes to show whether or not Cities XXL is something that new gamers should or should not invest in read on for our take on the latest release in the Cities lineup.Ĭities XXL is not a terrible looking game, though it is a bit difficult to find the right camera distance where it is easy to discern the different types of zones that you have placed. Learn from the mistakes and move on, and that goes to both the developers as well as the gamers.

On the other hand, shame on Focus Home for deceiving its fan-base you would not be where you are today without your fans. While fans of the genre have reason to be upset, stop thinking that it is “all about you” and look at it from a business perspective Focus Home is here to make money, and a large portion of that income will come from new users. Included a video below that shows a portion of the game it is near

No changes to the game, simply a new sticker, I have even Label” boxes? Microsoft has done the same with it’s “Platinum Hits” With no changes … remember the old “black label” and the old “green There are plenty of other developers that have re-released a title,Ĭharged whatever they wanted, and moved on come to think of it, nearlyĮvery successful PlayStation One title was re-released at some point

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