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Cities XL

Monte Cristo · Oct 9, 2009

PC

Everyone

About

Cities XL is a next-generation city building game that allows players to develop cities on realistic 3D maps using an incredible collection of unique structures and monuments based on American, Asian and European-influenced architectural styles. The maps feature a variety of environments: mountains, hills, canyons, beaches and islands, all set in different climates from tropical to desert, Mediterranean to temperate. Players must create the right combinations of social services, leisure activities, special events and other job opportunities within their cities in order to feed, clothe, employ and entertain their citizens.

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Critic 7.0 (8 critics) · Gamer 5.6

6.7

Critic reviews

  • GameSpot

    Brett Todd · Oct 16, 2009

    6.0
    The single-player mode has clearly been manipulated to nudge gamers toward the MMO-styled subscription plan, which doesn't offer great bang for the buck at present. Serious improvements will have to be made to the online features to make Planet mode viable for the long term. So right now you're stuck with an unremarkable and rather conventional city-building game that's big on promises but has yet to make good on most of them.
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  • IGN

    Jon Habib · Oct 14, 2009

    8.1
    We encourage you to give the demo a shot before committing to it. The future is bright for Cities XL, but it's doubtful that it's bright enough to dethrone SimCity 4 as the preferred city-building simulation.
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