

Having spent an extensive amount of time with Cities: Skylines, I think it represents the best switch to controller for a game of this type, maybe ever. This is the real kicker, and it's something I've been asked fairly frequently since we checked out the game at GDC 2017.

I think?īottom line: Cities: Skylines is tremendously fun, and if you were a fan of the classic SimCity-type games, you'll feel right at home here. My city, tentatively dubbed "Windows Central," has a lot of abandoned industries, shops that need customers, and dead people, but hey, my finances look good, so I must be doing something right. There are also various icons that aren't explained in-game, even when you use the inspection tool. I have no idea why, despite having hospitals right next door to sick patients with a maxed-out health budget, people are still dying of illnesses.

I have no idea why my oil refineries aren't receiving new shipments of fuel, despite being placed right next to the freeway.
#Cities skylines not enough workers series#
Sometimes it's simply hard to tell whether your "strategies" are working, or whether it's the result of a series of divine accidents. Indeed, that's the only real criticism I can leverage at Cities: Skylines. My finances look good, so I must be doing something right. Or at least, I think that's what happened. Over time, my area became flooded with avid farmhands, filling my city's coffers with delicious cash from their exports. I could have modified the district to favor work over education, but in the end I decided the best course of action was to destroy all the local schools, forcing everyone into a life of farming.
