SimCity 4 Critic Reviews

By providing an impressive level of detail in a game where detail is essential, and by including intuitive enhancements to the player experience, this is one title that should easily land on the “must have” list for any gamer.

Great sequel for the one and only city sim game out there.

The new features, refined interface, and (above all) near-perfect sense of balance make this old dog feel vital and new.

It would be unwise to attempt to measure the amount of time you'll spend playing this game in hours; rather, it should be measured in days or weeks.

The graphics are nothing short of fantastic. Whether viewing the city from a bird’s eye perspective or up close and personal to homes, businesses, or traffic, the level of detail and finesse are obvious.

Unlike "SimCity 3000," SimCity 4 really is a major evolutionary step in the series.

It is marvelous fun to use God-like power to morph the terrain, release tornadoes on the town, or simply try to make your city the best it can be.

The most obvious improvement from the previous games is the interface, which is now far simpler than it was in any other SimCity title... This is without a doubt the best SimCity game so far.

The game is such an architectural playground that you can build on it for hundreds of hours and never get bored.

One thing that is really great about SimCity 4 is the fact that EVERYTHING is under your control.

We couldn't have asked for much more than has been delivered, and I doubt Maxis could have done much more with a formula that they've improved upon time and again.

The level of detail is astounding... You can play this game for years and always get different results.

The amount of detail, information, and control in SimCity 4 is nothing short of amazing - wannabe city planners and mayors will be in city management nirvana.

The same, and happily just as oops-where-did-the-weekend-go addictive. Buy it, and resign yourself to some five-hours gaps in your memory you may have difficulty explaining to the police at a later date.

Oops-where-did-the-weekend-go addictive. Buy it, and resign yourself to some five-hours gaps in your memory you may have difficulty explaining to the police at a later date.

A more than worthy successor to the mayoral throne, and by far the best in the series, except for slow-down issues.

Technical sim junkies will have a lot to build, destroy, and monitor, but newbies might want to run for shelter.

Everything you've ever loved about the series has been given a gorgeous new visual treatment. If you've got the patience to handle the tough difficulty, it'll be a fun game.

Yes, you are able to import your sims, and yes you can observe their daily routine as they work their way up from the inner-city slums into a high-level corporate position, but then you have to ask yourself why you would want to do that to begin with.

With the updated graphics and cool God Mode this game will give you hours and hours of tinker and tweak gaming pleasure.