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Sim City 3000: THE Game to Buy!
by Sim City 3000: THE Game to Buy! - December 28, 1999 at 23:54:18:
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to run your own city? To take it from a small little berg to a thriving metropolis? Well, with SimCity 3000 by Maxis Software, your dreams of a ruling class are reality.Loading is a snap. Just put the disk in the drive and, if you have your autoplay on, the installation screen comes up. You just follow the easy instructions, and before no time you will be on your way to play. There are also options available to customize your installation to cut down on hard drive memory.
This game is quite easy to use even if you have never played any of the previous installments. Just start your city on the easy level and the game will walk you through all of what a growing city needs.
Your reign begins by building the town from the ground up. Utilizing a very user-friendly point-n-click interface, you can create anything from a park to a palace. There is even an option to build real landmarks like the Statue of Liberty or the Eiffel Tower.
If you want, you can negotiate deals with neighboring towns. This can be great for the beginning town who has extra resources and little cash.
Be warned, however, running a town isn’t all gumdrops and lollipops. Most of the time, you are under control of a very picky Sim population. And if you don’t give in to their needs and desires, you will be left with running nothing but a ghost town. A word to the wise: Nobody wants to live next to the town dump. Or even the power plant.
As your town grows, so do your options. Upon reaching certain population totals, the citizens present you with various rewards, from your own house to a bronze statue signifying your brilliant leadership. Even the federal sim government will come knocking when your town reaches a certain population (Federal Aid!!) But watch out, your Sims probably won’t like that chemical weapons disposal plant right next to the ballpark.
One of my favorite options are natural disasters. When I get tired of my town, I just love to send a tornado through downtown. Or call down an alien invasion to terrorize the farms. If your speakers are loud enough, you could swear that you were standing on ground zero.
All in all, this game is one of the funnest, and funniest, simulation games to come out this year. It is true to the style of its predecessor, SimCity 2000, and just as inventive. If you just can’t get enough out of taxing the peasants, calling down the forces of nature to punish an antagonistic population, or even just creating a flawless and unbelievably high-priced metropolis, this is THE game to buy.
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts, www.simcity.com
System Requirements: Windows 95-98 Pentium 166 or higher 230Mb of hard drive space 32Mb RAM 4x CD_ROM Mouse 2MB DirectDraw Video Card DirectX 6.0
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