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SimCity 3000

The game is successful addition to the SimCity Series. Added are some in game tweaks not noticeable until play. Plus the video card support gets a big thumb ups. The SoundFX rock the house with a music track worth its salt. Don't even explain gameplay it explains its self. If you're one for addicting Sim games that suck the hours away this is the one. Even if you're not that person it's worth a look trust me.

A great update. Lots of hard work went into this, and even though it took forever to finally be released, it was well worth the wait. They obviously listened very closely to what people wanted from the game and delivered very well. Many, many problems were completely resolved (such as water issues) and tons of new features were added that make the game all the more fun. There are still a few minor issues, such as difficulty with farms, seaports and bridges, but information on the website and in the play guide can help you get past those.

Vertrouw een oude SC-fanaat: Sim City 3000 is de absolute bomb. Heb ik net Settlers 3 de beste game genoemd, komt deze langswaaien! Oogverblindende graphics, perfekte gameplay en een hele rits aan extra funkties en mogelijkheden maken dit tot een absolute must-have voor PC-gamers. Misschien een tikkeltje moeilijker dan zijn voorganger, maar wel tien keer zo veel speelplezier. Haal hem zo snel mogelijk in huis!

Jeg er ubetinget begejstret for SimCity 3000. Det er klassik gameplay i en flot grafisk præsentation, hvor man tilmed kan zoome så tæt på byen, at man kan se forskel på de forskellige biler og mennesker.

De som letar efter någon form av upplösning missar hela poängen. SimCity är inget egentligt spel - det är mer som en låda Lego eller en sån där "Den lille kemisten" - sats man fick som ung - det är en plats där du kan experimentera och leka med idéer och teorier.

Sim City 3000 is aangenaam om te spelen. Het is leuk om alles weer eens te herontdekken en het spel zal je ongetwijfeld vele uurtjes achter je PC gekluisterd houden. Waar ik wel mijn bedenkingen bij heb, is bij de systeemeisen van het spel. Laat je je hierdoor niet ontmoedigen en ben je een fan van het genre, dan geldt eigenlijk maar één ding: kopen!

Essencialmente, o que faz SimCity tão sem par - e o que a maior profundidade e a acessibilidade do 3000 acentuam - é que existem tantos modos de jogar como existem jogadores. Apesar dos projetistas terem adicionado muitas características, não existe um final ou objetivo fixo. Aqueles que o procuram não entenderam o jogo. SimCity não é um jogo de verdade - é mais uma caixa de Lego ou aqueles confusos conjuntos de química que você costumava ganhar de natal - é um lugar onded você pode experimentar e brincar com teorias e idéias. SimCity 3000 pode não ser a página seguinte que muitos esperavam, mas oferece mais espaço, mas detalhe, mais flexibilidade e mais opções do que nunca. E faz tudo isso com um visual suave e charmoso que com certeza vai seduzir você.

It's hard to fault SimCity 3000 for not falling too far from the SimCity 2000 tree. And let's face it, fans are going to run out and buy this new title simply because they've been looking to recreate the experience that earlier titles offered. Still, in the end, if you're looking for something that's going to keep you as entertained as long as the original games did, you're probably going to be a little bit disappointed with how fast the new car smell of this game wears off.

What do you do with a city once its running just as you want it, and everyone is happy? Maxis have always addressed that issue with disasters you can unleash onto your city. 3000 contains a UFO Attack, Fire and Tornadoes, but it never feels right spending so much time building the city of your dreams then destroying it. SimCity 3000 set the ground for 4000, and no doubt many games after it.

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Given the facts, it's both tempting and valid to criticize SimCity 3000 for what it isn't while futilely pointing in directions it might have gone. Then again, you need but recall the game's torrid development cycle to know that its culmination in SimCity 3000 is probably for the best. The game that began as an ambitious, full-3D renovation of the series was scrapped in favor of something not so very different than its predecessors, no doubt because the old adage about not fixing what ain't broke is, in fact, true. As it stands, SimCity 3000 is a stable, attractive, finely balanced game with just enough new features to satisfy veterans of the series.

I found SimCity 3000 an interesting and fun game. It was a good successor to the SimCity tradition. It is also something fresh at the same time. Some downfalls of this game are that it has not changed that much from what I remember from SimCity 2000 and still uses an old engine, but the changes are enough. Some multiplayer features would have been nice. Maybe we'll see a SimCity 3000 Multiplayer Gold, and see who can build the biggest city the quickest. This is definitely worth a consideration.

Schon erstaunlich, was für Auswirkungen die im Vergleich zum Vorgänger eher feinen Verbesserungen auf den Spielablauf haben. Kleisterte man bei SC 2000 noch locker innerhalb von ein paar (Spiel-)Jahrzehnten die komplette Karte zu, habe ich nun schon an einem Zehntel des Terrains mehrere (Echtzeit-) Tage lang geknabbert. Das liegt zum einen am riesigen Baugrund, zum anderen an den mannigfaltigen Anforderungen, die auf den gestreßten Bürgermeister warten. Bis man dahinterkommt, warum in das scheinbare Nobelgebiet kein Mensch einziehen will, ist viel Feinarbeit gefragt. Während der Schritt zurück zur 2D-Grafik wohl eine richtige Entscheidung war – lediglich die mangelnde Übersicht nervt bisweilen – hängt mir der prinzipielle Spielansatz langsam zum Hals heraus. Das abwechselnde Setzen von grünen, blauen und gelben Quadraten mit anschließendem Warten, was dabei herauskommen mag, ist einfach nicht mehr zeitgemäß.

Overall, SimCity 3000 is a great game but not a huge improvement over its predecessor, SimCity 2000. One item which was not completed before the release of the game is the Building Architect Tool which can now be downloaded from www.simcity.com. Maxis also issues add-on land packs periodically which are available for downloading at the site as well. New landmarks are included in the packs and the price tag (free) makes upgrading the game a real bargain.

Twórcy uszanowali wysiłek gracza, który zajadle budował swoje miasto, grając SimCity 2000. Będziesz mógł "zaimplantować" swoje miasto do gry i śledzić jego rozwój poza rok 2000-czny i dalej. Co dowodzi, że Electronic Arts i Maxis poważnie traktują swoich klientów i ich dotychczasowe dokonania. Sim City jest grą, którą poleciłbym do szkoły właściwie każdego stopnia. Ludzie w MEN... na co wy jeszcze czekacie?

Co można powiedzieć na zakończenie? Przynajmniej to, że gra jest doskonała - posiada bardzo dobrą grafikę, ciekawą muzykę i to co wyróżnia hity - świetną grywalność. Jest to gra bez przemocy (nie licząc oczywiście kataklizmów nawiedzających nasze miasto), przeznaczona dla każdego - od najmłodszych do najstarszych. Mogę tylko polecić tą grę każdemu - mimo że gra ukazała się jakiś czas temu to w sklepach można jeszcze znaleźć wersję Gold SimCity. Zapraszam i jeszcze raz polecam.

The amount of detail put into the graphics, sound, and animation of SimCity 3000 has to be seen to be believed. It would have been nice for this game to be fully 3D with infinite degrees of rotation (instead of just 4). Other than that, and some nitpicky interface issues, SimCity 3000 proves itself to be an involving game that has the potential to develop into quite a time sink. The game play has incredible depth, with a good basis in the real life dynamics of city planning and city building. If you're more of a short attention span type, you should be careful of the complexity and learning curve involved in SimCity 3000. If you're into strategy games, or looking for a great change of pace from all the "kill everything" titles out there, SimCity 3000 would be a great game to pick up.

Damit keine Mißverständnisse aufkommen - SimCity ist nach wie vor ein Klassiker, und auch die 3000er-Version wird viele Menschen begeistern. Als ausgebildeter Städtebauer habe ich schon immer meine Freude an dieser anspruchsvollen Simulation gehabt und mich nicht daran gestört, daß es kein echtes Spielziel gibt. Inzwischen ist die Konkurrenz dank Caesar, Siedler, Anno und Co jedoch härter geworden, gleichzeitig sind die Ansprüche der Spieler gestiegen. Am positivsten ist mir die Interaktion mit den Nachbarstädten aufgefallen, und die Berater sind inzwischen noch hilfreicher. Wer mehr über die Zusammenhänge in unseren städtischen Siedlungen erfahren möchte, wird SimCity lieben.

Overall, however, there is simply not very much new here. Sim City 3000 adheres rigidly to the Sim City 2000 formula, updates the graphics, and adds in a few new touches. Think of is as Version 2, the 1999 update. That is not to say that it does not play very well. In fact, it is every bit as much fun as Sim City 2000 was. We were all just expecting a little more, something different. You know, come to think of it, Sim City was contemporary, Sim City 2000 would get slightly futuristic, so shouldn't Sim City 3000 really be simulating the city of 1000 years in the future? Perhaps that'll be Maxis' next game. Hell, I'll by that for a dollar.

Sim City 3000, une version parmi d’autres de la célèbre série du même nom. Un opus récent avec son lot d’améliorations, de nouveautés, de libertés, moins qu’auraient pu l’espérer bon nombre de joueurs. En effet, il est difficile de révolutionner un concept lorsqu’il fonctionne déjà si bien. Ce rejeton ni trop surprenant ni trop classique donne l’apparence d’un développement charnière, entre la version 2000 et SimCity 4. Maxis relève toutefois le défi de l’évolution, en donnant tout de même un visage neuf à son jeu d’anthologie. De quoi faire perdurer quelques peu une renommée déjà acquise.

Bref, un jeu dont l'achat n'est probablement pas justifié si vous avez déjà la version précédente, mais qui reste assez amusant, dommage que les auteurs n'aient pas fait preuve d'un peu plus d'originalité... Mais après tout, on ne change pas une formule qui marche!

SimCity and the sim-series has always been a pretty big hit. I loved the original SimCity, but hadn't played a sim-series game since then. I went through a bit of a phase where I became bored of sims so I stopped playing them as much. When SimCity 3000 came out, I heard nothing but good things so I figured it's about time to try it out again.