Cities: Skylines

Still, Cities Skylines is a ridiculously clever and enjoyable game, and one that I expect I will spend a lot of time playing down the track. EA looks like it will not be revitalising Sim City as a franchise anytime soon, so I’m so glad that another developer has stepped up to the plate and created the game that the last Sim City should have been… and I am so glad it’s finally on PlayStation 4.

GameWatcherJosh Brown

8.5/10

Running meaningful industries in your city is like playing a game within a game. Suddenly feeling like an entire county builder, it’s safe to say that the unstoppable force of Cities: Skylines just got a whole lot bigger.

Game InformerBrian Shea

8.5/10

By putting players in control of city-planning without annoying barriers or online connectivity requirements, Cities: Skylines has established a reputation for being the best modern city-builder when it originally released two years ago. Though the PC release relies on mouse and keyboard controls, the game has leapt to Xbox One with full gamepad support and a new streamlined menu system. The result is the premier city simulation game on consoles.

Press StartMehdi Zadnane

8/10

All things considered, the game does run reasonably well. A large-scale game like this is bound to put some stress on the console’s hardware, which creates frequent frame drops when you get closer to the city and once the sun goes down. It never wanders into an unplayable state, though, which is due to the fact that these drops do not seem to affect the user interface itself.

ShackNewsJosh Broadwell

8/10

There’s still work to be done, but Cities: Skylines 2 is an impressive improvement over the original. Its systems work together seamlessly, and you have more control over how your city develops without it feeling overwhelming or intimidating. It's a shame some features like green building are gone, but I'm looking forward to seeing how Colossal Order keeps building Skylines 2 in the future.

GameSpotBrett Todd

8/10

Getting around just got easier.

Xbox AchievementsDan Webb

80/100

Cities: Skylines is a pretty damn good city building sim game for consoles. It’s got its problems and it’s incredibly limited in its scope, but if you’re looking to kill more than a few hours with one of the most therapeutic game in some time, this is it.

Jump Dash RollPete Taylor

7/10

Cities Skylines: Switch Edition is a serviceable city builder for Nintendo's portable wonder. However its graphical sluggishness, imprecise controls and lack of scenarios to complete dampens things somewhat.

Playstation LifestyleJowi Girard-Meli

7/10

Is Paradox Interactive's Cities really a worthy spiritual successor to the SimCity series, or just a pale imitation? Check out our Cities Skylines review.

KeenGamerMichael Keener

Unscored

Building a city can be difficult. Nobody expects you to succeed in this already lively world packed to the brim with popular and famous cities. It won't be easy, you'll need to start small and work your way up, but if you plan ahead, budget popular, and take care of those who enter to call your city home, good things will come in time. This is the ultimate city building test on the PlayStation 4.

The EscapistJonathan Bolding

Unscored

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Sirus GamingJohn Fernandez

Unscored

Steam Workshop integration was available since launch, and with it a slew of game modifications appears. From the aesthetic mods that changes the visuals and effects, to building mods that add new or recreated from real life buildings to the game like a Jollibee outlet(a popular fast food chain in the Philippines), to improvements to quality of life mods that improve traffic AI or give the ability to manage traffic in a firsthand approach. A lot of the previously stated issues have been addressed by the modding community, even the day-night cycle has been added although it is very limited, but...