SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition is a city-planning simulator that includes the original game and additions, including the famous Rush Hour. addon. The player receives an empty map and gradually turns it into a settlement: laying roads, marking zones, connecting water and electricity. The main occupation is not to build beautifully, but to keep the city in balance. Roads are overloaded, factories are unhappy with taxes, residents complain about schools and hospitals. There are disasters and natural disasters, and in the add-ons there are transport problems that have to be dealt with seriously. The difference between the towns is huge: you can turn a farming village into a metropolis, or you can create a high-tech area where everything is subject to calculation. Everything is limited only by imagination and budget, and the sandbox mode completely removes control over money. It’s also worth noting that the game has a scenario mode with ready-made tasks: somewhere you need to boost the economy, somewhere you need to cope with the consequences of a disaster. There is also the opportunity to play with other people, sharing the same city, which turns city planning into a joint venture with discussion and debate. For an old game, the range of features is still impressive. The settings allow you to enable a mode without money restrictions, which is convenient when you just want to build and not count the budget. The game is old, the graphics today look conventional, but the depth of the calculations is still impressive. The SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition remains an option for those who like to understand the reasons: here almost any crisis can be explained if you dig into the statistics.