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| SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy Used: $6.05
You Save: $13.94 (70%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  187 reviews
Sales Rank: 187
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Deluxe
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.1
MPN: 14740
UPC: 014633147407
EAN: 0014633147407
ASIN: B0000C0YW2
Release Date: September 22, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fine... but... January 14, 2008
Being very honest... I've to say it's a very interesting game, but think it's much more "complex and theorycal" than older versions, and that makes it less fun (at least for me), in the begining.
And the graphics... don't know... sure that the people at EA GAMES and MAXIS could make it better in this apect, if they're planning a new version.
Anyway, maybe when I got more practice as a "Mayor" of this new version the fun will increase... must say and I'm not meaning that the product is bad or poor... just think it have some points that could be better.
If Only It Was This Easy! January 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first SimCity game I played was on my uncle's computer when I was barely old enough to understand how to figure out how a city works. It was SimCity, the classic 2-D birds eye view. Nothing was more entertaining to me than attempting to reach the population goals and trying to figure out how to turn the residential and commercial zones into their highest form. I'd be exciting when the white skyscraper gained a floor and even more upset when it would lose one.
The franchise has come a long way since then without a doubt has not taken a single wrong step along the way. Even if the graphics in this game did not look magnificent the game play itself warrants the buy.
This newest has many new features over 3000. The news ticker returns, but with clickable reports that can take you too the point of interest and offers suggestions for repairing or sustaining the status of that point. More choices in transportation helps clear up traffic congestion. Desirabilities are now also based off of more than land-value and pollution. And taxes can now be more finely tuned to shape the economy you want.
The biggest change is the region system, that has you building your neighboring cities instead of having imagined neighbors that barely interact. Your sims can and will commute between you and your neighbors to shop and work, so having strong neighbors can strengthen you.
Complaints: The game can be taxing on your system. My computer isn't top notch but still has a few instances of slowdowns and even freezes.
 Classic simulation game with a modern twist January 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
SimCity is the classic simulation game that started it all! This modern version functions very nearly the original, yet gives you the advantages of modern technology: ride in a car, walk the streets, see unique building styles, and import your own Sims. Even if you don't like simulation games, you can enjoy terraforming, building, and destroying! For me, I can never create quite the perfect city, so I'm always revising or starting over, which means hours of endless entertainment.
Works on Vista, keeps me up nights, lots of fun..hard to beat. December 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this for myself this Christmas :) It does work on Vista unlike another reviewer said. My husband's laptop pc has only Vista and it played fine. It did crash once, however...just shut down. I have since then saved it over and over. Why though, I ask myself as I keep losing lol I can't figure out this game, my finances tank and there are riots in the streets...I can't beat it! Hours and hours of fun.
Not ready for Vista December 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First the scary stuff, then the review.
SCARY STUFF
If you have Windows Vista Don't bother with SimCity 4 or its sibling SimCity Societies. I'm suck with both and neither of them work under Vista. They load, they start, they run for 20 to thirty minutes, then its constant crashing. Societies got to the point where it would crash every 4 to 6 minutes. I tried all the fixes that Microsoft and EA suggested, which weren't much, and they still didn't work. I even tried updating and falling back on new and old drivers for my Video Card, Nvidia 8500 GT, and still no go. I dumbed down the display to 640x480 at 256 colors and crash away they went.
REVIEW
Both games can be fun, but in different ways.
SC4 is a micro managers dream, you'll end up spending so much time laying water pipe and figuring out sewage, power, and etc., etc., etc., you won't have much time to sit back and enjoy your creation.
SCS is less demanding on your hands-on skills, it lets you tune the style of city you build more then dealing with the exact number of water pumps you need to keep your city humming. Only the SCS Sims are much more likely to run you out on a rail then the SC4 folks, if things aren't going right. That's when you start to change from a Artsy Utopia to a Fascist Police State, in order to maintain control and stay in power.
Anyway, I suggest you stick with Windows XP to enjoy either of these games.
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