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Good Simcity game on DS but with few problems
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>Constant visits by town folks <
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>-You'll end up bankrupt if you said yes to every one of them <
>-Some of the requests doesn't make any sense for your city <
>-This can't be turned off <
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>-Renewing garbage contract EVERY 5 years <
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>Game manual and in-game tutorial are inadequate for new Simcity players. For example new players won't know how far away to build next hospitals and schools from previous ones. What's their coverage area? Even I'm not sure with this game as Simcity veteran. Manual fails to explain things like game option called "Action Events". Games like this need a thick manual but EA foolishly decided to use the 2nd half of it for French. <
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>If you can forgive this problems you'll have fun playing this game. Rating of 4 for past Simcity players but 3 for new players.

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Loads of fun!
For all of us who have always wanted the ability to build a sprawling metropolis on a handheld gaming system (yeah, I didn't realize I wanted to either!) comes SimCity DS. This game is more or less a port of SimCity 3000 for the PC, so fans of that game will feel right at home with the DS version. While the game experiences some limitations it is, overall, incredibly fun and engaging. <
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>Audience: Obviously Sim fans will enjoy having this game available on the go. But Sim City DS offers something for even the casual or non-gamer--the game is not that difficult to learn to play and successful gameplay relies more on good management and sense than on mastering some complicated control scheme. <
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>Graphics: The graphics aren't great, but they're much more clear than I thought they'd be on such a small screen. There are just natural limitations in trying to fit a whole city, or even parts of it, onto a puny screen. So while it's difficult sometimes to see exactly what you're looking at/for, the graphics are as good as can be reasonably expected. <
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>Gameplay: Build a City mode is the main game mode here, but you can also unlock a "Save the City" mode where you complete some scenario involving rebuilding or otherwise rescuing a distressed city in a certain amount of time. There are also several excellent tutorials and an advisor who, although he or she might annoy you to no end, can aid you in your city building endeavors. <
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>Control: Building is done with the stylus on the touch screen. Again, size constraints are the biggest issue here since you'll sometimes want to build a road or something in an area larger than the screen. <
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>Challenge: Several levels of difficulty, from a city with little water where you start with $100,000 to an island where you get only $10k to start. <
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>This game is insanely fun. I've always loved the SimCity games and being able to play one on my DS was like a dream come true. And despite the game's shortcomings I'd definitely recommend the game for the city building experience alone. The good and the bad: <
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>-incredibly fun and engaging <
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>-lots of unlockables and secrets to find <
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>-great tutorials <
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>-great, intuitive controls with an 'undo' type feature for the inevitable misplaced structure <
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>-you can only save one city at a time (the biggest flaw in my opinion--would be a dealbreaker for me except this game is so darned fun regardless). <
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>-your city advisor can get incredibly annoying and you may feel like firing her after she chides you for not building a 6th zoo in your city of 25,000 people to please the local promqueen. <
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>-no terrain editor or even a way to mildly alter terrain

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SimCity hits the DS
SimCity is as old a game as one can remember, gracing the PC and some consoles over the years and providing some gameplay that ranged from challenging to tedious. Now SimCity has hit the DS, and the end result isn't bad one bit either. As you plan and build your city, you'll find that the same kind of aforementioned challenging gameplay can be found here, and found rather quickly to boot. This is made all the more challenging thanks to your incredibly annoying advisor, who you can't fire or turn off. While this is possibly SimCity DS' greatest flaw, and the core gameplay of SimCity remains the same, this DS version has some flaws. For starters, the graphics look nice but lack the overall detail you would expect from playing the previous versions of the game, and are pretty bland to say the least, while demolishing areas is a chore thanks to a buggy interface that takes out more than you'll desire. Despite all this, SimCity DS still manages to deliver in rendering a replicant of the original game; and it's main attraction, building cities, is still done wonderfully. Managing the city is easier as well thanks to the new data screens, and the uplifting and catchy soundtrack is a nice bonus as well. All in all, SimCity DS is a worthy replication of the classic PC and Mac game from years past that works on Nintendo's smash hit handheld, and for longtime SimCity players that would like a dependable version of the game on the go, look no further.