Excellent alternative to the fine-grain controlled Simcity.
While SimCity 4 is enjoyable in its own right, I really love City Life. I like the fact that you can zoom right into a street view and walk along with the residents. Music is repetitive but use your own ! Overall, I think this is a must buy for any casual fan of SimCity type games. In fact, if I would've played this game first, then SimCity wouldn't have appealed that much.