Brilliant. Maxis finds a way to entertain us control freaks yet again.
Where do i begin? There are loads of ways to construct your cities. Manage power, schools, health care, recreation, homes, businesses, facilities... everything within the city is yours. Newbies also have a panel of advisers they can turn to, but they are all one-dimensionally minded, so they may give terrible advice at times. You can also manage trade and routes between the cities in the region, all yours, of course. The fun doesn't stop there. You can play God. Watch in delight as you save your game, go to God mode, and unleash a deadly volley of storms to level your city.
The game does have minor flaws. The game can be a bit of a drain on your CPU, especially with the expansion pack. The game can be buggy at times. But then, I was playing this game on a poor laptop, which is self-explanatory. Also, it takes a while to learn all the basics. A newbie's city will fail the first time, so it will take a while.
Overall, Simcity 4 is outstanding. It is an impossible task to find a control game better than this. Besides the Sims, of course.
But that's a different story.