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Rating:8.5
Not without its flaws, Cities XL 2011 is THE followup to the Sim City franchise.
The Good: Great looking city builder Tools allow for simple or complex cities Massive number of total buildings (700+) Ability to trade any and all "tokens" with your own cities large number of varied maps and terra... Read Full Review
11 of 11 users found the following review helpful
What Gamespot Users have to say about Cities XL 2011
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Rating:9
Makes you want to be an Engineer.
the best game in its genre, crushed any competition , raised the standards alot. What can I say about this game, the best simulation game ever, makes you want to b a civil engineer just to make a masterpiece city, th... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:6.5
Good game play but poor engine optimization With a big city with population over 50k, even the best video cards struggle
Good game, beautiful graphics, but poor engine optimization when cities grow. At the start of the city I had all settings to high including 8x AA @1680x1050 and had ~50FPS but when the city grew to ~60k in population I h... Read Full Review
1 of 3 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:7
Is it really new or just a patched version?
The Cities XL 2011 edition has the same gameplay, graphics, music, textures, modes (and so on) as the 2009 edition had in the online mode. After the online mode was canceled the original Cities XL lost it's personality a... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:6.5
Just don't feel it!
There's nothing to get from this game. If you are looking for the cozy things in SC 2000, you won't find them here. The game feels unpersonal. I was forcing myself to play it. And there you know that is no good. The g... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:8.5
A very good city simulation.
One might think that it would be relatively easy for developers to create a good city simulation. Surprisingly, though, there are very few good ones out there. Cities XL 2011 is one of the good ones. There are... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:10
Years have I lurked here in gamespot yet this is my first review of any game. Now that's saying something.
Few games nowadays engulfs me like Cities XL 2011. For example, an FPS is just that - an FPS, then there's some RPG that may come along and then some action adventure game. Don't you ever notice that every other game ... Read Full Review
1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
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