All in all, hours of fun packed in one little box.
make a better layout for a shopping area, or where to place train
stations and so on.
Now, I've played many tycoons and ton's of strategy/city building games, and
usually ended up enjoying myself, but after a while there is a limit to how many things you can place differently and so on. With SimCity 4, there is no limit, and if you ever feel like your running out of options you can go on-line and download millions of mods, components and others.
The original game is maybe a bit dull compared with the expansion, but as soon as the expansion is up and running (Rush Hour...) your in for a ride.
The Game:
one of the big changes with this one is the adding of a "region", where you have 20-30 maps, each one a city on its own, and they all interact with each other (via airports and such..). you create the land via the editor which is simple to use, then when your done, you switch to the city tool, name it, and your off.