I kept trying to convince myself it was a good game... but i just couldnt.
I have loved the whole series ever since i was younger and loved both sim city 3000 and Sim City 4, even though both very familiar, both still very good. Sim City Societies on the other hand was the final straw that they could pull out of EA's giant bung hole.
Sim City societies once again grants you passage to becoming mayor and you must build a city however you like with certain societies such as artistic or lawless places for your sims to stay.
The graphics are in fact the best part of the game, the whole visual style of it make up for its greatest flaw which is the easy gameplay.
The previous Sim City's allowed you to create massive water systems underneath your cities and build power plants and create a sea of pylons... on societies you cant even build pipelines. The game was so easy, places wouldnt be used unless you built a garden next to it, people wouldnt go to work because a theater wasnt built down the street, it was easy... and unrealistic.
In previous sim cities people got angry with you because you spent the entire cities budget buying yourself houses and building things people didnt need, and increasing their taxes... people didnt like you on societies because you didnt give them a tiny deli market.
Societies is like a much toned down version of sim city , excluding its graphics, its much like a game for kids.
The could have made societies so much better, but decided to show off what they could do visually and not provide the key feature! GAMEPLAY!!!!!
Overall - enjoyable in parts... but its like a dumb version of Sim City