If you like Social Experiments, sure. But if you're a Sim City purist then Societies is going to suck.

User Rating: 6 | SimCity Societies PC
By darkwolf1982 | Review Date:
Now when you think "Sim City" you think of building a city by laying out all the zones, placing facilities and so forth. There has always been one challenge...

Build a city and keep it going for as long as you can.

When I started up SC Societies... It didn't feel like your traditional Sim City game.
The Societies seems to be more about "Social Experiments" rather than actually running a city.
In a way all that is good to play around with, but in the end it just doesn't cut the mustard as "Sim City Game".

I honestly don't how this installment is going hit "Classic" status like it's predecessors.

Here's how the Sim City franchise stacks up

1 - Sim City 4 Series
2 - Sim City 2000
3 - Sim City 3000
4 - Sim City
5 - Sim City Societies Series

Sim City 4 may not have the scenarios 2000 does but you have the challenges Sim City is known for and can still "Cut Sick" at the same time, all on a grander scale.

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