Sim City 3000 UK Edition (PC)

I bought this game only three days ago and it is extremely good. I like to refer myself as an "intellectual gamer" and yet this one still has me cringing when the tornado hits. It really does push me to the limit. I have had no loading problems, just the occasional flick to the task bar. It is very good and i recommend it to all. Don't be afraid of disasters, just afraid of loans! They are the ...  Read the complete review

I was out shopping the other day, down Edinburgh's Princes Street, with my Hubby, Sister and my friend from Australia. My sister and I both fancied getting a PC game, as we both had hardly any. My friend recommended Sim City as an extremely playable game, where you can have many a lost weekend just playing it. We went into Virgin Megastore who was selling Sim City 3000 UK Edition for £19.99. However they had a range of software on sale at 2 titles for £30.00. My sister and I both decided to get the Sim City game. Unfortunately for my sister, the story ends there. We did note in the shop that the game was suitable for Win95/98. I didn't ...  Read the complete review

--- OVERVIEW --- Like the rest of the Sim City series the aim is to build a city and control every aspect of it from transport to sewage to the police. There's no missions as such, although though there is the scenarios. The game allows for great creativity generally, create a city big or small, clean or polluted, grid plan or random sprawl the choice is very much yours. --- GAMEPLAY --- The gameplay hasn't changed at all in the UK edition (from the original Sim City 3000) except in the scenarios where you have missions to fulfill. These are not of great depth and work within the exisiting gameplay structure. So the fire of London ...  Read the complete review

So, about two months ago, I hurried into Electronics Boutique, clutching my hard earned wages in the hunt for some new entertainment. Having bought all of the Sims series, I looked for something new, and Sim City 3000: Uk Edition caught my eye. It was Maxis, it spawned the little people I love to control and I played a really old version of it once on my Amiga 500+ as a kid. I had to have it. I got home and installed with no trouble at all, although the electrnic manual wasn't that helpful....I couldn't flick through it while I was playing but nevermind! This game was a far cry from the Sim City I played as child! Gone ...  Read the complete review

A pretty classic game, a welcome improvement on the Sim City model. The graphics are significantly better than previous versions of the game, the buildings look a bit less cartoonish (in the main). One of the most pleasing aspects of this version was the fact that your city is no longer in glorious isolation - the connections you have to neighbouring cities are an important part of developing and sustaining your own city, and you can trade power, electricity and even waste with them! There are only two things i found frustrating about the game. The first is the idea of urban decay - for totally random reasons (let's say you are fast forwarding the game and a ...  Read the complete review