Cities : Skylines

[GrafvonMoltke]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/255710/view/3112547741696972371



It was not the announcement we were all hoping for.

 

[Caim]

Wasn't it like a year and a half since the last expansion? Why release this now?

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

We were all expecting a sequel after SUNSET Harbour (Finns apparently don’t do subtext), maybe they just need some quick cash to help with that, idk.

They said there were going to be a number of announcements, so I guess there’s some room to be hopeful.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

if they do a sequel, i wish they won't use unity again. almost all the game's issues stem from it.

 

[Mazisky]

Another pointless DLC.

 

[vonAchdorf]

I think it's more about extending the shelf live of the game until they are ready to announce the sequel, which may have been delayed because of Covid.
Do they even make a lot of cash with those? The DLCs only have a couple of hundred reviews on Steam. The main game has well over 130k, Sunset Harbor only 400 and that's more than most other recent DLC.

 

[Mazisky]

I think it's more about extending the shelf live of the game until they are ready to announce the sequel, which may have been delayed because of Covid.
Do they even make a lot of cash with those? The DLCs only have a couple of hundred reviews on Steam. The main game has well over 130k, Sunset Harbor only 400 and that's more than most other recent DLC.

I was a big fan of the game but I stopped buying DLCs before Sunset Harbor because at that point they were all pointless reskins of previous mechanics. So the only who buy them after that are stupid fanboys or stupid enough to not understand the point i mentioned before.

 

[vonAchdorf]

I was a big fan of the game but I stopped buying DLCs before Sunset Harbor because at that point they were all pointless reskins of previous mechanics. So the only who buy them after that are stupid fanboys or stupid enough to not understand the point i mentioned before.

It's a problem that the have very few core mechanics. Trash, snow and the deceased are the same. Water, sewage and heat are the same. And all newer DLC (Parks, Campus) are "Industries" in different reskins.

 

[Caim]

New maps and service vehicles. Release date is the 25th, it's unclear if they'll cost money.

 

[vonAchdorf]

All Content Creator Packs so far have cost money.

 

[Perkel]

if they do a sequel, i wish they won't use unity again. almost all the game's issues stem from it.

Such as ? I don't know any issues with it that are specific to unity.

Also what are alternatives...

UE ? Huge assets problem + very hard modding

Cryengine ? Just few years before Crytek was almost bankrupt and could shut down any minute and with that support for engine and game you are making with it.

Lumbeyard is fork from cryengine. Seems better option.

Everything else is either shit or self made for game studios.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

just naming one: memory, and leaks of it.
here, there's two, have fun with them.

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

Airports "dev diary" is out.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/255710/view/3112550278933276590

So it's another reskin of Park Life. Oh well.

 

[Caim]

Airports is out now.



Apparently airport construction is a bit wonky here and there.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

[surprised kirk]

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

I've bought it, but haven't had a chance to test it out yet. Hopefully it won't break my game and ruin my LP (LINK IN SIG!!? Hehe).

 

[Stokowski]

If only there was a way to convert Paradox Publishing's infinite stream of inconsequential DLC into electricity.

 

[Fedora Master]

Reminder that you can unlock that stuff with CreamAPI quick and easy.

 

[Caim]

LGR's review is out.



TL;DR version: It's too barebones to be worth the price, and you can't make one big slab of tarmac for your airport.

 

[Infinitron]

The final DLC:

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

Tron clearly spoke too soon; another DLC has just been announced.

Infinitron redeem yourself and post the deets