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 Way Overpriced For What You Get, Unless You Are Paying For Frustration May 11, 2006
D. W. Hodges (San Antonio, Texas USA)
18 out of 21 found this review helpful
Computing power makes little difference with this game; performance is poor! Some processes in the game are very slow, such as trying to select subway stations, subway tubes, and water mains. There is also an issue with city boundaries becoming misaligned with neighboring cities, of their own accord, it seems. If you choose to correct this, be prepared to loose any development(s) along those boundaries.
If you choose to accept any of the driving missions or helicopter missions, be prepared to lose mayor approval points because the performance while trying to control either of them is ABYSMAL and Infuriating! The hospital helicopter mission is the only mission I will even bother to try because it requires the least amount of precision. The police copter mission cheated me on 2 of my 3 attempts when the criminal I was supposed to spotlight left the city limits in under 10 seconds after the mission began.
Another issue I encountered involves the planting of trees to try to improve my environmental rating; trees will not necessarily survive between gaming sessions. That is a nice way to waste time and money in the game. Also, some options do not save.
Aspyr does not seem to offer any support or patches. There is no "booklet" with the Mac version. This purchase has left me feeling as if I wasted a lot of hard earned money! If it worked correctly, the game would be fun instead of an exercise in frustration.
 Does not work on OSX 10.5 (LEOPARD) May 20, 2008
J. Huculak (Tulsa, OK)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is an awesome game, but it STILL does not work on the newest operating system (OSX 10.5); it is slow and it crashes. IF you have an older mac system, this game is great. If you have a newer system, do not waste your money until they release an update for Leopard.
doesn't work on Mac OS 10.4+ July 26, 2007
W. VANHORN (United States)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I loved this game; completely engrossing... That is until my Tiger system was updated to 10.4. It hasn't worked since. It is now so slow as to be unplayable. It takes ages for even a small stretch of a 2 lane road to render. I've written both Apple and Aspyr about the problem but it was never resolved. Aspyr said something to the effect that "Oh well, this has been a problem with OS10.4s." I hold on to it in hopes that someday someone will fix the bug. If your OS is 10.4 or above, don't buy it!
 Best Sim City Simulation May 10, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
In Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition you get the original Sim City 4 and the Rush Hour expansion pack together.
In this game you can build, run, and manage your very own city.
There are three modes to play from:
God Mode
Mayor Mode
My Sim Mode
In Gode mode you can do anything that is all natural. Create mountains, valleys, ect. Plant the land with trees and animals that roam, graze, and stampede. You can create disasters, such as meteor, volcano, tornado, robot attack, ect. In other words, you create the circle of life.
In Mayor mode, you pick a city name, and your name, and then you begin to build zones: Commercial, residential, and industrial. They soon build up by them selves. There are businees deals such as a casino; which helps raises monthly profit for your city. You can also build Research Centers, resort hotels, ect. Grow the population and build to the sky.
In My Sim Mode, you can pick from a a variety of sims, choose their names, and move them into a home. You can deside where they work, and what car they drive. You can even balance their wealth. Dispatch them to work or to the park, which ever place you want. Also, you can do misssions with cars, air planes, helicopters, and boats. Shoot missles from tanks and blow up buildings, or take kids to school. If you are sucsessful, you get rewards.
I recomend this game if you like Sim games, or if you like politics. (You might want to be at least 9, or you probably will not understand it) This game is complete wtih tutorials and a booklet.
SO-SO December 24, 2005
Mion Sonozaki (OR, USA)
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
This game can get repetitve if you play it to much, it can SUCK if you run out of money, so cheat, make sure no windows are open and nothing is selected, and hold down at the same time shift+control+option/alt+command and a box will apear in the top-left area of the screen. use the code "weaknesspays" to increase you money amount (I you should cheat when the game paused) to get all gifts type in "you don't deserve it".
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