Cities Skylines 2 may be announced next month!!!!

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Paradox event says:

"Colossal Order returns

The genre-defining studio behind global smash hit Cities: Skylines will reveal its newest incredible game."


It is really happening guys???
 
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My guess is that it's another game entirely, but I'd be (positively) surprised if it's C:S 2
 

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if Cities Skylines was about 4 years old, I would assume that it would be a different game. However, Cities is a huge success, it has no competition at the moment. It is already felt that the game is getting old and the creators are very limited by the old engine.
I really hope it will be a sequel to the game. As already mentioned, there will definitely be dynamic weather in the game (changing seasons), some online element could also be added.
 
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"Speculating leads to excitement. Excitement leads to high expectations. High expectations lead to disappointment." - Yoda?
 
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"Speculating leads to excitement. Excitement leads to high expectations. High expectations lead to disappointment." - Yoda?

"Cities Skylines leads to 12 million copies sold. Money leads to wanting more money. Wanting more money leads to Cities Skylines 2" - Paradox Corporate in the office looking at graphs
 

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I expect CS2. Stoked either way.
 
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I, for one, want C:S2.
Current game is great in so many ways, but it dies feel like they have started beating a dead horse with the Area Tool being how every new mechanic is made. I think a new engine and better planned base mechanics to not have to revert to something like that would be much better.

Skylines has shown them so much about how people like to play this game and I think 2 would cater to those desires in ways that takes a lot of effort and inconvenience to achieve with mods, currently.
 
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Adding to the predictions here, I also expect it to be less car-centric. Mixed zoning, less emphasis on building everything around cars and car traffic, and so on.
Heck, your starting connection on some maps could even be a port or a railroad instead of that six-line highway.
 
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I do hope we're getting "Skylines 2". C:S is almost 8 years old now, even just the engine upgrade is something to look forward to. Of course it would have a lot less content at the beginning, but if it's different enough it will be very much justified. C:S does have "a little bit" of a focus on road traffic management and basically no politics and management.

What about adding day traffic cycles and have rush hour to manage?
That was in CiM2 and didn't work properly because of the scale. A city is still the same size as a real city, but a day only takes a few minutes. Leading to the Cims spending all their life travelling to or from work. Also measures you could take would be weird because of the scale (additional vehicles scheduled). The whole day cycle just didn't feel very satisfying.
 
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That was in CiM2 and didn't work properly because of the scale. A city is still the same size as a real city, but a day only takes a few minutes. Leading to the Cims spending all their life travelling to or from work. Also measures you could take would be weird because of the scale (additional vehicles scheduled). The whole day cycle just didn't feel very satisfying.
I use mods that adds a meaningful day-night cycle and it works just fine. Adds so much to the game.
 

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Instagram posts form a pattern. What it could be?
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So they've released a video showing the map celebrating 8 years, all nice and pretty, but...
Are those hidden hints in their mugs and T-shirts?

 

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they released Ig reel with 2 cups. It is same logo as in ig posts. Image of The city looks different from CS :O One of them:
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Cars on this picture looks very different from those in game. :eek:
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