HELICOPTERS and Natural Disasters . PLEASE!!!!!
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I dont really care for disasters either, but your opinion is of the same value as pro-disaster people.
I never quite understood the appeal of deliberately sending in Godzilla to wreck up the skyline myself, but I could see the value to adding some kind of 'disaster set' as part of the initial site selection/terraforming. e.g, if you site your city next to a dry pine forest or on a coastline, then wildfires or monsoons might be a seasonal hazard you have to cope with.
...And there's always the temptation to build on the indian graveyard.
It's not about sending it in ourselves, it's about it happening randomly. Out of nowhere a meteor comes in and destroys your city's main power source. Managing the aftermath is a lot of fun for many of us, it adds another degree of challenge.
That's closer to what I was talking about, yeah.
On the other hand, conscious vandalism would provide a cogent explanation for why you don't stand for elections.
yeah I wouldn't buy a disasters dlc unless it came with other stuff.. wrecking my sh*t just doesn't appeal to me
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I would not pay good money on DLC for the game to randomly destroy my hard work, nor would I turn on disasters if it were an option. This ain't Jenga, and the game will give me enough challenges as it is without it intentionally throwing floods, fires, volcanoes, etc., at me too. I'm a little more mentally balanced than that.
As for helicopters, I could care less. They'd be horrible for fighting fires (can't carry enough water), nor are they "needed" for hospital transport. They really wouldn't "do" anything except add eye candy. Know what? Sometimes you just can't have everything you can dream of in a game.
I would not pay good money on DLC for the game to randomly destroy my hard work, nor would I turn on disasters if it were an option. This ain't Jenga, and the game will give me enough challenges as it is without it intentionally throwing floods, fires, volcanoes, etc., at me too. I'm a little more mentally balanced than that.
As for helicopters, I could care less. They'd be horrible for fighting fires (can't carry enough water), nor are they "needed" for hospital transport. They really wouldn't "do" anything except add eye candy. Know what? Sometimes you just can't have everything you can dream of in a game.
I think it would work okay if the disasters came along with various methods of coping with the disaster in advance, so that it became a question of balancing risk/reward WRT investing in precautionary infrastructure or ordinances. You know, like dykes and sea-walls, or quake-proofing regulations and height restrictions, or other forms of specialised professional services.
Not sure how you'd defend against meteor showers, though. A spaceport, maybe?
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^ A disaster response service other than the regular 3 fire, ambulance, police would be nice if they did bring out a disaster dlc but still... volcanos and meteor showers and stuff are a bit over the top for me. I'm okay with fires because that's a natural part of city life and I'm ok with flooding too just to challenge the player to get dam placement right.. but yeah, nah.
To be honest, the only city building games I know of with disasters are in the Sim City series.
Well, hopefully in the future we can get whether and some minor disasters from those (power cuts, car accident queues)
It's kind of a complicated question, though. The looming threat of meteor strikes certainly adds an extra dimension of risk/challenge, but a lot of the pleasure in a simulation game isn't really challenge-centric- it has more to do with the cognitive pleasure of following cause-and-effect within a clockwork bubble universe. (Traffic flow being the most obvious example in CO's offerings.)
It's hard to see how that's especially complemented by random disasters which wipe out vast swathes of the system you're engaged in understanding, though you can certainly justify some forms of it on the basis of realism. (And possibly through prevention measures that provide another traceable sublayer of cause-and-effect.)
But yeah- given the content costs involved, I'd agree it's more in the line of possible expansion-pack/DLC territory.
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It's hard to see how that's especially complemented by random disasters which wipe out vast swathes of the system you're engaged in understanding, though you can certainly justify some forms of it on the basis of realism. (And possibly through prevention measures that provide another traceable sublayer of cause-and-effect.)
But yeah- given the content costs involved, I'd agree it's more in the line of possible expansion-pack/DLC territory.
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I don't mind natural and man made disasters as such, as long as they're realistic.
Fires, floods, earthquake, tornadoes, volcanic activity,(if applicable) repeated snow storms, and the like.
Meteor showers, giant lizard attacks, UFO invasions? Ummmm....no thanks. That's Hollywood fantasy stuff, and the real thing can be equally devastating.
Fires, floods, earthquake, tornadoes, volcanic activity,(if applicable) repeated snow storms, and the like.
Meteor showers, giant lizard attacks, UFO invasions? Ummmm....no thanks. That's Hollywood fantasy stuff, and the real thing can be equally devastating.
Well, I don't know about tornadoes. You wouldn't find them in a city really, would you?
That would depend on the terrain.
Maybe not a huge city, but many have been hit in "Tornado Alley." Google it. There was one that hit Houston TX.
Lots of large cities on this map.
Maybe not a huge city, but many have been hit in "Tornado Alley." Google it. There was one that hit Houston TX.
Lots of large cities on this map.
That would depend on the terrain.
Maybe not a huge city, but many have been hit in "Tornado Alley." Google it. There was one that hit Houston TX.
Lots of large cities on this map.
Okay, I guess they can happen in cities but... I dunno. It's more realistic than UFO's or meteorites though.
You don't really hear much about tornadoes because they happen in small cities most of the time. But they're definitely a natural disaster. If you were to make a huge city in a climate similar to Tornado Alley in the game, you'd have a high chance of tornadoes.
If we are going to have disasters could we have like mini disasters like flash flooding, bad weather, infestations etc etc that will test your skills as mayor/architect whatever I dealing or preventing them and not just full on city wrecking disasters. also an option to turn them off would also be great.