Some Real-Life Aerial Views of Cities for Designer Inspiration:

[CalPolyFan]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4swoERUXpU[/youtube]

All Paradox/ CO has to do is basically copy real-life aerial city views, and create that as a simulation and they will have a game that sells more than any of the previous Sim Cities, or city builders..

It's really as simple as creating a realistic city simulation that mimics reality as close as possible- and doesn't have the "wall of skyscraper" look.

 

[CalPolyFan]

This is a PERFECT example regarding how being close to a "big enough" body of water increases residential land values and causes high-rises especially.. This is the gold coast.. but the same thing happens in Chicago and other cities:

Water proximity = taller residential buildings/ higher residential demand (nicer, richer houses etc).

of course, being near a large body of water shouldn't be as big a deciding factor in a skyline as the Central Business District effect.. However, large bodies of water and proximity to those should have a very noticeable effect on land values.

[video=youtube;S4swoERUXpU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4swoERUXpU[/video]

A nice tilt-shift video of a smaller city.

 

[charlesnew]

A nice tilt-shift video of a smaller city.

Wow! They look like toys!

 

[Person012345]

All Paradox/ CO has to do is basically copy real-life aerial city views, and create that as a simulation and they will have a game that sells more than any of the previous Sim Cities, or city builders..

It's really as simple as creating a realistic city simulation that mimics reality as close as possible- and doesn't have the "wall of skyscraper" look.

As I said in your other thread, having a forced look would make every single city the same and that would get boring and it would be terrible. This isn't a showcase of "look at these cool cities we, Colossal Order, designed", it's a game where the player gets to design a city. If they want to make it wall to wall skyscrapers towards the end then they should be able to. On the other hand, if you want to make a realistic looking city then you should be able to do that too.

 

[TotalyMoo]

Mmm I love the one of Boston!

 

[haymosdude]

Plenty of US ones. Now for some European and Asian ones:

Singapore:

Shanghai:

Tokyo:

Bern Switzerland:

Barcelona Spain:

Nahalal, Israel:

Hong Kong:

Amsterdam:

Venice Italy:

Mexico City:

 

[Svip]

Finally! Mexico has returned to Spain.

 

[haymosdude]

Finally! Mexico has returned to Spain.

Yeah Mexico City was just a bonus round

 

[Sinname]

My two cents


Sydney

Den Haag (I love these skyscrapers)

Paris

Berlin

Lisbon

 

[TrentW]

 

[CalPolyFan]

 

[Victor Cortez]

http://vimeo.com/80162468

 

[Sotrax]

"Berlin combines the culture of New York, the traffic system of Tokyo, the nature of Seattle, and the historical treasures of, well, Berlin." Hiroshi Motomura

 

[Darkath]

http://i.imgur.com/NNzR8gt.jpg

I've been on that interchange it's awesome !

Angers, France :

Notice the fields in the distance, the small river leisure port, and the medium-density historical center with the remains of medieval castle

 

[Zed68]

Dubai :

:wub:

I don't think such a thing could be done in a citybuilder... but it would be pure awesomeness

 

[TotalyMoo]

New fav, stolen from reddit:

Barcelona!

 

[Sinname]

New fav, stolen from reddit:

Barcelona!

It would be great if we'll able to create something like Barcelona, so compact, so beautiful and so real ^^
Good photo.

 

[Zed68]

And it's even better with the few diagonal street or avenues, they add a lot of charm to the grid

 

[charlesnew]

Yeah, I love the pattern, but the occasional difference or disruption to the pattern makes it even better.

 

[eaglechopper]

Wow some of these shots are gorgeous! Bern Switzerland has to be my favorite.
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