Thinking of buying this game for PS4

[JPNeko]

Cities: Skyline is on sale and I am considering buying it for PS4, but reading through some threads on here, I am a bit worried about playability. Would you recommend buying it now? Do you still get a lot of bugs? Have most of them been fixed?

Also, I'd like to know if the Season Pass includes everything released for console so far? I'd like to get the deluxe edition of the game, but I don't know if that is necessary if I buy the Season Pass? I read that After Dark was the first expansion but I don't see it mentioned anywhere on the PS4 store.

 

[metacritical]

After Dark was bundled with the console game on release. Season Pass includes everything released so far and Mass Transit when it is released

 

[r1nce]

Yes.

On a dollar to entertainment value ratio, Cities: Skylines is an excellent, excellent game.

It's not without bugs, but no game is. These are fixed with subsequent releases, and even if you don't get the next content pack, you do get the bug fixes.

Season pass takes you up to Mass Transit, whenever that is released, and the developers regularly surprise by including things that no-one really expected on console, like the terraforming tool.

If you like city builders, you'll have fun.

 

[JPNeko]

After Dark was bundled with the console game on release. Season Pass includes everything released so far and Mass Transit when it is released

Good to know it already comes with the game.

Yes.

On a dollar to entertainment value ratio, Cities: Skylines is an excellent, excellent game.

It's not without bugs, but no game is. These are fixed with subsequent releases, and even if you don't get the next content pack, you do get the bug fixes.

Season pass takes you up to Mass Transit, whenever that is released, and the developers regularly surprise by including things that no-one really expected on console, like the terraforming tool.

If you like city builders, you'll have fun.

Do you know what the difference between Season Pass and Premium Edition is? They seem to give you the same content but the Premium Edition is slightly cheaper than Season Pass.

 

[AndrewT]

The Premium edition includes the base game and the season pass, the Season Pass alone does not have the base game.

 

[JPNeko]

The Premium edition includes the base game and the season pass, the Season Pass alone does not have the base game.

Thank you. I think I'll be buying it on next Monday.

 

[Agarwel]

Just buy it. It is excelent game. Best in the genre available on the console. There may be few bugs, but it is not a brokend game in any way.
Buy the Deluxe (contains season pass), because the DLCs make it much better. Especially the new Mass Transit gives you much more options and tools.
After Dark is included in the base game on the consoles. So it is not mentioned anywhere. You get it automatically. (there is no way to play without it)
Season pass will currently give you Snowfall, Natural Disasters, Mass Transit and several small updates (match day, radios, some buildings)

 

[JPNeko]

Just buy it. It is excelent game. Best in the genre available on the console. There may be few bugs, but it is not a brokend game in any way.
Buy the Deluxe (contains season pass), because the DLCs make it much better. Especially the new Mass Transit gives you much more options and tools.
After Dark is included in the base game on the consoles. So it is not mentioned anywhere. You get it automatically. (there is no way to play without it)
Season pass will currently give you Snowfall, Natural Disasters, Mass Transit and several small updates (match day, radios, some buildings)

Thank you. I've decided to buy it now that it's on sale. Will be getting the Premium Edition that includes the Season Pass. I've watched a few tutorial videos on how to get started, just to know what to do when I buy it. I did my research on which city building game to get and I think this is the best one.

 

[Agarwel]

Thank you. I've decided to buy it now that it's on sale. Will be getting the Premium Edition that includes the Season Pass. I've watched a few tutorial videos on how to get started, just to know what to do when I buy it. I did my research on which city building game to get and I think this is the best one.

Yep. This is probably best one. (also Tropico is great - but very different - once you get bored of Cities)
Tutorials are not so needed. The game is not much difficult as long as you use common sense. This game is great in a way, that real world solutions are actually working to solve ingame problems :-D
The only thing to know in advance is that it is as much transport simulation as much of a city building game (reason why playing with mass transit is almost mandatory). As soon as your city grows, you will be designing effective crosroads and effective public transport as much as you will be expanding the city. This makes it really different from other city building games.

 

[JPNeko]

Yep. This is probably best one. (also Tropico is great - but very different - once you get bored of Cities)
Tutorials are not so needed. The game is not much difficult as long as you use common sense. This game is great in a way, that real world solutions are actually working to solve ingame problems :-D
The only thing to know in advance is that it is as much transport simulation as much of a city building game (reason why playing with mass transit is almost mandatory). As soon as your city grows, you will be designing effective crosroads and effective public transport as much as you will be expanding the city. This makes it really different from other city building games.

The "real transport simulation" part is one of the main attractions for me, as I never played anything like it. I read about Tropico and the trailers look amazing but Cities Skylines has better reviews. Tropico 6 is coming soon, by the way.

 

[Agarwel]

The "real transport simulation" part is one of the main attractions for me, as I never played anything like it. I read about Tropico and the trailers look amazing but Cities Skylines has better reviews. Tropico 6 is coming soon, by the way.

Yeah. So dont be afraid if the game looks little bit boring at the beggining. You have few options and no matter what you build, the "city" (or bigger village) jsut works. But once you get bigger and you city start collapsing from traffic, then the real fun begins. Building big efficent crossroads, planning good public transport that makes sense, etc. Also water simulation in this game is very nice (especially since natural disasters brought terramorfing :-D)

Trophice is different, but also really fun. It is more focused on individual citisens. (so you usually have just thousands or few hundreds, but simulated in much more detail). And three is usually some story and objectives that gives your actions some purpose.

 

[Catsman]

I have bought the game for PS4 and finding it extremely frustrating. I am wanting simple instructions on how to use actions with PS4 controller. I have spent the day clicking furiously and things don't wo"Distance too short". No idea what this means and why it is stating that when building roads. HELP PLEASE or this game gets relegated to "too hard"bin. I am not a seasoned PS4 player.

 

[Agarwel]

Can you post a picture? Because "distance too short" simply mean the road you want to build is too short and you need to build it little longer.

 

[Mr. Schmitt]

Delete some road from the direction you are coming from and then redraw the road. Should help

 

[JPNeko]

Yeah. So dont be afraid if the game looks little bit boring at the beggining. You have few options and no matter what you build, the "city" (or bigger village) jsut works. But once you get bigger and you city start collapsing from traffic, then the real fun begins. Building big efficent crossroads, planning good public transport that makes sense, etc. Also water simulation in this game is very nice (especially since natural disasters brought terramorfing :-D)

Trophice is different, but also really fun. It is more focused on individual citisens. (so you usually have just thousands or few hundreds, but simulated in much more detail). And three is usually some story and objectives that gives your actions some purpose.

I'm sure it's going to be lots of fun. I'm buying it in 2 days. One thing I was wondering with natural disasters is if you can prevent them in some way, or is your city bound to be destroyed no matter what you do? I imagine it takes a lot of time to get an ideal layout. It must be difficult to rebuild. A saw a video of a meteorite strike and damage was massive.

 

[Agarwel]

I'm sure it's going to be lots of fun. I'm buying it in 2 days. One thing I was wondering with natural disasters is if you can prevent them in some way, or is your city bound to be destroyed no matter what you do? I imagine it takes a lot of time to get an ideal layout. It must be difficult to rebuild. A saw a video of a meteorite strike and damage was massive.

As far as I know, you can not prevent them (you can build sensors to get advanced warning and shelters to save citizens). But you can set how often you want them (or disable them completelly). And even on default setting they are rare (like meybe once in 5 hours?) and the damage is not so massive. Of course if you trigger them manually you can do some really massive damage in a short time. But one meteor or storm will not destroy half of the city.

 

[Catsman]

Thanks. I think that solves that issue. However I am finding the interface difficult. I am still just trying to do the things in the beginners YouTube videos but finding it doesn’t work in many cases. I would like a simple guide to the controller interface. I am not up to strategic issues yet.

 

[JPNeko]

As far as I know, you can not prevent them (you can build sensors to get advanced warning and shelters to save citizens). But you can set how often you want them (or disable them completelly). And even on default setting they are rare (like meybe once in 5 hours?) and the damage is not so massive. Of course if you trigger them manually you can do some really massive damage in a short time. But one meteor or storm will not destroy half of the city.

I'll check what the options are in settings. I won't disable them because then it would be no point in having that expansion, I guess. I think I'll leave them on default first and see how it goes.

 

[Agarwel]

I'll check what the options are in settings. I won't disable them because then it would be no point in having that expansion, I guess. I think I'll leave them on default first and see how it goes.

Default should be fine. Or for the first time, when you want to lear, just decrease it to 25% and you will encounter some small disaster from time to time. But nothing that would destroy your city :-D

 

[JPNeko]

Default should be fine. Or for the first time, when you want to lear, just decrease it to 25% and you will encounter some small disaster from time to time. But nothing that would destroy your city :-D

I will do that. Thanks.