What that means, well, your guess is as good as mine.
Pretty fluff piece that felt just like advertising for their latest expansion. No shade, just, meh reporting. I played this game probably half a decade ago and liked it, but it wasn’t quite fleshed out or set on what it wanted to be. It came out in that mid teens survival deluge. Anyone play it recently?
I remember admiring its art style when it first came out — it seemed to capture something beautiful about the landscape that reminded me of real Canadian wilderness. Now seems like a good time to try playing it.
I think the art style holds up pretty well even today. A strong creative direction, as well as integration of visuals with gameplay, story and atmosphere is what defined good graphics for me.
I would argue by that definition SimCity 4 (from 2003!) can hold its own against any modern city-builder:
I’m glad the story mode is finished but it should have been done years ago…
Survival mode is where the real fun is anyway.
