• RandomException
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        1010 months ago

        I was just watching CityPlannerPlays stream where he was trying the new patch out, and oh boy has the game changed totally. It actually looked like a fun challenge instead of the money printing simulator that it was before.

        • @Oddbin@lemm.ee
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          1010 months ago

          Let them get back on track with their DLCs and then we’ll see the money printer whir back into life. Paradox gonna paradox.

          • @Fizz@lemmy.nz
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            310 months ago

            How is it car centric? Walking is the most op mode of transport in the game.

              • @Fizz@lemmy.nz
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                110 months ago

                Ok it doesn’t have bikes but walking and public transport are so over tuned its impossible to actually have traffic issues. If you don’t want to make a car centric city you can easily not make one.

  • circuitfarmer
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    10 months ago

    I am hopeful for this. Playing it on day one, I reported a garbage management bug on the official forum: only to be told it was “by design”, and yet still game-breaking.

    The performance woes got all the press, but the game was fundamentally broken. It was nearly impossible to lose. Too many services for a small city? Here’s free “government subsidies” that you also can’t shut off when your city is successful. Don’t have garbage service? No problem, a neighboring city you have no control over is gonna handle your trash – for free.

    I hope this is finally a step in the right direction, but I’ll never understand why it took a year to listen to day 1 issues. If the game had been released Early Access the response would have been better all around. Performance issues need to take second place: if the game isn’t fun, I don’t care how it performs.

  • @Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    1510 months ago

    I decided to test it even though I’m done with the game. On my 110k pop city I ran it for 2 hours and simulation speed pre patch was 1.2 and is now .06 - 0.8

    The performance is back to where it was pre optimization patches.

    • @Dagnet@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Sometimes you need to take two steps back so later you can take one step forward, ok?

      Edit: seems like quite a few people didn’t understand the joke, 2 steps back and 1 forward is still 1 step back, they are slowly getting worse

      • @Fizz@lemmy.nz
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        610 months ago

        It’s almost a year and the game isn’t even in the expected day 1 release state.

    • DarkThoughts
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      210 months ago
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