Re:SimCity 4, the greatest citybuilder of all time, was rele...
by trackflak on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @05:31AM
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3000 was just a modernised and polished expansion of 2000. Maxis had plans to do a successor to 2k that was fully 3D but they kept hitting frustrations and setbacks. So they just stuck to what they knew and made a faithful successor.
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Re:SimCity 4, the greatest citybuilder of all time, was rele...
by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:13PM
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> Maxis had plans to do a successor to 2k that was fully 3D but they kept hitting frustrations and setbacks.
Graphics hardware at the time wouldn't be able to handle a city builder with the depth and scale of SimCity 2000.
Heck, it wouldn't have been able to handle a 3D version of the original SimCity unless the draw distance was limited to like 300 feet.
For proof, check out SimCopter. I can't imagine trying to play a city builder with those graphics.