Why is it addictive you ask? Well no matter what you do there are almost always problems; traffic, housing, industry, schooling, poor people, and much much more. These problems are so enticing to solve, the more you play the more you become invested in your city. You can go back to your first road, first, neighboorhood and that one horrible glob of roads that you want to call an intersection. Being able to look back on the small roots of where your city started from and how its blossomed into a thriving metropolis after grueling hours of planning and hard work, is amazing and gives an awesome feeling of real progress that is hard to find in games.

Why is it off-putting? Because there is always the urge to start a new, there is always that burning feeling in the back of your mind that you could do it better if you only started off better. This is not really the fault of the game developers but its more of a result of the game itself. A small warning to anyone thinking about purchasing you will restart countless times in pursuit of perfection just keep building on what you have it's not worth starting over.

Paradox are greedy bastards, I paid 30 dollars for this and I don't regret it at all but with all the DLC that is out now for the game some of it seems almost essential to run an efficient and "good city". Just give out some free updates paradox (I'm talking about some of the music DLCs, like really paradox ???)

[h1]The most addictive and off-putting game in my library... Also Paradox are Greedy Bastards[/h1] Why is it addictive you ask? Well no matter what you do there are almost always problems; traffic, housing, industry, schooling, poor people, and much much more. These problems are so enticing to solve, the more you play the more you become invested in your city. You can go back to your first road, first, neighboorhood and that one horrible glob of roads that you want to call an intersection. Being able to look back on the small roots of where your city started from and how its blossomed into a thriving metropolis after grueling hours of planning and hard work, is amazing and gives an awesome feeling of real progress that is hard to find in games. Why is it off-putting? Because there is always the urge to start a new, there is always that burning feeling in the back of your mind that you could do it better if you only started off better. This is not really the fault of the game developers but its more of a result of the game itself. A small warning to anyone thinking about purchasing you will restart countless times in pursuit of perfection just keep building on what you have it's not worth starting over. Paradox are greedy bastards, I paid 30 dollars for this and I don't regret it at all but with all the DLC that is out now for the game some of it seems almost essential to run an efficient and "good city". Just give out some free updates paradox (I'm talking about some of the music DLCs, like really paradox ???)