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Update a set of year is always a big risk if you do not apply those improvements that the community of players deem essential to justify a new purchase, and if not all are updated to the latest version ends that the community is fragmented and This is usually not a good sign for the health of a franchise, especially when the multiplayer mode is the real added value. Speaking of Cities XL, however, these problems hardly exist: first, the multiplayer component was gone in the chapter last year, stored in the latest experiment - failed - developer Monte Cristo before their dissolution, in addition, it is even incorrect to speak of "new chapter" in the case of Cities XL 2012 as the game remained essentially the same in 2011, expanded in content and more functionality on a single dedicated amateur developers, however - that is a better mod support. This is also because the owners of last year's version may be limited to only purchase new content, of course, reduced price, or about fifteen euros for fifteen maps and 300 new buildings.

We find ourselves in the uncomfortable position short of repeating what is written in the review of Cities XL 2011, which in turn refers to Article on Cities XL, which was also an expansion but a little 'cleared of bugs and flaws. The look and feel, which is usually not very important in this kind of management simulations, it has remained unchanged and the interface is identical, and therefore still vulnerable to criticism from those who have always found "unsound" and not height of the recent SimCity.

Who was not accustomed to downloading changes amateur (maybe some from the operation 'precarious and necessarily afflicted with some bugs) will be very happy with the fifteen new scenarios in which to build their city, bringing to 62 the total count Maps and make it - now, yes - the truly complete range of landscapes and soil types. Indeed, at first you suffer a little 'embarrassment of choice and it is hard to understand the difference between some scenarios from the descriptions vague, but in fact simply be guided by the level of difficulty associated with each map and avoid possibly founding the first settlement in a place too inhospitable. It is good in this regard, remember that every city can trade with other created by the player and this is how you can make up for the lack of resources of each, first in Cities XL, as long as the servers have been opened, it was You can also trade with other players, but unfortunately, as already said, this interesting feature is no longer available for some time.

For those who had landed in this review without knowing the series, we reiterate a couple of concepts essential to understanding the underlying philosophy that makes the various Cities XL well appreciated by a certain type of players but tend to "misunderstood" by those seeking a new SimCity. Where the Maxis simulator offered a rate of challenge always maintained, and was never short of his setting of "game" to Focus Home strives for its appeal of a much more static, which does not tend to constantly ruin but can easily stabilize. In this way the player does not suffer virtually no pressure, but can concentrate on - if we want more frivolous - to give life to a city that satisfies the above aesthetics.

It is clear that to achieve a certain degree of development are informed choices, and you should always keep an eye on the level of citizen satisfaction but anyone with a little 'patience, can give life to the metropolis of his dreams without running into those moments of frustration that the fans are well aware SimCity. And then, of course, there are mods that are supported by this version a little 'more formally: just having a ride in the forum fansite dedicated to the management to find a variety of urban, some very appetizing. In contrast, the price of 14.99 euros for those who already own the game last year it seems a bit 'high, right in the face of the fact that we speak of a mere expansion of the content.