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IGDB / 4212

Cities XL

2009 70 / 100 Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Strategy
Cities XL is a simulation game in which players can build their own cities on realistic 3D maps. Players are challenged to create the right combination of social services, employment, activities, and job opportunities for the cities' citizens. In a handful of brief animations, a grandmother character will get into scuffles with much stronger men; this is usually depicted in a slapstick manner as the men cower in fear Show full summary

Cities XL is a simulation game in which players can build their own cities on realistic 3D maps. Players are challenged to create the right combination of social services, employment, activities, and job opportunities for the cities' citizens. In a handful of brief animations, a grandmother character will get into scuffles with much stronger men; this is usually depicted in a slapstick manner as the men cower in fear or futilely strike back.

World design Open World StructureSandbox Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing

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Story & context

CITIES XL allows gamers to develop cities on realistic 3D maps using an incredible collection of unique structures and monuments based on American, Asian and European-influenced architectural styles. The maps feature a variety of environments: mountains, hills, canyons, beaches and islands, all set in different climates from tropical to desert, Mediterranean to temperate. Players must create the right combinations of social services, leisure activities, special events and other job opportunities within their cities in order to feed, clothe, employ and entertain their citizens. Be it planning and building a new zoo, public park, residential neighborhood or transit system - there's always a fresh and exciting challenge for would-be city managers and mayors in CITIES XL.

StructureSandbox Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing GenreRole-playing (RPG) GenreSimulator GenreStrategy ThemeSandbox Traitcity builder Traiteconomy Traitgod mode Traitmanagement Traitmicromanagement Traitonline Traitpolygonal 3d Traitsteam Traitsteam trading cards Traitterraforming Traitworld building

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Monte Cristo
Publisher
Monte Cristo
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Sandbox
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Oct 09, 2009
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Oct 08, 2009

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