The default region is Timbuktu, containing several existing cities which serve as tutorials. Regions are large areas which can contain separate segments of varying sizes to be Region view in Sim City 4ĭeveloped. As the last “traditional” Sim City game and the final Sim City title produced by Maxis, Sim City 4 has been posthumously maintained and expanded by a dedicated fanbase, through third-party modifications and new structures created with the official Building Architect Tool (BAT). This 2003 release received an official expansion pack later that year called Sim City 4: Rush Hour, which greatly expanded and improved the transportation aspects of the original title.
Management of the city’s budget and citizen’s happiness remain important, but are enhanced, with easier access to more complex information when compared to previous entries in the franchise. New features include allowing the player to freely terraform, a day/night cycle, and the ability to build region-wide networks.
Terraforming, laying out road/utility networks, zoning, and allocating services represent the four main tenants of gameplay. Sim City 4 gives the player power that extends from the god-like ability to raise mountains to the managerial oversight to adjust the funding of local services.
