Cities: Skylines 2

"City Skylines 2 is a great city management and creation game, with a bright future ahead thanks to updates, mods and user-created content, which already has a range of interesting options, although the whole is weighed down by poor optimization …"

"Cities: Skyline II expands, refines, simplifies and complicates where necessary the legacy of the first chapter, but right now it is above all a vision. It is the vision of what could be after the dev patches for technical problems …"

"We could go into more detail about the many innovations introduced in Cities Skylines 2, but what really matters is to emphasize the freedom of choice it offers the player."

"Colossal Order already had a winning formula to work from thanks to the original Cities: Skylines. This sequel deepens the level of interactivity available to players, with more tiles to build on and more complex systems to design and implement. …"

"This is an excellent sequel, and an exciting foundation for what I’m sure will be a bright, addition-packed future."

"Cities: Skylines II is a modest improvement on its predecessor, integrating a good amount of features and content to feel like a worthwhile sequel. The underlying design remains great and should eventually reach its full potential, but a lack of …"

"Cities Skylines 2 makes for a truly enjoyable city builder experience. The merit of its visual beauty and the excellent building and planning tools offered make it unique. It definitely needs to find some improvements in the technical aspect."

"Cities Skylines 2 is a well-loved home that picks smart renovation over a sweeping revolution. With incredible visuals and immaculate detailing, few cities can eclipse this colossal effort in terms of sheer freedom and choice."

"Skylines II is a good strategy builder that meets today&s;s standards, but could have delivered a little more. You won&s;t find anything in the management that you haven&s;t seen in the previous game or in other city building games. We …"

"In its current state, it is impossible to recommend Cities Skylines 2, as the game proves to be unplayable, even on a very powerful machine. The game has enormous potential and could score much higher after the necessary corrections. It …"

"The city builder sequel is packed with big improvements but a fair share of disappointments."

"Cities: Skylines 2 is a very good city builder with a few marked improvements over its predecessor and is huge in scale. It is, however, let down in (arguably unfair) comparison with the original due to the countless free content …"

"Cities Skylines II does its best to become the best city builder on the market and this first step surprises for how many things Colossal Order managed to improve. Of course it still needs more time to build (pun intended) …"

"As far as world-building games go, Cities: Skylines II is second to none. The sheer volume of capability is staggering and the possibilities are endless for what you can create."

"It&s;s going to take a lot of improvement to get this sim into an acceptable form"

"Intricate, intuitive, and ambitious, Cities Skylines 2 successfully integrates all the major improvements that players might have wanted. Something personal is lost in its larger scale, while performance problems spoil the beauty, but this could one day become the superior …"

"Cities: Skylines 2 doesn&s;t rebuild the genre nor its identity, instead choosing to go bigger and deeper without losing sight of what made its predecessor work. With no better alternatives on sight, this will do."

"The game isn’t unfinished, it’s just unpolished, unhoned, unrefined. It’s still a gem, though."

"I&s;d love to say that Cities: Skylines 2 is everything we could have hoped it would be, but right now it&s;s more like a blueprint of an idea rather than a finished product. I&s;m sure it looks amazing to the …"

"There’s still work to be done, but Cities Skylines 2 is an impressive improvement over the original. Its systems work together seamlessly, and you have more control over how your city develops without it feeling overwhelming or intimidating."

"In many ways, Cities Skylines 2 is addictive, but the word &s;addictive&s; should be taken subjectively. The game has good addictive potential, like the runner&s;s high after intense exercise or a delicious cup of coffee. But it also has bad …"

"Cities Skylines 2 can be engaging – expanding your city provides a lot of fun. Unfortunately, it cannot overshadow a vast sea of greyness, identical, levitating cars and ugly graphics that do not explain ridiculous system requirements."

"Perhaps the most complete and realistic experience we&s;ve enjoyed in the City Building Sims genre so far, the prestige of which is sadly marred by poor optimization in the graphics department."

"Cities: Skylines 2 is an ambitious sequel that might have bitten off more than it can chew – be prepared to do a lot of terraforming if you don&s;t want your metropolis to look like a nightmare."

"Cities Skylines 2 brings its share of new features, including even more in-depth management of your city. The financial aspect is more difficult and may come as a surprise to some, but after a few attempts you&s;ll get the hang …"

"Maybe it isn’t fair to compare Cities: Skylines II to its predecessor, which has had years of updates and addons. Setting aside some technical issues, Cities: Skylines II has some interesting new systems, some welcome mechanical improvements, and lots of …"

"If you have the patience to work through the kinks and revel in the satisfaction of constructing and managing a thriving metropolis, Cities: Skylines II is worth your time. The game shines in areas like dynamic weather changes, the demand …"

"Even with some of its shortcomings, Cities: Skylines 2 delivers an extremely deep and content-rich city simulator that genre fans will definitely want to check out. It should once again remind fans why Colossal Order is the perfect studio to …"

"While it does struggle under the weight of its own ambition a little, Cities: Skylines II is still a super addictive city sim."

"Cities: Skylines II is a city-building experience of epic proportions, filled with complexity and creativity. Its immense ambition in city design is complemented by an intricate web of services and an intelligent population. It may stumble under the weight of …"

"Quantifying the nuance of Cities: Skylines II isn’t easy. As I dig deeper into its complicated systems, more and more exciting features are still coming into focus. The sequel is ambitious and wants players to juggle hundreds of considerations as …"

"Although there are no major revolutions compared to the first chapter, or perhaps because of this, it can already be said that Cities Skylines II is a worthy heir to its predecessor, and in the future, with the release of …"

"Cities: Skylines 2 has a bright future ahead of it. The core city building is solid, a well-rounded new take on the city building genre that already covers a lot of bases, but has plenty of room for expansion and …"

"A good sequel which provides a better interface and lots of freedom for building your own cities. Too bad the game lacks in modes and optimization."

"Cities: Skylines II has an extensive system that lets you control every aspect of a city&s;s growth. Unfortunately some aspects could use more explanation and the graphic requirements are high, making it tough to get started."