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Cities Skylines Remastered

SCORE: 74

Thanks to the Xbox Game Pass service I was able to play Cities Skylines Remastered on the Xbox Series X for no additional cost. Cities Skylines Remastered can also be found on the Playstation 5 (PS5). Were you able to catch the live stream I performed of Cities Skylines Remastered on Rumble? We are working diligently to edit that into videos that will appear on our other video sites. After playing Cities Skylines Remastered I started to remember the good and bad in this franchise.

First and foremost if you turn on any assist in Cities Skylines Remastered then you deny yourself any achievements. This is so annoying based on how challenging Cities Skylines Remastered actually is. I wound up trying and failing multiple times to start a city in Cities Skylines Remastered. I eventually turned on the infinite money assist to be able to actually create something. The setup I came up with was still losing money.

The first thing that you need to do in Cities Skylines Remastered is build a road from the highway into the small area you have for a city. Then zone the areas for residential, commercial, and industrial. The buildings that come up need power and water. So a power station is needed as well as power lines to all the houses and businesses. Water and sewage need to be run to all of them as well. Be careful where you put your sewage drain off too.

Cities Skylines Remastered looks decent graphically until you zoom in. I had issues with fast forwarding until I figured out I needed to hold the left stick in. Cities Skylines Remastered is worse than an infected computer with the pop up messages. I am trying to look at something and here comes another pop up telling me I can bulldoze things over if I do not want them anymore. It told me that because I kept losing money.

There are numerous different environments that family members can enjoy in Cities Skylines Remastered. The sounds in Cities Skylines Remastered are okay, but really quiet. I found it very difficult to make money in Cities Skylines Remastered. There are so many expenses to get things going. Plus there are very few items unlocked at first in Cities Skylines Remastered. Cities Skylines Remastered is pretty family friendly. Just be warned it is also on the challenging and frustrating side.
- Paul

Graphics: 75%
Sounds: 75%
Replay/Extras: 75%
Gameplay: 65%
Family Friendly Factor: 80%

System: PS5/Xbox Series X
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Developer: Tantalus
Rating: ‘E’ Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY

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