I HATE THEM!

  • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I picked up cities skylines again and I've been making planned high density residential areas, each area has a central metro station that connects it to the other areas of the city, and several "arms" or blocks that are connected to the metro station with buses/trams and walking paths. Shit gives me so much seratonin that I'm surprised the government hasn't illegalized it yet.

    I know it's a game and not real life, but this shit isn't rocket science and yet we're still building cities like drunk toddlers in the year of our lord 2022.

    • Koa_lala [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      My gripe with cities skylines is that modern European cities are basically impossible to create (without a ton of dedication and mods). It was made with American style cities in mind.

      • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Outrageous that basically ALL of the buildings need to be placed roadside. Why the fuck are pedestrian paths not enough, and I need to put a park on a road? At least there are mods that have zoneable pedestrian paths, and TM:PE allows you to restrict traffic to just emergency vehicles. Sucks for console players, though.

        Edit: also, the lack of small train stations in the vanilla game is unforgivable. The only one available is like a damn city block, did the developers never ride a train through an urban area before? The fancier ones are basically big sheds with a couple bathrooms and a ticket kiosk.

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      I find it weird that you can only do this if you turn off the tech unlocking setting

      • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I had a starting area of low density that had a more extensive tram network and some buses to get people to the metros. After I unlock high density zoning, I basically stop using low density all together, too many ugly-ass roads.