Recently got Skylines and g*med hard on it today, but, as someone who sunk hundreds of hours into SimCity 4, I'm not getting the appeal. SimCity 4 is just so much comfier?
Is Skylines really just a traffic simulator? I watched a video by a self-proclaimed city planner all about how to make efficient transitions from the highway to your town, and it seemed like the road building / traffic control is the whole point.
What am I missing?
I do the building unlocks because I'm trying to learn it and tend to get choice paralysis otherwise. And I try to keep the city finances in the green over time, but yeah, I always use the infinite money toggle in the options. Definitely more of a creative game than a 'best the game' game for me though, so even in my case you're totally right about that.