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  I can't say I've ever found them fun, since I can never figure out why my city doesn't grow. :( : thecray
  • Yeah i really need to avoid overcomplicating : PixelPie
• The ability to punish the puny citizens in any immoral way I deem fun. : u sir name
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  Witness the organic growth of your city. That's why block placing games like City XL suck. : guigr
  • Interesting. : PixelPie
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    I hate trying to build organic looking cities in SimCity 4. They're not optimal. I always have to design some complicated grid pattern I can replicate across the largest land space.

    Jan 06, 2011 1:04am PST
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    I hate trying to build organic looking cities in SimCity 4. They're not optimal. I always have to desig... : Volatris
    • That's what I always do, too =/ Haven't played a City Building game in years, though. : famine101
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  There's a certain tactile pleasure to them; something like the pleasure that comes with putting things to... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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    Great articulation. : PixelPie
    • You mean 'building big cities' doesn't help?!? Heh, yeah. I guess it's fun finding the balance betw... : Nixx2004
• Building big cities. : Nixx2004
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  seeing that newspaper fly up that says we invented fusion energy : rgoer
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    also YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS! : rgoer
    • serious answer: a lot of the fun comes from in-game rewards for having a well-planned, well-functioning c... : rgoer
    • LOLOL : PixelPie
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  Achieving perfection. Optimizing the perfect design. Exploring the limits of how successful a city can ... : Volatris
  • #1: being able to debug in-game the cause of my city's success or failure. Detailed stats on money in/mo... : Volatris
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  Weirdly, my favourite thing is building a nice big wall around it. : marmite
  • Checkpoint Charlie included ? : Lukiopimp
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    LOL this is awesome. : PixelPie
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      I'm serious too but I can't really explain it. The screen shots of the Settlers 7 with the walls in ma... : marmite
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        Play Minecraft. Build walls. : Nixx2004
        • but then your eyes will bleed : PixelPie
  • I love it when RTS games let me build walls, I always build the most incredibly fortresses :) : thecray
  • This is what I did in Stronghold all the time; make the most awesome castlewall! : Smoochy666
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  Tangent What are your favourite Iphone city building games? : Vincenoir
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    There aren't any good ones. SimCity is fucking horrible. : PixelPie
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      aka I'm making one lol : PixelPie
      • Awesome! Look forward to it! If you need a beta tester let me know ;) : Vincenoir
• Building perfect cities. I don't want any disasters, or wars, or shit that randomly destroys my city; ... : master_disaster_17
• Being able to watch a tornado roll through and destroy everything : R@zzle
• Time to play Tropico 3 and study :P : PixelPie
• Building small, efficient, self contained cities. Also hearing the citizens say "this city is the best... : Cliffzorz
• The ability to nuke your city once complete would make these types of games interesting for me. : Milleh
• I always thought that the SNES version of Sim City had an awesome reward structure as your city grew. New... : zakazi
• Detail. Being able to watch all the little things happening in the city. : trelain