To many, Cities: Skylines is the premier city-building simulation. When the PC launched in 2015, it rapidly grew to become a fan-favorite launch for individuals who felt let down by trendy SimCity titles. When the sim title arrived on consoles two years later, the less-intuitive controls did not detract an excessive amount of from the expertise, enabling it to nonetheless ship a terrific city-building expertise. Now, developer Colossal Order and writer Paradox Interview have introduced Cities: Skylines Remastered, which improves the expertise for console gamers in myriad methods.
This new model of Cities: Skylines goals to let gamers create greater and higher metropolises than ever earlier than. Along with the plain graphical and efficiency upgrades enabled by the newer {hardware}, gamers can take their city-planning expertise to the following stage with as much as 25 buildable tiles as an alternative the 9 on PS4 and Xbox One variations. Moreover, gamers can stay up for a quick-selection instrument, user-experience enhancements like precision placements and up to date snapping choices, a brand new environmental management panel, a map editor, and the flexibility to put constructions freely.
Maybe most significantly, anybody who owns the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One model and its DLC will obtain Cities: Skylines Remastered and DLC (as much as the Airports growth) without spending a dime on their respective console household. Those that do not already personal the last-gen console model can seize Cities: Skylines Remastered for $40.
You possibly can see a really temporary teaser rattling off a number of the enhancements the group made for this new model under.
Cities: Skylines Remastered arrives on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S on February 15. The remastered variations of the DLC will turn into accessible within the coming months. For extra on Cities: Skylines, learn our 2015 evaluation of the PC model right here and the 2017 console model right here. You too can learn our 2021 interview with the CEO of Colossal Order on the enduring success of Cities: Skylines right here.
