Recent reviews by JaredWsSb

It's pretty good! It's pretty clearly in Early Access, the devs say it's in Early Access, and the Steam page has a big banner that says it's in Early Access. It's also day one. Of early access. Considering that, the bones are there and it feels pretty good. It'll feel better when it's polished, of course, but if you like Create-a-Sim or Build/Buy stuff, it seems pretty robust so far.

There are bugs, of course. Some behavior's a little wonky. Some nice-to-haves are missing. It's not super optimized. Caveat emptor.

I'd like to see a couple things from here that aren't bug fixes, but would make the game feel nicer. Build/Buy feels a little rigid and inflexible at times - The Sims 4 did a really, really good job making the room editor super flexible. Extend, collapse, move entire rooms. This feels more like The Sims 3 in its approach. I do want to be able to pick up my entire house and move it somewhere else on the lot, because I built and furnished it in the wrong spot and now I'm stuck with that (unless I'm missing something).

I also really like the way the competition has always handled conversations - you get those nice little thought bubbles that make it feel a little more alive even if they don't mean anything.

Finally, the UI feels a lot like a stock Unity game - it's functional, but lacking in a little personality. With the charming painterly style of this game, a similarly painterly interface could give it a lot of life and make the game really unmistakable.

Overall, it's good. A solid 7/10 at launch with a ton of potential. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. Good luck, devs.

It's the little green spaceman game. You know it. You love it. It makes you feel smart when you get stuff right and soul-crushingly dumb when your rocket flops around and explodes after launch.

Remember Simcity 2013? Remember why that was bad? This game takes all of the bad things about that game and fixes them.

That isn't to say it doesn't have its fair share of problems, especially in the way the grids are created in curved roads, or the limited models, or minor issues with traffic pathing, but it generally does significantly better than Simcity 2013.

It's very much riding Maxis's (rest in peace) coat tails, but it does it better than they ever could. If you like city builders, this is the one for you.