SimCity for the iPhone and iPod Touch is a full featured version of the classic game brought over to your handheld device. This game has been recreated for your device and isn?t just another port that barely works. In fact, this game may even be comparable with the latest computer version of this series.
This game is built for veterans and rookies alike. Unless you consider yourself a SimCity expert, it?s probably best that you play through the tutorial mode. This will give you a good grasp on the basics of starting your own city. Once you get a handle on that, you?ve got the option to either start your own city or jump in to one of the two preexisting cities. If you choose to start your own city, you?ll be able to select from one of three different difficulty levels, the year you?d like to start the game in, what size city you?d like to manage, and the ability to toggle disasters and auto budget on and off.
When you get into the game directly, you?ve got a lot of controls that you have to monitor. On the left hand side you?ll see most of the building options available to you. These option include zoning, transportation, utilities, buildings, and bulldozer. At the bottom, you?ll be able to change the view, get information about parts of your town, control the speed of play, and the menu button. This game is definitely complex, but having the ability to pause things and just take a breath makes it that much easier to manage once you get a huge city up and running.
It?s hard to believe that there are people out there who haven?t played SimCity before. This series of games is one of the most legendary simulation games to have ever graced a computer screen. If you?re a fan of the franchise, enjoy sim games, or you?re just looking for something new that you can sink your teeth into and keep coming back for more, definitely check out SimCity for the iPhone and iPod Touch, you won?t be disappointed.