Sim City Societies: Video Game Review

Sim City has come a long way since the original game was introduced in 1989. Not only have graphics improved with the advancement of computers, but the game play has changed remarkably. I look forward to each new edition of Sim City as well as the Sims so I couldn't wait to play Sim City Societies. However, before I could play, I had to go through the normal "new game process" that has plagued me since I purchased my laptop, an Alienware Area 51 M7700.

The process goes something like this:
Open game. Install game. Register game. Start game to play. Have computer shut itself off. Disassemble laptop and evict a colony of dust bunnies. Reassemble computer. Turn on, allow to go through defrag and file checking processes. Restart game.

Yes, it seems like a lot to go through just to play a game. I am starting to understand why people like console game systems like the Playstation, Xbox and Wii. It's not such a process. Had I known when I purchased my laptop that it doubled as a dust bunny refuge I would have went with a desktop and saved myself some aggravation as well as having to make a trip to the local electronics store every month to buy canned air, the only known way to exterminate for dust bunnies. Having gotten everything in order I was ready to play.

I decided that since there was so much new in Sim City Societies I should actually use the tutorial. I seriously recommend this for anyone playing this game for the first time, even though it's easy enough to figure out without the tutorial. The tutorial is kind of like having the Prima Guide handy. You will come across that one thing that you had no idea you could do unless you are told. There is so much more to do in this game than ever before in Sim City. No longer are you just building a city and watching it run itself expect for making sure that you have enough housing and jobs as your city grows and rebuilding after disasters.