CITIES XL™ is the next-generation in city-building games, allowing gamers to develop cities on realistic 3D maps using an incredible collection of unique structures. Would-be Mayors are challenged to create the right combinations of social services, leisure activities, special events and job opportunities within their cities in order to feed, employ and entertain their citizens. Realism will be pushed to the limit with cities that are bigger, more realistic and more sophisticated than ever before.
What is in the box?
25 maps featuring varying landscapes - from canyons to grassy hills and snowy mountains
Around 500 buildings based on various architectural styles (European, American …)
Diverse citizen structure: Four levels of wealth, four main different needs (Services, Environmental, Prices and Traffic) split into many sub-categories (Police and Fire departments, Education, Leisure, Commerce, multiple types of Pollution, Taxes, Cost of Life, Distance to work and more)
A rich enterprise selection ranging from agriculture to heavy industry, services, tourism…
A complex, but easy to access, simulation based on 12 resources to trade with an opportunistic IA (electricity, waste management, agriculture, water, fuel, etc.)
An ambitious traffic system including many type of roads (five different widths, costs, quality and capacity), highways, airports, ports, and much more. A complex bus system is also available.
A set of never-before-seen real-time construction tools allowing players to create curved roads, building zones of various shapes, elaborate bridges…
Minimum System Requirement:
OS : Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or 7
Processor : Intel Pentium IV 2.5Ghz or AMD equivalent or better, Laptop : Centrino 2 or better
Memory : 1GB (XP), 1.5GB (Vista), Laptop: 1.5GB (XP), 2.5GB (Vista), 8GB Hard Disk Space
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT/ ATI Radeon X1600 or better, 256 MB RAM, Laptop: Intel Graphics Accelerator or better, DirectX 9.0c