Cities Skyline vs. Simcity 2013: An Honest Comparison 

Now city skylines has tunnels

Cities Skylines has changed a LOT since this video, please don't go off this when deciding which game to go with! Almost all features listed that cities skylines doesn't have, it now has, and things like graphics on Cities Skylines are very good. I prefer cities skylines greatly over sim city, although both games have their charm, and I would like to see the possibility of expanding individual buildings.

MOST of the negative things about skylines have been added/fixed after the video

2015 Cities Skylines = SimCity 2013 2019 Cities Skylines > SimCity 2013

Nowadays skylines has tunnels, night time and if you arent playing on a fucking carrot, good graphics.

Most of the stuff missing in Cities Skylines is in it now. Tunnels, day-night cycle, tourism, and pretty soon dynamic weather.

You should re-do this video. Cities Skylines now has: -Tunnels -Day/night cycle -Tourism -Dynamic weather -Terraforming

lol City Skylines has fixed almost all your complaints, time for a new video?

As an owner of both Cities Skylines and Sim City 2013 I won't be telling you which one is "better" but, spoiler alert: Cities Skylines is better.

Cities Skyline beats Simcity 2013 without a doubt

1:28 was this necessary

You don't talk about public transport! SimCity: Sh*t! No routes for vehicles and they going to nearest stop. C:S: Improved system, line making, metro and much more!

Cities Skylines DOES have tunnels. Edit: This video came out before that feature was added, so this comment is basically irrelevant. It just punctuates Cities Skylines superiority.

Should I stop playing SimCity and start CS?

Like: City Skylines Comment: SimCity

Interesting to watch 5 years later and see how much C:S has not only closed all the gaps, but grown far beyond. I love city building games, and I'm very glad to have graduated to C:S.

city skylines makes simcity look like shit.

Now we have tunnels in CS

crazy how obsolete this video became, not because its a bad video but because pretty much all of the crituqes of skylines in this video have either been completely fixed or changed because of either DLC or mods. Skylines is hands down the way to go

1:28 Masterpiece right there.

redo this cities skylines is very different now

Cities Skylines is so superior to SimCity it is like comparing the Beatles and Justin Bieber.

2:29 saying how good cities skylines traffic is as a car phases through another.. Jk cities skylines is an absolute amazing game.

SimCity 3000 is still one of my favorite games of all time

I have both and I recommend having cities skylines

Playing skylines on low settings - tell everybody there is shitty graphic ;D

The only thing that makes me sad about cities skylines is the fact that it doesn’t have multiplayer like simcity have. A game with city specialization AND multiplayer + all the game options and possibilities and a HUGE map like Skylines have would have my money not even thinking twice.

For a 2013 game, I gotta say SimCity has some nice graphics

Just to mention, Most of the shortcomings you mention for Skylines have been addressed in updates and expantions.

0:23 Long answer: Watch the video Short anwer: Cities Skylines is better

Its like a Medium Wage dad gets a son that has High wage in the future... SO PEACEFUL

It would be interesting if you made an updated version of this vid to see what changes happened to both games over the years.

Cities skylines probably one of my most favorite games ever

Omfg I bought sim city for 40 quid and no one told me that cs was thing. All that time I spent on sim city that could've been on skylines. RIP.

So, it seems that as much as I have a nostalgic love for SimCity (from the olden days) EA has, well, been EA and not kept up to speed with their competition. The lack of graphics and music in CS is a compromise I'm willing to take in favor of a better developed/matured game play. The Agent system & mod community was a big factor/win for CS for me. So, this is now where I buy the game and never see light for 6 months. Hope my Boss understands. Thanks AsilksWorld!

Bob likes skylines more in nearly every factor except for the utilities in which he finds the modular system to be very cool.

Cities: Skylines now have tunnels actually.

cities skylines is far superior but i wish it had the modules for individual buildings

1:28 I understood that you are a creative artist

Skylines content + simcity 2013 tools, electricity and water system + simcity 4 population and regional system would be the ultimate city building game without question

Things that have changed with Cities Skylines since this video.... Skylines now has road tunnels. After that they added a European pack, consisting of European styled commercial, residential, and services type buildings, all for free. It also has Day and Night cycles which was a free part of their new expansion titled After Dark, which when purchased added prison complex, more leisure options, and buildings. Now with the Snowfall expansion we are getting fucking snow for free, and a tram service and some other new stuff when we pay.

One more thing Skyline: $30 SimCity: $60 30Simline No wait what was I even

Why am I watching this, I was not even planning on getting either of these

I love how almost all of the problems you mention with Skylines are now fix or added.

Knowing how Paradox works : add-on will be there soon, and more things will be added. :D

Now in 2016 i think you can say that City Skylines is more of a simulation while Sim City is more of a game to have fun with, if you get what I mean.

Skyline Players: *Builds a flipping 1 way road* Simcity Players: *Literally builds a supervillain base* Ok

loved that this was really in-depth. Cheers!

the perfect city builder would be a baby between these 2 AND tropico 5

Skylines recently blew Simcity out of the water with its new expansion pack, "After Dark".

Few years later: Skyline has night, tunnels, tourism mods, graphic mods... pretty much all the complaints can be fixed with mods and new DLCs

Not to mention the mods are what makes Skylines a winner in my book. The community is so great.

cities skyline have tunnels now

he began with saying this wasn't a comparison, but in the end, he clearly stated that it was

The only thing I miss from Simcity now that I've switched to C:S is the ploppable building expansion thing that Simcity has (shown with the firehouse and city hall in this video). It really added more of a customizable feel to your important buildings as well as making things more unique (plus the ability to have more models). Of course, for C:S, you could always just download more building models from the Steam Workshop, so it's nearly moot.

"I bury them in my backyard". Ha! You're funny, son.

There's tunnels in Cities Skylines

Cities: Skylines is better because they have added tunnels, added a disaster DLC pack, and the steam workshop provides so many mods you will never get bored for a WHILE. I really recommend Cities: Skylines as I own both games and the pros in Cities far outweighs the cons.

C:S looks amazing with textures and luts I bet there aren’t any of those for simcity

95% Cities Skyline better than SimCity 2013 4% 50/50 1% SimCity 2013 better that Cities Skyline

you can get 80 tiles with mods

SimCity used to be fantastic, but EA fucked up with simcity 5, and the sims 4 too. They made wrong things, thats why Maxis closed

As an owner of both games, I can safely assume that Simcity 2013 = For people that want fun games, and want to play together Cities Skylines = For the more advanced people/modders

The only thing I dislike about Cities:Skylines is the way buildings work. In SimCity you plop down a school, and then gradually customize it and expand it as the need for education grows. Same goes for each ploppable building. You also have production chains there - an Ore Mine produces ore, you need a depot to store it, you need a smelter to turn it into steel or alloy, you need a factory to make that into televisions, etc. Cities Skylines on the other hand...well...you plop down a school and...that's it. It just sits there, making the houses more educated in the background. Where's the crowd of students coming and going to it? Where are the extra expansion rooms? Why aren't there any production chains whatsoever? Sure, I can set a district as a mining district, and it just...sort of...becomes one, and that's it. Mining-related buildings show up all by themselves and they just sit there, doing "mining". But it is completely inconsequential - it's basically a reskin of the normal industrial zone. Also it doesn't matter of there are any ore deposits nearby - if there aren't then the raw materials needed by the buildings are brought via trucks. The "cities" in SimCity feel like actual living cities...or more like tiny villages at least. There's stuff to do in them. The cities in Cities:Skylines are static.

PSA: A lot of the missing features (tunnels, night time, etc) have been added to the game. The additions are pretty shallow though unless you purchase the DLC (just grab it all when its on sale during a steam sale).

Let me, I own both, I have 364 hours and counting on city skylines, and on sim city I have 2

Finally, an honest comparison this is helpful! I liked seeing it from both sides. Update: On October 28 I got Simcity, I'll have to see. Update: I love the game inspite traffic. I can't wait to afford Cities: Skylines, and ty it. Also... Corrections: 2:-- Use built-in shortcuts to adjust this: [Ctrl] + [Alt] + W adds $5K to your hourly wages If you do this, but don't press Ctrl, it adjusts how much money you have to spend by $100K. Both methods require sandbox mode, which is like regular mode, except you have the keyboard shortcuts and they give a million Simoleons. Funny moments:. 2:54 "I'm looking at you, China" LOL 4:37 I"I bury my body's in my backyard **clears throat** " LOLTaatic!

During unlockables, you forgot to mention that in Sim City, the University and The Academy (with expansion) can research projects such as a space station or more power plants.

And you literally recorded Skylines with texture quality on Low and level of detail on medium.

I'm surprised there is even a comparison against skyline on which to buy. I played both, it's skylines hands down.Even before they had tunnels, day night cycles, and a shitload of transportation options. My simcity cities were tiny! They should really call it simtown or simvillage.

Simcity has fun looking graphics

"The cemetery under the health section. Which to me is pretty is useless. I bury my bodies in the back yard" - Nice

SKYLINES AFTER DARK JUST FIXED VERYTHING!

What I want with C:S is the community. It's very vibrant and positive, not to mention their CEO's and staffs, they're very friendly and responsive.

1:28 that’s just such a great way to show how to build roads you know.

Damn, they both have features I really like.

City Skylines now has night time and tunnels

That ending bit. Just wow.

You should do this again but with the new versions. It would be very amazing to see what you think of it.

You should make an updated version 1. Cities has tunnels 2. Cities has tourism and leisure specialization 3. Cities now has night time in the After Dark DLC and with mods, you can drastically change the lighting to make it seem extra realistic

Now we just need cities skylines vs. SimCity 4. I personally think Simcity 4 would win. Simcity 4 has 1,000's more mods, larger maps, better music, more buildings, better graphics, more services, a day and night cycle, better terraforming. Cities skylines may be 3D and it may be 12 years newer but it still doesn't beat SC4.

First, I would like to applaud your presenting skills. I enjoyed how you presented the information in this video without having a biased view. It was clear, and to the point. Second, I think I am now going to buy Cities Skylines. I love building games, and I like the highways, and bridges in Cities Skylines.

Weird how a lot of the stuff skylines didn’t have around this time, has it now

I really wish there's a game where the modding capability and the gameplay elements of the Cities Skylines combined with the Sim City 2013's future expansion pack and lively atmospheres(When you clicked any objects in Sim City 2013 like stadium or car, there will be interactive sound effects for it,when you clicked a human being they will say hello to you).

Owned Sim City. Got Cities:Skylines and never thought about Sim City again.

subscribed to your channel keep posting such videos

The only thing I noticed that SimCity has compared to Cities: Skylines is modular buildings, I would actually love to see that in skylines vanilla with a dlc at some point

Also, now Cities Skylines have specialization zones as well. PLEASE PLEAAASE update this comparison!

I enjoyed both games but for different reasons. I would say if you have a vision of a very specific city in mind and you enjoy tons of creative control than Cities Skylines is definitely for you. However I thoroughly enjoy the competitive aspect of Sim City, I like that the game presents me with constraints and challenges that maintain my interest over time where I find the late game in Cities Skylines mainly becomes a bit boring once you reach a certain population. I'm not saying they are equal, I would definitively say Cities is a more well rounded and well produced game, but I don't hate Sim City like a lot of other people do, I just enjoy it for different reasons. I wish they would combine some of the aspects of Sim City into Cities Skylines.

city skyline all the way

youtube automatically set the video as cities skylines topic in the description. RU-vid has showed the answer to who's better

Well, I have the Cities base game, and if you use the page down you can make streets below the surface, so the game does have tunnels.

That last jab... tears of joy.

Sim City loses frankly because Cities: Skylines has mods and a huge modding community. So no amount of expansions can bring Sim City ahead, the only perk it has is multiplayer but with mods? Who knows that can already be a thing. I've seen lengthy LPs of Sim City and it doesnt' have the same depth or staying power. Even Lazy Game Reviews, a guy who owns every copy variant of every Sim City says the newest one is just disappointing, Skylines comes out later at half the cost and no online DRM and crushes Sim City. I wish Sim City was better, the multiplayer would have been a great option but they dropped the ball and just about any Sim City before it is superior never the less Cities.

4:37 he buries his bodies in the backyard

Skyline has tunnels now!!!

Updates for Citites: Skylines for everyone wondering, 1:13 They have updated it and tunnels are now available. 5:50 There is a new mod for 81 tiles instead of 25. 7:12 - 7:18 There is a little bit of tourism by placing landmarks and monuments, so that isn't correct. 8:17 They have updated it and night time is now available. If you don't know what to choose, I chose Cities: Skylines and I am having a lot of fun with it, I never actually played Simcity so I can't say if it's godd, but if I look at these videos, I would go for Cities: Skylines.

I absolutely LOVED the modular buildings in SC. Something I REALLY miss in CS. I hate plopping two or more firestations, when just expanding it would be way more usefull.

One game is lead by a company that doesn’t give a shit about its player and the other actually listens and incorporates its community’s ideas and mods.

You should do a updated version of this.