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SimCity
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A follow-up essay argues that modern city-building games lack a soul, questioning what makes titles like SimCity and Cities: Skylines feel formulaic despite their technical polish. The piece examines how design conventions around zoning, traffic and optimization may be draining personality and emergent storytelling from the genre, prompting debate among players and developers about what gives simulated cities genuine character.
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A developer has published a memoir-style write-up documenting how to hack SimCity 2000 saved game files, walking through the reverse-engineering of the DOS-era game's save format. The technical deep dive into a beloved 1990s city-building classic is drawing interest from retro-computing and game-preservation enthusiasts who enjoy modifying old games.