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Played for a while, got bored, never went back. I would have liked the game more if I didnt have to have a fire station every 2 blocks.
I know it marks me as a crazed heretic, but Cities XXL is a better sandbox city-builder. |
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As a heretic you shall burn. And your last thought will be wishing that there was a fire station within 2 blocks of you in order to put out the fire. |
I am adding a bunch of songs to the Gold FM (60s only) station on Cities. I like the core idea, but I wanted to flesh it out with a ton of new music. And just hits to play into the core concept of the channel.
I am adding: Del Shannon - Runaway Del Shannon - Hats Off to Larry The Guess Who - These Eyes The Guess Who - No Time Mitch Ryder - Devil with a Blue Dress Mitch Ryder - Jenny Take a Ride Paul Revere and the Raiders - Indian Reservation Paul Revere and the Raiders - Kicks Gary Lewis and the Playboys - This Diamond Ring Skeeter Davis - The End of the World Maurice Williams and the Zodiac - Stay The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525 Sly and the Family Stone - Everyday People Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island Blood, Sweat & Tears - I Love You More than You'll Ever Know BST - Spinning Wheel BST - And When I Die Chicago - Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is? Ides of March - Vehicle The Crystals - Uptown Herman's Hermits - Mrs' Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter The Modern Folk Quartet - This Could Be the Night The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon Procul Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale The Ronettes - Be My Baby Question Mark and the Mysterions - 96 Tears Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit The Lemon Pipers - Green Tamborine Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints The Zombies - She's Not There The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today Diana Ross and the Supremes - Someday We'll be Together Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man Edwin Starr - 25 Miles to Go The Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There The Four Tops- Walk Away Renee The Four Seasons - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman The Temptations - I Can't Get next to You The Temptations - War The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misundertood The Animals - House of the Rising Sun The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations The Beach Boys - Wouldn't it Be Nice? The Beach Boys - God Only Knows Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man The Beatles - Hey Jude The Grass Roots - Let's Live for Today The Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions The Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes The Lovin' Spoonful - Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City Rare Earth - I Just Want to Celebrate Three Dog Night - One Three Dog Night - Eli's Coming Three Dog Night - Celebrate The Shocking Blue - I'm Your Venus Of course, this list both reflects my own bias. These are songs I already own. There aren't many traditional groups such as The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and such here, and a token shout out to the Beatles. I love the jazz fusion latter part of the 60s, and you see heavy use of Chicago, BST, Three Dog Night, Ides of March, Grass Roots, and more here. This is my list, obviously. In some cases the more well known songs of an artist, such as Three Dog Night, ran up against the 70s. In some cases, I may like a certain artist;s music a lot better than their hits. I tried to keep no artist to more than three of, which the main game has with Jan and Dean already - three songs. Hope you enjoy that look at my updates! |
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Hats Off To Larry - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes |
Apparently this will be available in board game form...
https://www.pcgamer.com/please-const...es-board-game/ |
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I decided to make some more changes to my additions to make it more consistent with the initial radio station. Here are the artists on GoldFM 3 songs by Jan and Dean 2 by Etta James 1 by Bruce Channel - Hey Baby 1 Eric Burdon song 1 by The Drifters 1 by The Shirelles 1 by Martha Reeves 2 by Vouges 1 by The Newbeats 1 by Mary Wells 1 by The Troggs 3 by Tommy James 1 by BJ Thomas This gives you a feeling of doo-wop, modest rock music, and vocal stuff. The problem with the 60s in reality is really that no decade has as distinct a sound as others. No decade shifts their sound as much from the beginning to the end. The end of the decade and especially 67-72 is a real push-back against pop music and the beginning of the decade in a major way. Now I love this era of music. I own every album in this era by most prog bands, like King Crimson or Pink Floyd, Moody Blues or Procul Harum. I own everything from Pet Sounds to every album by Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, and more. Even the most successful act from 67 to 72, Three Dog Night, is regularly changing their sound with three separate lead signers on their band, and changing their sounds. "One", "Joy to the World," Eli'c Coming, Celebrate, Mama Told Me Not to Come and Never been to Spain each sounds distinct and different. I love psychedelic music, and of groups taking the genre seriously. There was a time when Incense and Peppermints was my favorite song from the 60s. No other decade is as distinct from the beginning to the end. The 70s embraced easy listening and disco early, and if you wanted to be successful, you had to do the same. 80s? 90s? 50s? 40s? 30s? 20s? Even the 2000 and 2010s haven;t been that different But the 60s is tonally different. And the sound of a song like Incense and Peppermints or Nights in White Satin is just extremely different than the sounds of the radio station, and it feels jarring at times to hear it. So I am pulling these artists, which don't align with the tone that the station has going for it: Chicago Moody Blues The Guess Who The Byrds The Beatles Sly and the Family Stone The Grass Roots Three Dog Night BST Herbie Hancock Ides of March Zager and Evans Jefferson Airplane Procol Harum Strawberry Alarm Clock Beach Boys Spencer David Group Chambers Brothers D. Ross and the Supremes We are leaving in lighter rock like Mitch Ryder and Paul Revere who fit perfectly, doo wop additions and soul stuff like Edwin Starr's 25 Miles to Go. I am also adding in songs from the 60s or 50s that do fit tonally with what is happening here: The Dell Vikings, Come Go With Me Danny and the Juniors, At the Hop Danny and the Juniors, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay The Happenings, See You in September The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt Del Shannon - Handy Man The Drifters - There Goes My Baby The Drifters - This Magic Moment The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk The Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me (as you can see I freakin love the Drifters!) Lou Christie - Lightnin' Strikes Paul Revere and the Raiders - Just Like Me Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Little Latin Lupe Lu T. Rex - Bang a Gong The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic? The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream Tommy James & the Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now The Duprees - You Belong to Me The Crystals - He's a Rebel The Ronettes - Baby I Love You |
Here's my band's songlist, if you want some more suggestions :)
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Well that was shitty. Give me a second.
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I'm shocked by how well Handy Man by Del Shannon fits this station and game.
In case you are unfamiliar with this cover of song by the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (it hit 22 on the charts in 65): Another song that's very well suited is Modern Folk Quartet: |
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That's okay, we'll give you like....five seconds, thanks! Is this your list for the game? |
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Del Shannon covers for the win?? :confused: :) |
So what are the mandatory DLC's for this game?
From doing a bit of reading, it seems like After Dark and Mass Transit are pretty much must have's, and maybe Industries (?). Thoughts? Also, any good tutorials out there on getting started? |
I think industries changes the game dramatically and I would list that as a must have with the other two you mentioned.
I would say that all of the DLCs listed below really make the game better and aren't just cosmetic: After Dark Mass Transit Industries Park Life Campus life Snowfall (only if you want street cars) The rest only make small changes like radio stations, natural disasters, concerts, added buildings, etc. |
Cities Skylines 2 is finally coming. Here's a look at the trailer:
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