Citystate

Citystate: Intergalactic Colonialism Does it count as colonialism if there's no one on the planet when I get there? I guess the corporate exploitation is a form of colonialism but they willingly chose to join the colony named after a Star Wars reference that I didn't get to choose. The spice must flow, but instead of fueling a jihad, it's fueling the IMF. While many city builders get more and more complex in their interpretations as time goes on, there's a certain point where you can feel a fuse in your brain pop. In-between organizing a bauxite mining operation or getting to the late stage of a HOI game where tactical nuclear strikes become mandatory. Aren't you interested in a city builder that takes it back to basics? Basics that are fun and enjoyable? Citystate almost has that. Until you leave the game running while you go warm up some coffee, accidentally miss 2-3 events on policy decisions and lead to a disaster spiral that leads to the young city state of Thug Huntopia to coll...

I don't know. The game has a great concept of intertwining politics, economics and city building. When I was asked by advisers which school I prefer, Austrian or Keynesian, I was sure that I would love this game. However, after a few hours, I built all the buildings in the city and passed all the laws and... that's it. The game is essentially over. You can endlessly build arcologies and grow numbers, but nothing new happens. The whole idea of the region is to make several cities. The feature with space is the same city builder, only with slightly different rules. And that's it. It's disappointing. There is no sense of completion, no desire to continue. Every aspect of the game is not polished for the playable stage. 42 freedom index out of 100.

challenging and fun.