After the legendary SimCity became very quiet in recent years, smaller developers and publishers in particular tried to fill the resulting gap. Commercial success was achieved, for example, with Cities: Skylines from Paradox Interactive, which attracted potential imitators. These included the indie studio Estudios Kremlinois, which teamed up with the publisher RockGame S.A. to work on Urbek City Builder. The goal of the two studios: a Urban development-simulation, which advances the genre above all with its strategic demands and playful possibilities.
As is typical of the genre, the first step is to create your own vision. Should a lively City be created with nightlife districts? An industrial location? Or just a sleepy little town? Once the player has made this important decision, the planning and construction of the district can begin.
Managing natural resources
And this is where Urbek City Builder requires a rethink on the part of the player. In contrast to other genre colleagues such as SimCity, money is not used as a currency here. Money is replaced by more than 30 different resources such as education, coal or food, which have to be managed and used strategically when building and expanding your own district.
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The playful Focus The focus here is on the organic growth of cities. In theory, it is possible to place buildings on the map as you wish, but in practice, various conditions must be met. For example, a food market can only be built near farms.
One for the technical Progress The university, which is essential for the education of the citizens, in turn requires grammar schools with other schools nearby. A strategic approach that runs like a common thread through the rest of the game.
Every building has its advantages and disadvantages
Urbek City Builder also attaches great importance to the in-game balance, which, according to the developers, ensures that each building has advantages and disadvantages. Bourgeois houses provide for A vibrant societybut naturally consume more food. On the other hand, if you increase a city's industry in order to produce more resources, the quality of life of its inhabitants decreases.
This playful trick ensures that genre fans in particular who are looking for a strategic challenge will get their money's worth. But newcomers will also find the extensive Tutorials and can try their luck as budding city builders.
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