QUOTE(lowyatguy @ Nov 30 2009, 10:48 PM)
Anyone purchased Simcity...is that worth for the price of USD$2.99?
I did. I am not sure what you mean by if 2.99 was worth it, if I compare it to the orginal price then yes its worth it because 2.99 was 50% off of that.
but consider
Theres not other city simulation games selling at USD$2.99.
There is no city simulation game in iphone except this one, if I am not mistaken.
I got some other games that cost 2.99. But I do find the contents in Simcity better then typical 2.99 games had to offer. So yes to me it is worth it.
Of course this version of iphone Simcity is waterdown abit compare to PC version.
1) Cannot manipulate terrain. ie make lakes or hills.
2) THeres no hill. you start with a level terrain. but you can influence how big rivers can get and where shore lines are in your map.
3) Buildings like school dont have area of effect radius, such that placing them side by side is Ok. but you do need to maintain the ratio of such buildings to your populace.
Other than that it looks pretty solid as mobile game. I still havent figure out how to increase my mostly average land value. But I sorta like having able to make farms, airports & naval docks. And bringing in high tech industirals.