Comments on: From Small Beginnings to Bustling Cities of Tiles with NEOM

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:49:22 +0000

In reply to Michael. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I can see why it didn't quite work out for you. It's definitely a bit on the lighter side and had I been looking for a very challenging city-builder, this would have fallen short. Perhaps it's the nostalgia it reminds me of, although it does have its positives. Nice to hear it works well multiplayer, though!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:24:09 +0000

I didn’t really get on with NEOM but I think that is mainly because I was expecting something more challenging and variable. It seemed to have a lot of randomness on the surface but ended up about the same every time. A better multiplayer game than solo game, in my opinion. I guess there was nothing I particularly disliked but not was there anything that I thought made it stand out from the crowd.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:37:47 +0000

In reply to Derek O.. You're very welcome, and thanks so much for the kind words! I'm in a similar boat where I don't feel like I need that many city builders, although I like the concept. Very happy I picked this up on a whim way back when! It's not perfect, but for 20 minutes of fun decisions, it's a lot more enjoyable than I expected it to be.

By: Derek O.

Derek O. — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 15:22:16 +0000

In reply to Jessica. Definitely intrigues me as well for adding a city builder to my collection. Not high on my list of themes to add, but this one does have a nice price point and I traded away Subdivision. Not willing to take the Suburbia plunge and I feel my collection only has space for one (other than Sprawlopolis). Thanks, Jessica. Always enjoy reading your reviews.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 01:25:48 +0000

In reply to Phegnax. The aesthetics are definitely subjective! Up close I love the little details but there is a sort of unfinished feeling to everything. I guess I enjoy it for what it is, though! Definitely reminds me of the good ol' days of SimCity 2000 when I was really good at just destroying my cities. Ha ha! Here, I feel like I have a little more hope.

By: Phegnax

Phegnax — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 18:03:48 +0000

Now this is a game that might interest me. I mentioned in your Sprawlopolis entry, that I like building nice cities. I liked SimCity and SimCity2000 is one of my favourite pc games. Looking a a the photos, I can say that I would have to strecht the ‘nice looking’ part. But otherwise this seems to check off lot my ‘looking for in games’-boxes.

I didn’t even knew, this game existed.