Cities XL

About

Cities XL lets you design and manage cities on detailed 3D maps with a focus on balancing housing, jobs, and public services. You place buildings, plan transit, and track citizen needs as populations grow. The game mixes strategy with creative construction using structures inspired by global architectural styles. Each map has distinct terrain and climates to shape your urban layout. A quirky running gag involves an elderly woman using unorthodox methods to resolve conflicts with much larger opponents. These moments stand out as lighthearted breaks in an otherwise methodical simulation. Released in 2009 by Monte Cristo, it offers single and multiplayer modes for collaborative city planning. Players often note the depth of economic systems and the challenge of keeping residents happy through zoning and event planning.

Storyline

CITIES XL allows gamers to develop cities on realistic 3D maps using an incredible collection of unique structures and monuments based on American, Asian and European-influenced architectural styles. The maps feature a variety of environments: mountains, hills, canyons, beaches and islands, all set in different climates from tropical to desert, Mediterranean to temperate. Players must create the right combinations of social services, leisure activities, special events and other job opportunities within their cities in order to feed, clothe, employ and entertain their citizens. Be it planning and building a new zoo, public park, residential neighborhood or transit system - there's always a fresh and exciting challenge for would-be city managers and mayors in CITIES XL.