Near-Perfect City-Builder Games No One Remembers Today
While not as mainstream as FPS or RPGs, city-builder games have been around for a long time; seriously, the genre dates back to 1964's The Sumerian Game. Cast as essentially an all-seeing god who takes control of the lives of puny humans, the appeal of city builders is not hard to understand; the games can range from e...
While not as mainstream as FPS or RPGs, city-builder games have been around for a long time; seriously, the genre dates back to 1964's The Sumerian Game. Cast as essentially an all-seeing god who takes control of the lives of puny humans, the appeal of city builders is not hard to understand; the games can range from epic sci-fi operas to quirky small-scale fantasy distractions. Most people know SimCity, Anno, Cities: Skylines, and Pharaoh, but a few fantastic city-builders have succumbed to the passage of time, becoming little more than footnotes in history.
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