Chaz from We Got This Covered wrote:
Cities XXL is a really difficult game to review. Not because I had a hard time breaking down the details of it or exploring all of its nuances, but simply because I feel like I’ve already pretty much reviewed this game. I mean, it’s been just over three years since I took a look at Cities XL 2012, but it seems like I pretty much covered everything there. I don’t mean that as some sort of lazy slight to get out of doing this review, I mean it in the very literal sense that I’ve played this game before.
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Palmer Sturman: Cities XXL is an expansion of sorts that attempts to masquerade as a full game. There are a number of touted differences that developer Focus Home Interactive proceeds to list as reasons to purchase this “new” version of the relatively well received Cities XL Platinum, none of them serve to justify the full cost of this re-release. As an avid player of the original Cities XL I can say that nothing added to this release is worth your time. In fact, you’re better off just purchasing the original and calling it a day. What’s even more startling is the fact that Cities XXL is riddled with performance issues, all made worse by the presence of a number of glitches. In spite of the potential laid out by its blank canvas of city-creating freedom, you’re much better off playing something else for your mayoral fix.
Alex wrote: The franchise so far has been doing poorly, forcing Monte Cristo to close down and even though they had somewhat of a yearly release, it had been 3 years since the last title, Cities XL Platinum; a kind of expansion to Cities XL 2012.
