Posted March 16, 2015
Personally, I've never compared Tropico with Sim City. Tropico focusses more on the political aspect in your city while Sim City lets you play in a "peaceful" city.
But even CS and SC are not that easy to compare with each other. Cities in CS tend to stand or fall with the efficency of your traffic. You have to wait longer until you can build schools, public transport and so on. You don't have as much money as in SC but you recieve a cash bundle every time you reach a milestone (which you throw out again to place the new buildings), It's easier to have a positive income. The game has a slightly cartoony look (a bit like Sim City (5) and The Sims). SC looks more realistic than CS despite the 3D graphics.
Short: Skylines kicks you right into the game but holds your hand from time to time. Rewards are shown more visually like mini-achievements. To make it more like Sim City you should use a mod that unlocks everything from the beginning and another one that let's you start with more money. So you won't need to destroy many residental, shopping and industrial buildings as often as you do.
In SC you can build most needed buildings right from the beginning but you must decide which ones you build first and which later - and you adjust their budget more often. Traffic is easier to handle and more forgiving. Cities in SC look more like cities because the space between buildings is filled with detailled props.
Short: Sim City also kicks you right into your game and you plan more because you extend your existing city instead of destroying half of your city. So later, bigger cities have an inner core and more and more layers of extensions as they grow.
All in all it is good to have both games :)
I'd say both have their existing rights and everybody should
But even CS and SC are not that easy to compare with each other. Cities in CS tend to stand or fall with the efficency of your traffic. You have to wait longer until you can build schools, public transport and so on. You don't have as much money as in SC but you recieve a cash bundle every time you reach a milestone (which you throw out again to place the new buildings), It's easier to have a positive income. The game has a slightly cartoony look (a bit like Sim City (5) and The Sims). SC looks more realistic than CS despite the 3D graphics.
Short: Skylines kicks you right into the game but holds your hand from time to time. Rewards are shown more visually like mini-achievements. To make it more like Sim City you should use a mod that unlocks everything from the beginning and another one that let's you start with more money. So you won't need to destroy many residental, shopping and industrial buildings as often as you do.
In SC you can build most needed buildings right from the beginning but you must decide which ones you build first and which later - and you adjust their budget more often. Traffic is easier to handle and more forgiving. Cities in SC look more like cities because the space between buildings is filled with detailled props.
Short: Sim City also kicks you right into your game and you plan more because you extend your existing city instead of destroying half of your city. So later, bigger cities have an inner core and more and more layers of extensions as they grow.
All in all it is good to have both games :)
I'd say both have their existing rights and everybody should