Cities: Skylines II, the immense city building and management sequel from Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive, has released a new gameplay overview focused on electricity and water. The devs reveal power plants, emergency battery stations, water sanitation mechanics, sewage outlets and more.
Cities: Skylines II launches on October 24th, 2023. It will be available on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. You can watch today’s new feature highlight episode on the Cities: Skylines YouTube channel:
Cities: Skylines II continues to impress. Most recently, the devs delved into city services with a new trailer and a developer insight video. Today’s gameplay may not be so broad, but it’s equally thoughtful and crucial.
Laying underground cables is conveniently tied into your roads. But electricity is more realistic than ever, with transformer stations, power lines that limit how much they can carry, usage shifts during temperature changes, and more.
All of the new options come with compelling restrictions, which challenges players to manage their city meticulously. Players will have the option to try out different types of power, from renewable to nuclear.
The addition of neighboring cities also allowed the devs to introduce the importing or exporting of electrical power. This new relationship with the outside world is smoothly connected, and never seems to compromise the established flow of the series.
While many water resource features remain the same, groundwater is unexpectedly neat. It seems more sensitive, since it can run dry, and it can also end up contaminated.
The population generally feels more involved, and more delicate, in Cities: Skylines II. Handling waste and preventing illness plays a big role. But fans of the genre will be thrilled by all of the new freedoms and difficulties that make this sequel sound profoundly immersive.
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