When comparing Civilization vs SimCity, the Slant community recommends SimCity for most people. In the question“What are the best and the most revolutionary games of all time?” SimCity is ranked 12th while Civilization is ranked 18th.
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Pros
Pro Immersive, highly addictive
Once you start, you're committed for at least three hours.
Pro Defined a game genre
The original Civilization is responsible for bringing the 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate) genre to masses and defining certain characteristics that are now staples of the genre.
Because Civilzation was commercially highly successful other publishers tried to replicate Civ's success.
Pro Includes tourism
Pro City socialization
City socialization add in an extra element of story and advancement allowing user to specialize in certain fields that will allow for expanded options and buildings.
Pro Stable and runs well on lower end systems
SimCity runs well on mid range hardware with little to no crashing.
Pro Design any city you want
SimCity allows for users to play and build how they like. From small country or suburban towns to huge cities and all the perils and gains they bring.
Cons
Con Big learning curve.
Managing everything from resources to armies to research is a delicate balance.
Con No multiplayer
The original version had no multiplayer.
Con Limited building space
SimCity limits the payers amount of building space which can ultimately prohibit the creativeness of a players city building.
Con Always on DRM
Simcity features always online DRM, even for it's single player campaigns.
Con City to city resource sharing is limited
City to city resource sharing can only take place if both cities are able to provide said resource with one borrowing some from the other. There is no way to share resources with a city that for instance does not have a power plant and power is what the player wants to share.
Con Takes a lot of dedication and time to learn the ins and outs of planning a city
Even after 100 hours users can still be learning about different features or plans on how to expand their towns from the earliest outsets.