When comparing Homeworld Remastered Collection vs SimCity, the Slant community recommends SimCity for most people. In the question“What are the best PC simulation games?” SimCity is ranked 20th while Homeworld Remastered Collection is ranked 21st.
Specs
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Pros
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 Abysmal Homeworld 1 Remaster
Homeworld 1's engine was not updated, instead the assets were ported into the Homeworld 2 remastered engine. This introduced a lot of bugs in singleplayer and destroyed Homeworld 1's critical gameplay elements (e.g. physics simulation and formations). The original voice actors were rehired to redo their lines 17 years later and they now sound worse than the first time.
If you want to play Homeworld 1, you are better off avoiding this remaster - it is not the same game at all.
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.