And so the final piece of the puzzle moves into place. With probably the most asked for feature since Cities: Skylines launched in 2015. Natural disasters! The one thing SimCity fans could point to when they were hesitant in crowning Cities: Skylines the new king of city building games. Coming as part of a 'Natural Disasters' DLC pack this summer, it's time to prepare for some citywide chaos.
Of the non-gridlock variety. Sorry, had to go there. Here's the skinny on the new content. Which sounds a lot more serious than the often light-hearted giant monster attacks of SimCity.
Deep, Impactful Gameplay: Keep your city going through the devastation of several possible doomsday scenarios, from towering infernos to the day the sky exploded
With Great Power Comes Great Response Abilities: Plan for, and respond to, disasters using early warning systems, countermeasures, and new disaster responses such as helicopters and evacuations – finally, a Paradox game where "Comet Sighted" actually means something
Radio Saved the Video Game: Citizens can go Radio Ga-Ga with a new broadcast network, helping to rapidly spread evacuation warnings and emergency alerts – or simply relax to new in-game music stations
An Objectively Good Feature: Scenario Mode allows players to design custom game objectives, including custom starting cities, win conditions, time limits, and more – and share scenarios to Steam Workshop
Cities: Skylines Natural Disasters will be out this summer.