SimCity: Societies - Destinations

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

2
Average:

2
Bad:

1

Pros:

Tourists and attractions deepen the core gameplay
Strategy mode provides some nice challenges
New disasters, buildings, and events

Cons:

Relationships between social energies and structures are still arbitrary
On the simple side

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Last revision on March 5, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Tourists and attractions deepen the core gameplay
Strategy mode provides some nice challenges
New disasters, buildings, and events

Reviewers Didn't Like

Relationships between social energies and structures are still arbitrary
On the simple side

Expert reviews and ratings

Since the disappointing SimCity Societies was released last year, a lot of changes have appeared in various updates. Many have significantly improved the core game, and addressed the reasons why it scored so poorly. Yet a number of important issues...

By Games Radar on August 06, 2008

Expansion reviews can sometimes be a bit predictable. In 90-percent of cases you can predict that youll like or hate the expansion based on whether you like or hate the core game. But SimCity Societies: Destinations is a bit different. While it...

By IGN Gear on July 11, 2008

This expansion to last years underwhelming city builder is surprisingly good and makes a number of important improvements....

By GameSpot on July 07, 2008

Destinations does a nice job with the packaging. The disk GameZone received was a rather robust version, with all the Societies’ updates and the new content. What is included here is fine, but it seems that Societies is heading in the same...

By GameZone on June 26, 2008

Remember the Sims 2: Bon Voyage expansion? Apparently, SimCity: Societies' dev team shared a Coke and a smile with Bon Voyage's dev team, because the new Societies expansion, Destinations, is Bon Voyage from the other side of the mirror....

By 1Up on June 23, 2008

By Eugene NeubronnerFor the millions around the world hooked on The Sims, SimCity Societies was like an expanded sandbox, allowing players to create themed cities in a simple but structured manner.For example, players can choose to make their cities...

By AsiaOne on August 07, 2008

Like some other gamers, we felt that SimCity Societies lacked the more directed challenges of previous games in the series. Though we appreciated the unique energy concepts and the overall visual appeal of the game, we still felt that something was...

By IGN Gear on May 19, 2008