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Disaster of a game. So many game-breaking flaws in just one game. One of many major errors in the design of the game is the so-called "region play". Because time stops in the parts of your region not played (you can only play one part at a time), major gameplay problems arise. A gamer who wants an easier time with the game can simply dump negative things like trash and polluting industry (pollution doesn't even travel thoughout the region) into never played portions of the map, and have all good items in the played ones. If however, one wants to play all parts of the map, this VERY serious 'time' flaw comes into view - The played portions react to the others toward the last time those others were played and new elements were put into it. This means that the played part of a city in the year 2060 may be reacting to another part that is stopped at 2040, a part in year 2090, another in 2065, etc. Imagine trying to play each and all areas! The horrible problems this creates, is compounded by the truly awful AI contained in this game. SimCity 4's design intends to have one's citizens think about what is within the immediate area as well as the region beyond, and react. This 'AI' is terrible. Citizens choose and stick to already congested streets to get to a destination instead of choosing a clear highway running to the same place. Common too is the fact that one's residents can not seem to find thier way to work even if it is directly across the street! Even if one is to continue to play despite these horrid flaws, many more gameplay issues plague SC4. The claims of this game as "3D" are also misleading, you are still limited to four basic angles of view (with a few different zoom levels), not free motion camera controls as many games have today. The interface is lacking positive features previous versions had such as multiple saves. Released in 2003, the game still contains many game ruining bugs that have yet to be patched. The reviews calling this game "hard" are not due to gamers' poor strategy. Its difficulty is due to a "broken" game. This game is so flawed that the developers themselves could not create a completed large, profit making city. This isn't your old SimCity...It is much worse!