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Davis Guggenheim, director of climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth, told conference attendees that SimCity 5 will help educate young players about the issue. Players will also be able to compete with others to be the greenest city.Don't expect the game to be a dry civics lesson, though. Lucy Bradshaw, senior vice president of gamemaker Maxis, told Reuters, "While it is about managing your resources correctly, a giant lizard may troll around the corner and take out a few buildings and you'll have to deal with that."
In the grand scheme of things, hearing that SimCity 5 is being planned isn’t the most shocking bit of news for PC gamers, but that doesn’t mean it should be understated. The impact of the first and best city simulator is far-reaching, a fact clear to everyone who picked up a copy of SimCity 4 this past summer. After Civilization V perfectly showcased how modern technology and innovation can breathe all new life into established PC formulas, SimCity 5 is already looking to do the same.
The details and images come from German gaming magazine GameStar by way of the NeoGAF forums, with a little effort needed to grasp what’s been lost in translation. According to the report, the game is approximately 30% completed with an estimated release of some time in 2013. The gameplay details come courtesy of Kip Katsarelis, the project lead taking the helm now vacated by Wright’s departure.
SimCity 5 may be a long time coming, but the early word seems to imply that the time has been put to good use. A new game engine, Glassbox will be used to bring the virtual cities to life, and apparently allow players to view the city from afar, or zoom in close enough to read individual signs and billboards. According to the report the images released are an idea of what to expect from the game’s visuals, but an official trailer will have to wait since “[t]he current video quality does not meet the requirements of internal.”
Despite this, the visual fidelity is apparently good enough to show glowing windows at night, citizens escaping over rooftops from spontaneous apartment building fires, and even AI characters that go about their days from morning until night. The released images give a good idea of what kind of population density is being pursued, and how the complex relationships between residents and business will impact gameplay.
