• Developers of Cities: Skylines 2 have noticed a growing toxicity in their community, which is affecting engagement and creativity.
  • The CEO of Colossal Order expressed concern about the negative impact of toxicity on the team and the community.
  • The developers still encourage helpful criticism from the community but ask for it to be constructive and kind.

Archive link: https://archive.ph/mVaIY

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    10 months ago

    Simulation speed grinds to a halt as soon as you slapdown a few high density buildings. You basically have to but endless low density sprawl or your city will grind to a halt. I think the Media team of colossal order deserve the toxicity they are receiving.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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      10 months ago

      Thanks for your honest thoughts on it and your experience. Even though CO media team doesn’t deserve toxicity imo, (I think Paradox management deserves it more), a lot is genuine feedback about people’s poor experiences with the game.

      I pushed through a 100k pop play through at 10fps 720p by the end before I upgraded my PC. That would be unacceptable for most but I had fun.

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        10 months ago

        I had fun as well and got to 160k. I tried to reduce population as much as I could but my city was way to developed.

        For me there is no replay value until more is added. The cities are really plain and a lot of the default assets look like crap. I know it will be fixed in the future but CO has this attitude that we should be greatful for the shit that was released and are happy to keep us waiting months for basic fixes and features.

    • APassenger@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I have so many high density buildings in my city and no appreciable FPS or slowdown issues.

      How does your computer compare to recommended specs?

      • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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        10 months ago

        I’ve got 160k people. Playing on 1080p with a 2070s and a ryzen 5600x

        Simulation speed is prioritized and graphics is turned down to medium but the game runs at about 0.8 to 1x speed.