10. Cities in Motion 2

Cities in Motion 2 trailer

Cities in Motion 2 confines itself to the transportation side of things. You’re given a city not so much to build as to introduce a successful mass transit system. To that end, you’ll be working with buses, trains, trams, boats and helicopters. It’s totally up to you how you’ll build and rebuild roads, stations and anything else you’d need to provide a stable citywide transport system.

When you first start the game, your streets will be mostly empty. You can zoom in, however, to track the many little inhabitants of your city and see where they’re going and how they’re getting there. That will provide you with some of the raw data you need to form ideas. Soon, though, your city will be full of hustle, bustle, and lots and lots of traffic to sort out.

You get generous amounts of land space in-game, which allows for real growth and expansion in your city. While you have little or no control over the types of buildings that pop up, it’s fun to draw new roads and see the kinds of structures that develop along them. Being in charge of transport, you’ll also obviously need to draft up bus schedules and the like. That means the whole city has someone to point the finger at when the bus runs late.

Ah, if only every city road could look like this sometimes…

A complex overlay of roads and lines in Cities in Motion 2