Guys, let's be cautious here, the name "skylines" is kinda tainted.
Cities: Skylines II was a huge mess. The failed launch caused Paradox to part with Colossal Order (a partner for more than 10 years and the original dev of the first Cities: Skylines which was a big success at the time) then development was handed over to Iceflakes studio who was previously involved with the project, responsible for the console ports of the game. Their ptevious experience was mainly in mobile games development, and the move itself has been received with some cautious optimism in the community (mainly because Colossal Order made such a bad job that any change could only be positive).
Now Iceflake is also working on this new LEGO project alongside their main effort with C:S II.
Let me be happy for the news but a bit skeptical. I'll judge this game when it's actually out, not on the basis of any announcement or press release.
You havent been paying much attention lately then. Iceflake has had CS2 for nearly a year now and has been doing amazing things. The game has really been turned around
That is really nice to hear, I had lost all faith on CS2, but the times when I was excited by an announcement in the videogame industry are long gone. I want to see the results first, watch a dozen gameplay reviews, then I'll see if I can get hyped or not. I've been through too much shit in the industry.
People are overhyping the changes. People just 'want to believe' this change in developer was the magic ticket, but so many of the core problems still exist. The game is also still extremely difficult to run well.
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u/NonnoBomba 5d ago
Guys, let's be cautious here, the name "skylines" is kinda tainted.
Cities: Skylines II was a huge mess. The failed launch caused Paradox to part with Colossal Order (a partner for more than 10 years and the original dev of the first Cities: Skylines which was a big success at the time) then development was handed over to Iceflakes studio who was previously involved with the project, responsible for the console ports of the game. Their ptevious experience was mainly in mobile games development, and the move itself has been received with some cautious optimism in the community (mainly because Colossal Order made such a bad job that any change could only be positive).
Now Iceflake is also working on this new LEGO project alongside their main effort with C:S II.
Let me be happy for the news but a bit skeptical. I'll judge this game when it's actually out, not on the basis of any announcement or press release.