
Along
with many of the cosmetic changes (such as up-to-date 3D graphics),
SimCity uses the new GlassBox engine. "We try to build what you would
expect to see, and that's the game," explains system architect Andrew
Willmott, meaning that visual effects such as traffic, economic
troubles, and pollution will be more obvious. Two other new features are
a multiplayer component and finite resources.Unlike
previous games in the series, the...