Everything new in the BIGGEST update to Cities Skylines 2 yet!
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- The next update to Cities Skylines 2 is here and it's HUGE! It adds official modding support via Paradox Mods, unlocks the official Map Editor, and fixes many bugs and improves performance. At the same time, the first DLC and radio station are being released for the game - The Beach Properties Asset Pack and the Deluxe Relax Station Radio Station.
In this video, I'll walk through each of these updates and provide my thoughts in order of each updates importance. In addition, I've re-benchmarked the game and will share top-line results. For full results, go to the link below.
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CHAPTERS
Introduction - 0:00
1 - Paradox Mods - 0:45
2 - Performance Improvements - 11:46
3 - Bug Fixes - 16:12
4 - Editor - 20:51
5 - Radio Station - 30:06
6 - The DLC that Shall Not Be Named... a slight rant - 32:22
Final Thoughts - 39:28 - Hry
Update comes out tomorrow, March 25!
New Benchmarks! Check them out here - ► docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/177iBJn2gpQ5m1X27HPOkv7ZJBfdYl0rS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101140246609650707649&rtpof=true&sd=true
Thanks!
The disparity in AMD and NVidia performance gains might be due to NVidia drivers having a higher CPU overhead than AMD drivers.
@@rvnx coming from someone who has built pc's with booth that is precisely why
You can say what you want, but those improvements are quite impressive. It's like getting a generation or two newer GPU. I never really had FPS issues in the game, despite using a RTX 3060 12GB. That's not why I stopped playing a few months ago. That was because of a bug, I could not tolerante. Don't know if it has been fixed or even reported.
What time tomorrow
The lack of "beach" content in the beach DLC is stunning. 🏖
They are doing such dumb things.
I paid extra money for this 😅 send help please.
Don’t worry, they’ll release a DLC for that. 😂
@@slavplaysgames Unless we get actual competition that can do more with less, this is what we have.
@@88balloonsonthewall70 you act like you *HAVE* to buy the games just because there isn't a competitor lmao Again, low IQ consumers is why they get away with this constantly
"How do we make a house look like it belongs on the beach?" "Let's put an umbrella on the roof."
Just implement laws that forbid people to build property near lakes. We have them in sweden, its very hard to get permits to build right next to water.
@@Erik3E - That's a terrible abrogation of liberty.
@@justaskin8523 Its about preserving Nature and not ruin the ecosystem. We have the freedom to camp anywhere we want(even on someone elses land) for 1 day so long as we dont do it on someones front lawn and clean up after ourselves. You cant do that in the US. Seems you are the one suffering from lack of liberty.
@@justaskin8523 That's for safety
@@zDani98"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -Benjamin Franklin
The DLC feels like the sole purpose was to limit legal liability for people who purchased Ultimate. “Cant sue us now, we delivered”
Same thing with Company of Heroes 3 Hammer & Shield Expansion Pack
I'm reminded of that quote from Tommy Boy: "They know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of s-"
I was thinking the same thing. Did they wash their hands of this game and are just releasing the bare minimum so they don't get sued?
I've regretted buying ultimate, God how I wish that I'd waited till release first
But it has the same content we already knew it was going to have when we purchased the ultimate le
The beach DLC situation is waaaay too similiar to what EA ended up doing with the Sims 4: less content for double the money. Its so similiar that is scary 😢
I am just sticking with Cities Skylines 1, with mods and configuring nodes it can look just as good if not better as Cities 2
I’m absolutely with you on this. I really hope this is just a massive misjudgement on Colossal Order’s part and not a conscious move towards cashgrabbing
I probably play with only dlcs that add gameplay content and use mods for everything else
Same with CK3
It seems like that started with Sims 3. They just kept coming out with more and more stuff packs that seemed way over priced for what you got. When you looked at the individual assets you could buy in their online store, it worked out to like 50 cents per item. I got so turned off by that, I quit the game cold turkey and never looked back.
Selling a DLC while the game is essentially still in early access is just absurd.
Thats because a lot of people (including me) have bought the expension pass for the game when preordering. And they cant just keep pushing DLCs back and leave those who paid 100$ for the game waiting even longer to get what they paid for.
Also, Colossal had contracts with Paradox and were forced to release the game in the state its currently in. While I do agree that the game has a lot of bugs, compared to the first version of C:S1, its still a huge upgrade.
The DLC itself seems to be early access, too. They lied about the number of assets, there's nothing beach-related in it, not every size of building comes in multiple assets, what the hell is this company doing? I'm beyond done with these people. They're either incompetent or willfully creating a bad game.
@@theo.l7991 I keep hearing this "contracts" excuse. It may be so, but nobody forced them to sign contracts requiring them to screw the customers with a broken/incomplete product. Certainly the people who paid $100 did not ask for a broken/incomplete product. "It's in the contract" isn't an excuse for the shiddy way this release has been handled. The fact they got themselves into a situation where that kind of contract exists is 100% Paradox's fault.
@@theo.l7991, hate to bring it to you, but getting DLC that isn't DLC still means you're not getting what you played for 😉
I believe this is another great example of not preordering games.
It blows my mind that a CS has gone a decade without proper beaches...
even SimCity 4 could do it properly...
@@Marcelos8686 - Sim City 4 was better than SC 3000, but almost no aspect of SC4 was better than CS1 or CS2.
@@justaskin8523 nah SC 4 is peak, you just have to learn the control shortcuts
what is dumbfounding to me is a beach DLC:
- Doesn't use the new trees within the buildings gardens
- doesnt use lighter colours for the buildings (to reflect sunlight, keep cool, seriously, black rooves!?!?)
- no front gardens facing the sea?
- a lack of pools, sunbeds, umbrellas, patio, in gardens
- no beach content in the slightest like being able to create a beach
- too many bungalows! the beach is valuable real estate, often beach side properties tend to be tall.
- no unique buildings for hotels or commercial seaside cafes, heck no growable seaside cafes?
I think its yet another insult to the community.
I thought about your first point in particular and I'm not sure that we know they don't do that. Without tropical maps, all of the assets would spawn with temperate landscaping. There is a chance that the foliage changes down the line when we have tropical or warm-weather maps.
why would there be a front garden facing the sea if you need to connect the front of the house to a road? Plus its still early into the game itself and could possibly update later on e.g late 2024 or 2025, the pool part though is just absurd idk why its not there.. And with the bungalows and low houses, its meant to simulate a sort-of essence towards a Mediterranean or West coast vibe, sorta like luxury villas and what not, fair point though, and we might get cafes later on, potentially joined with another update. Hope that helps :)
Yes I have never in my life seen a popular promenade along the beach without high and mid rise buildings on the land side.
Maybe the buildings are decorated like Finnish beach houses?
Since their country is more lakes than land, EVERY house is basically in a beachside location.
That is why these looks like normal houses.
I feel like the name "Beachfront Properties" is lost on people with how highly specific the name is.
CHANGING THE TILE SHAPES WHAT
WHAT
I NEVER EVER THOUGHT OF THIS EVEN BEING POSSIBLE
WTF
Such an amazing feature! I'm surprised they did advertise this more or modify the vanilla maps tbh
@@CityPlannerPlaysExactly. They're like: "Whoohooo beach properties. 10 buildings that looks slightly different from the rest and FOUR palm trees. Whoohooo. 🎉🎉🎉
....oh, and this line thingy too.
Hyping the wrong thing. 😂
@@Hannodb1961 Like seriously. They could have sold that as part of a DLC and it would have made it worth it!
Yes! So true! That's a huge thing that I can't wait to see utilized. No more just square map tiles! 😊
I've always imagined City Planner Plays wearing shirt and tie while making a vid :D.
I've always imagined him bare chested and I will continue to do so.
😂
I always pictured a blue turtle neck for some reason
I always thought him to be much more nerdy :D
Exactly! A white slim guy with perfect hair in a suit or formal clothes is how i always pictured him in my head lol.
33:43 agreed. Very disappointed in this “Beach” pack. Nothing screams beach.
Looks like we need an orphanage, to take care of the (under 18) teens living on their own.
A modern shared living project please, I refuse to use an authoritarian orphanage
A note regarding the comment about Github links at 4:24. Just because someone puts a Github link in that section does not mean that is the code you are downloading. If there were a nefarious actor trying to get malicious code on your system in CS2, they could simply source the plugin from one location and post a similar but sanitized version of it on Github and link to that.
Not trying to make it sound dangerous to download mods, but wanted to try to clarify something that could be misunderstood.
colossal order should consider creating a radio station with CPP and Biffa as hosts and Overcharged Egg and Cities By Diana as guests.
That would be excellent. Host two different programs, and with their own music selections.
I would love to hear some faux commercials voiced by Diana 🤣
What about just a Keralis station
I think that’s a great idea! That would be really cool
Be real, that’s WAY too much work for this money hungry company.
23:39 When Phil hovers over something, it catches on fire. It's not a bug, it's a feature.
Verde Beach lives on after all!
@@donniesumling8549 We know the how, but now we need to know the who and the why.
@@jase_allen the streets are saying the arsonist is running for governor of Superior
Flashback to when the zoo kept catching on fire. RIP animals.
This is the type of video CO needed to put out to show what updates were coming. They had the "beach" dlc promo vid and mentioned other updates you had to go to their forums to find. Thanks for doing their work for them CPP
Another con is that even though it can be nice it automatically updates your mods, the con is that it also automatically updates your mods which could lead to incompatibility depending on the versions.
Should simply be a check box if you want to automatically update your installed mods or not.
It tells you what game version the mods were designed for, so hopefully it won't update one of your mods before you update the game.
@@jase_allenthere is also intermod compatibility to consider, like if a dependency updates and slightly changes its API.
I fully agree on the checkbox even regardless of compatibility issues as unskippable automatic updates are just absolutely infuriating if you're trying to do something specific in a hurry. Since C:S is a game and not professional software it's likely that most users will never be all that bothered by it, but taking control away from users is something that I am typically against as a matter of principle and a checkbox would be a minor thing to implement with no real downsides.
i'd rather see proper industry production chains again
agreed
I rather see a finished product.
This game screams city painter from all directions. I doubt we will ever get a detailed simulation with industry and transportation that really matters.
Please God no
@@Schicksal0the simulation works perfectly fine. It's sure as hell more detailed than CS1.
Skylines should add an orphanage
is it so you can bulldoze it at max capacity
Yeah. They need to treat the living on their own teams like they treated death waves in the first one. Add a custom building to take all those orphans/end of life sims into one place where they can be taken care of reasonably.
@@WertynIsSwedishLetsgameitout would have a field day
@@rijidernacht1157 oh fuck i didnt think of that💀💀💀💀
Good suggestion
I cannot believe they implemented these assets as an entire zoning category. The zoning menu is going to get *very* cluttered very quickly if they continue this for future packs. Baffling they did not just use the theme functionality for it
the lack of parks is driving me insane - the fact that this DLC has NO PARKS
still no parks even XD bloody hell what a scam!
The dlc being 10$ after months of no updates with a broken game is insulting
It really is.
It should be free to anyone that bought the game prior to the DLC's release.
@@unknownEditerLol that's not a good argument...
It's a building dlc just like they've always released. Theres also a huge update tied with it that is free. I think we're just beating a dead horse acting like it's impossible to release some buildings by way of dlc and also work on the actual game. Just don't buy it and get it when it's 2.99 in a month like every dlc they've ever released for CS1. Don't expect a company to change for you
@@unknownEditerLol "it could be worse" doesn't mean that it's good, or that it's void if any valid criticism, of which there is plenty
They forgot the C part of DLC!
The lack of actual beach front items in the dlc is a head scratcher. You're right the price is too high for that nonsense. Why does it continue to seem that CO is all about making a profit instead of taking care of it's players. In the end this will be the downfall of the company. I'm kind of sick of their formulae of profit over quality content already.
Dude! You sure have a positive way of letting Paradox and CO know when you are disappointed. Love it. I believe I am just as frustrated with everything you mentioned. Hopefully CO will get it together. I did purchase the ultimate edition and Wow. not sure where the inspiration came from for the beach properties. I don't live next to one but none of the assets look like they belong on a beach or nearby. Keep up the great work you do.
The update was a bit of disappointment but at least we got paradox mods and map editor the two most important needs for this game so there are success and failure on this update
I don't think they will ever add a comment section for the mods, as a comment section needs to be moderated one way or another and create a lot of extra work.
you make a garget point
No because apparently some Mod creators themselves want the comments off lol
One look at the comment sections of some mods in Steam Workshop blows that theory straight out of the water and into low orbit. Comment sections do not need moderation, even if they exist on huge platforms. As a developer all you have to do is add in some kind of "report comment" feature and call it a day.
@@bigsur370 Yeah cause Biffa went through the FAQ in his vid and it seemed to suggest that there is comment support but the modders have to opt in (so comments off by default)
Simply not true, steam workshop is a good example. Applications can run comments through filtering prior to posting in addition to a report comment button.
The person that popped up on the opening of this video is not the face of the voice I imagined lol. Either way, keep doing quality content.
Yeah me neither. @CityPlannerPlays you should be a voice actor, you have a great soothing voice.
@@MarkoTheHead Apparently also a great soothing face lol
It's great to finally put a face to the voice!
I 100,000% expected a white guy.
@@yeenybean2881 have you even watched his videos? he has talked about being mixed plenty of time in videos and in the comments
Thank you for breaking down the update in a easy to understand way. I always struggle with patch notes so you are a life saver! Keep making quality content! Much love man!
Modifying the shape of the Map Tiles is insane. I never knew I would need something like this. Great work Paradox.
hey there City Planner Plays, I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your content. Love the positive and lighthearted energy a lot.
When I see thtere is a CPP post I pay attention.
I think they never expected to sell much of the Beach DLC, their probably just doing that DLC because of all the peoples that bought the Ultimate Edition, they needed to get a Promised DLC out for that so they just did beach DLC real quick so that DLC is out for the Ultimate Edition users... but yeah they could have done a better job, I certainly feel cheated having bought the Ultiamte Edition, makes you think in the future maybe not to buy those Ultimate Editions anymore.
Yeah. I initially had ultimate but I refunded before playing more than 2 hours and got my money back.
It's a rush release but unlike everyone else I can forgive them for this unless they learn from this mistake
Oh my Gawd! The mental image I had constructed of what you looked like, solely based on your voice, was way off. Thank you for this "face reveal" and let's not forget, thank you for all the quality content.
Woah! That map tile editing option is really nice, I could see that being used in a scenario type way or in actual scenarios if that gets added. Maybe forcing you to unlock tiles in a certain order or by "zones". So you can have one tile that the scenario wants to to turn into a harbor area, another that's for farming, another for rich people homes and so on. Also that option also allows players to just simply have each one of the tiles be bigger and more like CS1 if they wanted to.
this update and dlc brings to mind the phrase "lipstick on a pig"
great coverage of it though, appreciate the candid thoughts.
I was thinking of reinstalling the game and playing it.. but now I have an even more bitter taste about it.
That pig is slowly becoming a swan. The game shipped ugly but it is getting better. Give it another year or two and it will be where it needs to be.
@@incubus_the_man I wish I shared your optimism. I had that outlook for a time, but their "word of the week" and now this update has eroded every shred of hope I once held.
Cities Skylines 1 wasn't built overnight... I think the main issue is that they just released the game in an unfinished state. They can and will make it what it should be.@@VaingloriousGaming
Hey, leave my mother in law out of this.
this is such a good service to the community, my rent just went up
The game needs atleast another year to be worth playing if ever, if they keep this pace.
Thank you. You brought up exactly what I was complaining about with this asset pack since I saw it. Where are the beach assets? I guess, once again, they are depending on the modders to make them for them. That really cheeses me off because if we are getting it for free, ok. But we are paying for this and we are not getting a complete theme. The lack of commercial beach assets and props is down right criminal. And then I didn't even notice how same many of the houses were until you pointed it out. It seems they still have not learned their lesson about ripping the fan base off.
I just want the japanese building pack. That and more compact train stops.
i agree
I agree, I'd love to build a Japanese city.
The train stations are so big that it's almost ridiculous. It's really weird that they got so much bigger than the CS1 assets
I would pay for that
Yes. More compact train stops. 😊
You know I really believe the only real reason why they want us to use the PDXMods is so they have control over the content on there so we can't have stuff that replaces DLCs like the trees for example.
its 100% that, sadly
The game is out on other stores then just steam, so they have to use there own mod hosting for that reason.
@@Zacho5not true. Nexus mods has a tone of cities mods for people that don't have it through steam. There is a way to mod the game without the workshop. While that could be part of the reason, i think with everything that's happened its safe to say they are more worried about scamming more money
@@WerrinLotsuvhats talking about console. believe me, you won't install a nexus mod on your xbox or ps5
They would be able to do that on seam workshop
It sucks that they chose to release the most lackluster of DLCs first. I was expecting beach properties to not be good purely because of the thumbnail of it, but I didn't expect it to be so bad. While I know for a fact I won't be playing the game for a bit (probably not until everything listed in the Ultimate Edition is released), I won't be buying anything for the game afterwards and will just be using mods (unless there is something I really, really like).
For those who might be wondering, I bought CS1 all the back in 2018 but didn't start playing it for real until 2022. Yes, 4 years I didn't play the game. I wouldn't be surprised if I finally decide to play CS2 in 2027 or something.
Love having the face to put to that beautiful mind and voice.
You'd think they would add tropical climates to go with those new trees in the DLC. As well as, of course, a lot more tropical trees (e.g. kapok, banyan, strangler fig, rubber trees, etc.). Very disappointed that they haven't!
Mangroves would have been nice too
Just a quick reminder: In software development, Beta means feature complete. Bug fixes only.
The game development community does not regularly adhere to this standard, but it's normal in every other kind of software industry.
im just shaking my head that this game still needs so many basic QOL mods to make it tolerable....
It’s no better than garbage CS1 that needs over 50 mods to function and still manages to randomly crash while loading despite having a high-end PC. Smh Colossal Order really needs to get it together man.
@@krabgrass it’s cause it is run by women.
Your comment made me want to try playing CS1 without mods and I might see CS2 in a different light.
CS1 is carried by mods for me, the reason Im not switching to CS2 yet is because im letting the modders cook so I have a 10 course meal when I buy the game.
"posted 33 seconds ago" good timing lmao
I have this game shelved for quite a while, playing W&R for that city planning itch. I really hope we can have this game up and totally ready soon. For now, I think I still need more convincing.
Thank you for benchmarking the game too. Great vid as usual Phil!
I'm not an expert on this, but how do the new land values make sense? It appears that the center of the downtown has nearly the same land value as the rest of the city?
From what I've heard, comments are disabled by default but can be enabled by the mod/asset author. This is just like Steam.
While this does seem like a step in the right direction, I still feel the only real benefit CS2 has for me over the CS1 alternative is the loading time.
This game is still years of updates away from being even on par with it's predecessor. I'm not a hater, I just don't see why, when I'm sitting at my PC playing games, why I would pick CS2 or CS1 at the moment. CS1 still has so much more content and creativity on offer.
Exactly, I am glad they seem to be moving in the right direction but there is no doubt in my mind that this version will suffer from lack of content and game mechanics until at least two years of DLC- a generous assumption on the timeline given CO's recent history of delays and false promises. We know exactly what to expect from future DLC because those exact same features and content were sold to us in version 1.
good to see you in person! i love your videoes
Someday in past I downloaded several mods andhundreds of assets for CS1, then comeback to game months later to see almost empty city with only vanilla buildings. If Paradox Mods will help with these kind of situations I'm super fine with this!
I think... I'll just watch you play it for now. 😉
This game is so broken it's not even worth hoisting the colours for it...
I took a break from cs2 but clicked back on your channel. So cool to put a face with the smooth voice! I’ll watch your videos closely, really want CS2 to be good!!
I'm familiar with Paradox Mods from Victoria 3. The playset feature is really nice, and it even syncs between computers when you use the Paradox Mods versions of mods. There also is no problem with the type of mods (all from basic asset packs to the Total Conversion are supported), and creators do not seem to be afraid to use Paradox Mods - it is mostly on parity with the Steam Workshop version.
Talking about simulation speed:
My city is about 90k population and simulation speed keeps dropping to
Colossal order can't upgrade your computer 😂
@@SnoweyVikinghomie this game runs at 40 fps on my 4080 super 5900x 64gb ram system. This is definitely on them, not the system.
@@SnoweyViking im pretty sure it has nothing to do with the performance of my computer. I'm on an Ryzen 7 5800X. The simulation speed drops randomly. Then I deleted 2x outside connections and the speed raised up to nearly 4x.
After half an hour it dropped again below 0.5
@@SnoweyViking I'm running with an RTX 4080 on a computer that's 6 months old. I hit 175,000 people and it's like running in mud. It's 100% on Garbage Paradox. I play 30 other games that murder this game's graphics abilities and not one of them misses a beat ever. I fire up Cities and 10 minutes in it sounds like PC a 69 Ford Mustang on a drag strip.
@@nickhassler2727 if you got a city to 175,00 pop you are either enjoying the game a lot to get that far (congrats 🎉), or your creating a city designed to test the game and your hardware 🤡
Woah, a face to the voice, this is a first for me. Thanks for the heads up on this update, appreciated!!
Love seeing you in person some more!
Thank you so much for such a level-headed, comprehensive description of what's coming. Really excited to see that things are mostly moving in the right direction. A tiny part of my hype just grew back.
I'm so glad you made this video. You addressed all my questions regarding the next step of this game. Also, Paradox allowing modders to link their Patreon directly on the mod is such a cool feature. I know the rollout of CS2 has been rough, but showing that level of support to creators is quite refreshing.
When people upload mods, do they have to be approved by Paradox before they get posted?
Yes. They won’t risk having malicious mods/codes being on their platform
Not that I have noticed, at least for maps
@@CityPlannerPlays Im guessing maps cant really contain malicious code as theyre just maps and they dont change the code
@@miles9911 No they dont check or approve mods.
No, it'll be verified when people complain, not before. They won't have enough moderators to investigate all mods, they aren't Apple.
Hey CPP, fantastic video very in depth. I was curious of the performance tests if Steam Deck would be possible and what it realistically would be able to run settings wise to get a playable experience. Thanks for the wonderful content over the years, have a good one.
Im going to see if I can run some tonight! Good reminder that I need to charge it - main reason it didn’t make the cut!
You are brilliant at leveling things, clear for direction.
the sims: how many chairs. Cities Skylines: how many trees.
whacking a different texture on a building and calling them two different assets is really taking the piss. what on earth are CO/Paradox doing?
Brother this is my first time seeing your face in a video! You are not what I expected my man 😂😂😂 I was expecting blond hair blue eyes.
Love the content! Keep up the amazing content
Love the content and your honest assessment on this game!
The lack of text descriptions is probably a compromise to Xbox/console users who can't/don't read.
I could reasonably see the lvl 5 houses in column 1, rows 1-9 here along the NJ shore but that isn't worth $10. Especially since they didn't add anything that would allow me to make a boardwalk, like 1x1 and 1x2 commercial, or leisure growables, or custom parks, etc etc.
Appreciate how CPP's voice and streaming set up has such calming public radio vibes :)
I haven't bought it yet because I don't have the time to play but I love how much organized Paradox Mods are because keeping track of assets on Cities 1 was always such a painful chore.
This is an excellent and very honest review. Thank you CPP. It was much needed. I purchased the Ultimate Edition at launch, so I won't have to part with $10 to try it out. I had a suspicion that this was going to be disappointing. I subscribed once again to your channel and look forward to more of your content. Again, thanks for a great honest review. Players and creators on the Island should follow your lead.
My game is beyond broken but at least I can buy dlc. Craziness.. When I get what I paid for I might think about adding dlc. I can’t even enjoy Cs1 anymore. Wake me when it’s 100%…
City Planner Plays I so Appreciate you. Great content. You taught me a lot. Keep up the good work ❤❤❤
I am not going to lie, the fact they are planning on making a bunch of tiny monetization asset flip packs and DLCs again is a HUGE turnoff
I refunded back when the game came out because it was a bad launch, I decided to wait for more content and more fixes, this is really off putting, might just never get cities skylines 2..
They milked the first one for 10 years, what makes you think it'll be different this time? They know we will pay them whatever, which is sad because no single game should cost more than $200 usd. Im being harsh but im not lying.
this isn't new for cities skylines it's just super frustrating with the release of an incomplete game.
They did that multiple times in the original CS, though? Or are y’all so blinded for your disdain for the game that you’re ignoring the dozen ‘content creator packs’?
brother. i can show u how to get all the dlc on any pdx game for free. takes like 5 min or so and its safe. never got any virsuses. been using it since 2017 and no problems. you start steam normally, you run the game normally, achievemtns all work etc. no need to spend money on any pdx game DLC. all you need to do is own the base game legit.
Great video. Thanks for the review.
I'm sorry, I have to call out the comments on pricing.
I'm going to only use the radio station, as that is feature comparible.
The price for CS:1 radio stations was set back in 2016 at $4, and the price for them in CS:2 has just been set at $5. Basic inflation has that $4 having a buying power today of about $5.25. Thus, the first radio station for CS:2 is actually cheaper (inflation adjusted) than the first radio station for CS:1.
I personally hope that the staff are all being paid more than they were in 2016 - and that obviously costs more money to achieve. To me, that increase in price that isn't even matching inflation is something we should be thanking them for - not something we should be complaining about.
The beach pack is a totally different story though - it's lack of content has me lost for words.
The audacity to charge us money for a DLC while the game is downright rubbish since release.. im sitting on an Ultimate pre-release package just cause I supported CS and knew it was gonna be great.. but only have been slapped in the face since then. Im still benching this game until better updates come out.. really, couldnt they just fix all the most important stuff?? You are still too positive Phill but well, looking forward to all your videos about the game anyway.. lets hope the future becomes brighter again.
How do we know if a Mod has been abandoned?
The beach asset pack feels like the horse armor of Cities Skylines 2.
Nice review and glad you covered the good and the bad. The DLC feels like Sim City 2013's DLC packs all over again. :(
Was really REALLY hoping the beach DLC's would add in some growables that would allow for some diversity...I would love to have multiple city types in this game, but it seems like we're going to get the same suburbia with a different back drop...that and the fact that you dont get any density? Its a game named after the skylines of cities...why we don't have any medium or high density is beyond me. When I think Beach, I think resorts...hell, I work a GIS based job for insurance and disaster relief, and every hurricane season we are reminded of the MASSIVE number of medium to high density that exists along beachfronts, massive sprawling condo complexes, rowhomes, high density apartment buildings, hotels, restaurants, shops, etc...
Meanwhile these growables feel like suburbia in the midwest. Big L setting a big precident for what may come with future asset packs on this game.
Why do the beach properties not use any of the new trees? They would look more tropical if they did but they just look suburban and "placeless" without them.
Yes! Why do all the CS2 low density house lots not have a single tree on them! Even the most suburban, land-sprawling, deforestation-loving housing developments in the real world plant/keep more trees than what we find in game. It just leaves the place looking barren, and we have to leave space in between houses to manually plant trees. Its ridiculous!
I was a little nervous about the Paradox mods, but this looks pretty slick so far. A lot better than some of in game mod hubs, like in Farming Simulator. Will be nice to see how it grows.
Happy to see a content creator to give a good and constructive review about this.
It feels to me that it is rushed, to get something in it....
subbed :)
Beach properties without a beach. Honestly this just looks like the developers are just making fun of us at this point.
This DLC is truly the worst Cities Skylines add-on that was ever released. A complete scam, and WAY overpriced. The buildings don’t look like beach properties to me and they are just recolours of one another. A poorly executed copy and paste job. We can’t even build beaches - what is the point of this DLC??? We still have 0 props. And locking trees behind a pay wall?? That is day-light robbery. I’m furious and will not be purchasing this DLC or any other content until the base game is fixed.
love the facecam, don't know for how long you do it, but it really gives some extra human points
Thanks for the review! I'm looking forward to browsing Paradox mods, and I agree it looks much more streamlined and integrated with the game compared to the Steam Workshop. The lack of a rating system is something that I hope they fix though. It's fine when you have a couple pages of mods, but I rely on the rating system for CS 1 when I'm browsing tens of thousands of assets. I want to know that I'm downloading the ones that have proven to be reliable and the rating system plus comments ensures that. The future is getting brighter.
Ah finally, the most basic CS features have been added.
This feels like the game being rescued. I feel quite positive about CS2 now.
Wasn't having major performance issues with my town of 180k, it was the land value issue that killed my game. So glad to see that that's fixed. Was hoping for more gameplay fixes, but seeing performance is taking a real step forward is good. I've always thought it'd take to the end of the year for them to be able to dig out of this hole (that I think Paradox created for them), and it seems like they're on track for now. Really hoping someone uploads the default maps updated with new non-square tile boundaries immediately. That's so freakin' cool.
Really informative video again Phil. Appreciate you doing this for the community
Time to wait for a 50% off sale.
I beg it will run when I buy it.
what
I will probably wait until the game is fully complete first. The cities skylines 2 complete edition whenever it releases
I'm gonna pray man.😅
@@SkateClipsAndTips i don’t have a computer so i have to wait for it to come to ps5 :(
@@prod.jup1t3r I own CS on ps4 and pc, for CS2 I don't own a ps5, so I am waiting to see if it gets any better over time for pc performance. I learned my lesson with CS, it was free one month on ps4 and it ran pretty good until higher population. PC it wasn't optimized well, you had to install a mod for better fps, so this will probably be a mod in CS2 again
Great video, Thank you
Thank you for the detailed explanation of what's coming up today. Hopefully CO is paying attention and does something with the pros and especially cons in your modding explanation
lets be honest... The game will stay shit for the next at least 1 year
Houses all looking the same? Phil, did you forget that that is how places have been built since the 1940s? Just one house plan per building cycle, so hundreds of homes could be built fast.
if your argument is leaning on the game trying to be "realistic," i dont feel like limited pool of assets for growable residential homes is worth the asking price for the DLC. i feel like when people heard "Beach Properties Asset Pack" they assumed tall skinny buildings on stilts and beach themed assets and props. i also assumed sea-side restaurants and shops, so commercial zone assets, but that's not here either. we got whole entire map packs for less than ten dollars in CS one. i know its a new game but i'm pretty mixed on this dlc, and so are a lot of other people. we're not being hateful, we're sharing much needed feedback.
Great info as always. Thank you good sir.
I still can not see myself playing this game again this year. Sitting on 9 hours total game time. Next year maybe.
It's cool to see the man behind the voice :) love your videos!
Adding stuff that should've been in the game day 1
Might have been if they've been able to release one year later in fall 2024, but I think paradox had some hard line date for the project which they missed but had to release anyway.
Their biggest isue was that they didn't launch it as a in devlopment game but as a finnisched game
@@pludotgames8452 It's crazy, that a small "Early Access" tag would have completely saved thier reputation
Is the game not "early access"? So in other words, we are not at "day one" yet?
Still feels like a game solely to resell us all the small content packs they have waiting.
STOP MAKING RADIO STATIONS AND MAKE ASSETS WHY IS THAT SO HARD