Cities Skylines 2 Gameplay - Starting a REALISTIC City From Scratch! | Riverview EP1
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2023
- My very first #citiesskylines2 gameplay video, and we're going BIG as we're starting the realistic American city of Riverview, featuring a thriving downtown with mixed-density developments, beautiful row-house neighborhoods, sprawling low-density single-family areas, central parks, all the classic services, big smoggy industrial districts, and last but certainly not least - a fully-fledged tram and bus network!
I want to thank @paradoxinteractive and Colossal Order for providing early access to the game and giving me this opportunity to share Cities Skylines 2 content with all of you, and want to stress that this is not a paid promotion of the game.
Please keep in mind that this is a BETA version of the game and thus not the finished product and that this is not a paid promotion of the game!
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Map;
- Mountain Village
Settings;
- Everything is set to high, 1440p resolution.
Hardware specs;
- 3080, 32 GB ram, I5-12600KF.
Music;
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That bridge on the top of the thumbnail looks so good!
Very disappointed with what the devs did with the graphics:
- everything looks incredibly cartoonish / vector graphics style and this is foremost a very conscious design choice if we look at the icons style
- trees look like cardboard cutouts
- roads again look like vector graphics with uncanny road markings and one of the worst ever decisions to generate that worn out asphalt white part, it looks really, really bad, especially at intersections
- ground textures look awful and oversaturated
- shoreline has a stepped delimitation to it which looks awful
- water looks even worse than CS1
@@light_splitter Mods are going to fix all that
@@light_splitter okay then dont play it or go back to CS 1
He is just a troll dont listen to this guy
@@light_splitter It's way less cartoonish then vanilla CS1. Do you even remember how that looked like? 2nd version at least has shapes that make sense, its much much better in that regard. I think because the textures on buildings/roads/ground seem like they are generative that probably means we will be able to adjust them very easily through mods. I assume there is like one folder with all the textures for stock buildings/roads/terrain. CS2 is supposed to be easier to mod too, so I wouldn't be super concerned about this.
I'll also add to this that I don't hate this look. Yes, it's not super detailed, however it does look very clean and comfortable to look at. It just has this tiddy vibe. Maybe it's just me idk...
This guy knows how to make a city beautiful using basic tools from scratch. This is the most beautiful city I've seen from today's beta gameplays.
Thank you - I appreciate the compliment and happy that you liked it! ☺
@@Infrastructurist I just can't wait to play this game. It looks so good.
man i wish my city was built like this.
Definitely the best build indeed. Used so much of the assets in such a short timeframe
Yep agree. And this is vanilla! Wait until he gets his hands on more assets
Infrastructurist: Builds an absolute masterpiece with roads just 3 minutes into the video.
Also Infrastructurist: "We have a pretty basic grid here."
Yeah okay, I'll start taking notes now.
Hahahahahha 😂
🌇😎
making an actually good layouts seem so easy in this game, and mostly because you can click and drag through roads
It’s just a broken grid
@@ToyotaYaris-ft1rothat plus the fact that intersections seem to be much more flexible, base game-wise. It doesn't yell at you if you want to add a road at 37° and actually makes it look good. Idk maybe there are mods for that in the first game, but I only have Move It! when it comes to this stuff and moving nodes and streets around sometimes makes the terrain look really weird.
@@Kasiarzynka there's mods like the aforementioned move it! and others that can help, such as node controller renewal, intersection marking tool, network anarchy (very important), traffic manager (it's basically a 'must-install' for any CS player), network multitool, and plenty of road mods too. the only road mods i can think of are the BadPeanut ones and the BIG Roads by hockenheim95. the BadPeanut ones gives you many more options of road including bike, tram and bus lane variants, but they're all vanilla so you don't have to install loads of assets. the BIG Roads have more assets you need to install, but they're very realistic and based off of american road networks.
but yes, i agree that the road building in CS2 looks much more easier to do and allows you to have a lot more complexity in your road layout without having to sift through hundreds of assets to install or having to deal with broken textures and annoying nodes. i always found that the road building in CS always felt clunky and restrictive, especially in how finicky the node-snapping can be.
New road tools are just fantastic! Great video 😁👍
Thanks a lot Biffa - really enjoyed your build as well.
The network/road tools are simply next level compared to Cities Skylines I - one of the biggest improvements for sure. Complex layouts and interchanges in very little time! ☺
I love how much more natural this game feels compared to the first one
Yep - core mechanics just feel better!
it literally looks the same lol, goes to show that people will pay whatever for a bigger number
@@ElReyElReyHD bro get yo eyes checked
@@ElReyElReyHD Do you play CS1 with vanilla graphics or have you modded to enchance the graphics? Im sure this demo is pure vanilla and it looks far better than vanilla CS1. For a start, the buildilngs and vehicles look better and less cartoony. If you really think both vanillas look the same then you're lying to yourself.
@@ElReyElReyHDthe gameplay is so different from the game, especially the economy, electricity, other city services, and traffic AI. It's different.
My god whenever you zoom out, it genuinely appears like a real city. What a good job theyve done. Cant wait to see more content soon.
Thank you - that was exactly what I was going for 🤗
@@Infrastructurist Really great work! Do you know when youll be allowed to continue the build?
I can't wait! I wish there was a way to make a grave yard with a park zoning tool to make it more realistic instead of just plopping the grave yard.
I think the cranes look cool and all, but I prefer the old building animation, at least for small buildings. I don't think anyone would use a crane for low-density house building
Hi Kalaak - I agree. There's something exciting about zoning or up-zoning a large area and seeing the cranes move in and animate - especially from the distance! But overall, replacing the cranes with smaller construction props such as sheds, pieces of wood etc for smaller developments would be so cool 👏
i liked when buildings were being constructed in simcity 5, where you can see all the construction workers, that was a fun detail.
I agree, the low density housing should have more scaffolding than cranes, especially seeing as if it's under a certain height there's really no need for cranes. Not entirely sure what they could replace it with to also allow for it to look nice, maybe piles of building supplies around the house as it goes up, sorta like the ones for the wonders in the Civilization series?
100% agree
I'd like to see mobile cranes rather than a fixed tower crane, I think that would work better. Also more common for use for small density homes.
So excited.. I can’t wait to see what such a talented builder does in cities skylines 2!
Thank you! ☺
this was cities skylines 2....
@@Pickleduck.when it launches and the games more flushed out is what he’s talking about
I'm not a Skyline player, but this looks the exact same. Even graphically. What am I missing here?
@@etholus1000 Exactly
I love a lot of cities skylines creators, but this is the one I'm most excited for.
I appreciate that Stolzee! ☺
I wonder if people will make modular/upgradeable modded buildings like the high school. The scale of buildings also looks much better. Can't wait to play!
So, I've watched a lot of CS2 videos from "major CS-youtubers" over the last day or so... and this is by far the best one. Good storytelling, you exhibit the game well, you don't dwell or idle around but yet clearly show off your city highlighting interesting aspects allowing us to get a feel for the city vibe and feel included, all with a good sense of progress in a city which is well planned along a realistic and thoughtful pattern. Well done!
Thank you so much gus - I really appreciate that compliment and glad you enjoyed it! ☺
THAAATTT is what I expected from aaaall the big creators premiers!! You absolutely nailed it!! The best early access gameplay so far.
Can't wait for the wonders you'll do with this game in hands!!
Wohooo thanks a ton for the nice compliment - glad you enjoyed it - and the excitement is mutual, I can't wait to bring this city to the next level - and ofcourse starting all kinds of cities in the future
Beautiful city layout that looks realistic. Crazy highway stunts
Thank you very much qshtah! ☺
Crazy? I was crazy once
The terraform tools cooperating with the road layouts is HUGE. Will save so much time. I hope there are retaining walls we can add to them?
i honestly really hate how CS manages steep terrain, i just always thought it looked like shit and i try to avoid it as much as possible. now we don't have to rip out all of the roads and THEN change the terrain, just to put the roads back down? brilliant.
WHOOP WHOOP
This is a HUGE upgrade from CS1...I've been so hyped for this and this video alone just gets me thrilled for it! Thanks for sharing.
What would you like to see built next in Riverview? Let me know in the comments! 🎉😊
Best city i've seen from a youtuber for sure. You'd think they were telling people to intentionally make their cities look ugly by the way a lot of other early access youtubers have made their towns. Thankfully, I can now rest easy at night knowing that making a great looking city is more than possible
Thanks for the compliment Mikey ☺
Although I find that there are other beautiful cities created as well - but people also took very different approaches
It’s not a coincidence. The games graphics literally just look uglier
@@alexsmith6322Not really? When you compare the vanilla graphics of CS1 vs CS2, the latter wins hands down. At least wait until we get mods and a fully finished game before you start calling CS2 ugly
@@theebs1why do we have to wait for mods to fix up everything? thats the devs job, the game does looks better but its not that much of a difference, at least I expected a bit more. also dont expect any real changes to the final version they’re probably just looking out for bugs
I've watched about 20 of these videos and this one was by far the best, first one I've seen unlocking highways and the first time I seen someone upgrade the 4 lane road with a median with trees, which I didn't know you could do it that way! There wasn't too much yapping, enough to inform us and you really got a lot done compared to other creators. Good work!
Love what you did with the entrance there. That is such a "normal" American way to bring a highway into a city, and is such a good change of pace from roundabouts, couplets, etc... As usual, your start looks great (and way beyond a start)!
Thanks a lot - glad you enjoyed it! ☺
Both the game and Riverview look insanely amazing.
Two things caught my attention:
1) In CS1, the buildings' noise was something really highlighted when you were about to build them. I'm aware that noise pollution is an issue also in CS2, but I still didn't see it being handled.
2) Districts' names should be way smaller or somehow less invasive. Just like in CS1, I suppose that when you activate some policies, those names will polute even more the screen.
Infrastructurist: We’ll be building a typical American city today
Also Infrastructurist: with an extensive tram network.
On ramps and off ramps are incredible. There are so many intersections I had to completely overbuild in cities skylines 2 because I couldn't set no right turn signs.
This is by far the prettiest start city I’ve seen from all the cs2 previews. And the creation of the highway was so seamless and looked so easy but beautiful this kinda sold me on cs2
Dude you have no idea how long I waited for you to start making videos again. Thanks for coming back.
Oh man, you used to watch my old stuff back in 2017-2018?
When did you learn I was back? ☺
The one thing I'm currently not pleased with is the inability to place our extensions on service buildings so they are *not* directly connected to the main building. Additionally, it appears that there aren't any paths available that match the color and pavement texture of the service building. I'm hopeful that these features will be added later down the line or perhaps a talented modder can create them. Allowing extensions to be placed in the vicinity, but not directly adjacent, would also be a great way to introduce variety and eye-catching details! :)
I can't wait for this game to be released. I haven't been this excited about something in a long time! I'm absolutely thrilled!
hi thegreatdodo - That would be awesome additions indeed, fully agree! ☺
Pretty sure only certain service buildings require direct connections. Ive seen footage of some industry zones that have attachments u can place across the street.
By far the best opening cities skylines 2 video so far and I’ve watched many of them! So well edited and actually showing the community straight into the good bits that we all want to see. Certainly deserve the half a million views already, congrats. And those final visuals… WOW to vanilla gameplay CS2!!!
I rarely comment on youtube videos, but this is the best CS2 showoff I have seen so far! Very well structured, showing as much as can be showed right now - congratulations!
Idk if I'm just paying more attention to your video compared to others but I feel like you displayed the new features better than the other content creators. You also made probably the most aesthetically pleasing city too!
Thank you so much!
I’ve watched a lot of CS2 content today. This is easily my favorite build so far and it’s not really close. You’ve done the best in my opinion of naturally catching that American town/small city vibe and I loved the way you gently mixed in density to make for natural transitions in targeted places around town. I also loved what you did with the industrial areas, giving the generic industry a measure of attention whereas in a lot of the other content creators I’ve seen today their generic industry areas were more of an afterthought or not given much thought imo. Well done. Loved how you spent your development points as well; the tram introduction early on really makes this town pop with character. Looking forward to the next episode bro as you expand; you’ve got a great foundation so far.
Thank you for the incredible comment man, very glad that you enjoyed it. And I can't wait to build and expand on this foundation and sharing it with you all!
One of the best changes just seems to be the larger variety of building footprints. The massive depots to have trams or trains is really neat.
The cemetery also has a much bigger footprint, which is great, and is beautiful as you mentioned. I worry it's a bit too 'unique', and will get repetitive seeing it incorporated it into every city. It would have been nice to have a more modular format using the new upgrade system. Or even something similar to how the farms are plotted, since graveyards like this often conform to irregular shapes in the gaps of the terrain and developed areas.
The public transportation looks so customisable. I never played CS1, but this makes me want to play CS2 so much to build lines and new cities mainly dependant of subways, trains connecting different part of cities when it becomes big. Connecting lines and creating train station, I love that so much
That is absolutely beautiful, I live how realistic it looks (as well as the mountains in the background!)
the road building looks incredibly smooth - looking so forward to play this! hyped!!
Thumbnail is looking hot mate! Was a late-comer to the CS1 Infrastructurist party, looking forward to what you get up to here! 😁
Hey - likewise man! ☺
The building extensions in the game are so cool! In the first one, every time I built a high school, I would put a basketball court next to it as the sports field. Also building roads seems so much smoother and way less picky. All in all, looks like a fantastic successor!
Ohhh yesss! The Line creation and the way you upgarde the streets with tram tracks, is actually a 1:1 copy from Transport fever (2) and i absolutely love it! In there it was one of the best, unique features and i always wanted it to be like this in CS, its much more reliable and customizable. this will be the game i probably will stick with the next years :)
Thank you for the amazing gameplay and commentary!
Thank you for the amazing comment! Network creation in general is so great in this game - literally a revolution compared to CS I ☺
@@Infrastructuristis it possible to have tram stops in the middle of the road on wider streets?
I love how they took the most popular mods from the first game and integrated them into the base for the second! Can't wait to for release!
Never came across your channel before, but really loved watching you build a city, showed alot of things that other channels haven't shown aswell such as public transport and the other zoning types
You covered more content than a lot of other creators and somehow managed to go into more detail of how the tools work. Loved it. Great job.
This. Thanks for showing off the tools. Thats what I and Im sure others want to see. How all this behaves in the new game. I've subbed your channel to keep watching the next videos. Thanks for the best gameplay CS2 video so far
@@dawidmurray Thank you!
Thank you Kevin - much appreciated!
Absolutely gorgeous Infra, I can't even imagine the sort of art you'll be able to create a few months from the premiere when there are some custom assets and mods!
Thank you so much danon, happy that you like it!
Can't wait to see what the future holds for this game
So awesome features! Just cant wait to play and build a city. Your city was so great 😊
Wish I could like this video more than once. Amazing build so far, excited for more CS2 from you!
Yay ! Can't wait to play it. The research points system seems very fun.
I'm SO excited for this. It looks like CO really took what they learned from C:S 1 and improved on it in 2. I'm soooo excited :)
Beautiful build as always Nice Job !! I'm looking forward to see how well it expands !
This is honestly a much better showcase of the game than the other promo videos i've seen so far. The other videos I struggled to find what was actually different about the game. This shows that there definitely is a lot changed with the game that should make it a worthwhile upgrade. I think i'll probably wait a few more years to pick it up tho when it goes on sale.
Wow! Getting pumped for Cities Skylines, this video has me excited! Popped over to Steam to put it on my wishlist, I don't usually buy before release. This approach to city building in this video is what I'm going to try for my first city!
I was the most excited to se your video out of all the other Cities creators! You build such stunning cities already and i can't imagine what you'll do with CS2 and the future mods! You're so OP for this lmao
Hi Nate - thanks a lot for the kind compliment, I really appreciate it!
I feel very privileged to have early access and having a chance to get comfortable with the game - so even though I am so fortunate, I am still very much looking forward to the official release so we can really see all the creativity flourish ☺
Wow! You created an amazing city in such a short amount of time. As a city planner, I love how you planned three distinct green spaces through the city. This gives most of your inhabitants a park nearby. If I can give one challenge to you, maybe try to connect these zones for slow traffic? In that way people would be able to walk and bike all the way through a giant park without crossing streets! For example the street on the right side of the cemetery isn't really necessary. Around the roundabout coming into the city it's of course a bit more difficult. Anyway, I thought it would be just a fun challenge. Can't wait to see what direction you will take the town in your next videos!
This is gonna be the way I'm playing/planning. Well thought out and always customisable on the spot. Loved the video man!
The highways look gorgeous. Excited to see what public transport looks like.
I really liked the pacing of the episode. You were able to explain everything fairely in detail, which many other content creators neglected in their videos imo, whilst also having good flow. Thanks for the great video! I´m looking forward to the next episodes!
Thank you - glad you liked it! ☺
What a start! Everything is calculated so well. Looks great!
Thank you so much mate, found yours very enjoyable as weel with some unique storytelling! 💪
Assets look fantastic, i do really hope they improve performance quite a bit however. Great video
I've also watched a lot of CS2 footage over the last few days - but you nailed it ❤ showing of the new mechanics not in the form of crazy long explanations - but all of that rolled up in one nice city building!
Thanks for a very beautiful city! 😊 very much looking forward to a continuance!
these default assets look incredible. nice that they went with a realistic style this time
I love how different road building seems. It looks much easier and more versatile than in the first game.
I LOVE the way you can mess with lanes on highways
The transitions on adding things to already placed bits for more authentic looks or purposes is soo
smooth
I love this! I am so excited to see what kinds of beautiful American Cities people can make with Cities Skylines 2 and its new features!
Amazing video! By the way - Trams are apparently reversible! So you don't have to always create end line loop :)
One of the things I really liked about this into video was the fact that you created tram and bus lines. None of the other into CS2 videos I watched did that mainly because they stopped at the Grand Village milestone probably to avoid going beyond it. When I paused the video to write this message, you were getting very close to upgrading beyond Grand Village.
you got my instant like and subscribe when you changed the starting road layout looks so much better!
This is a nice little city. And the brick red apartment blocks look like they have a bit of the Brooklyn Queens DLC air about them. You said you're not the expert at this, well nobody is when the game is new so you don't have to beat yourself up over it. You did great! 👍👍😊
Thanks a ton edward, always appreciate your input ☺ I am really happy with the vanilla assets - especially for some of the higher-density ones where they have somehow managed to make them pass as either an original old structure that has had some renovations (new windows and the likes) or a contemporary building trying to mimic older architecture.
@@Infrastructurist You're welcome! 🤗 And I'm glad the vanilla assets aren't all Super Soaker architecture for the North American builds and Generic German for the European builds. ☺️ I saw Czardus build his Middleshire U.K. city in vanilla and the available architectural assets didn't look British at all. ☹️
WHOOP WHOOP! SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS!🥳
Great job.. Looks so nice! Looking forward to release!
Your city looks great and those cinematics at the end are gorgeous! Makes me wanna play even more! Thank you for sharing 👍🏻
Thank you! ☺
very exciting, cant wait 😄😄😄😄
Shout out to all the Modders and customisers over the years who made the way CS2 work possible.
I love that building roads is now more natural and not a burden anymore. I wanna build intersections now.
Love the city of Riverview!!! I have a feeling this will push the channel to 100K by January, because I love this!
This is really good 😮👏
I need to be honest, this game looks incredible, I'm amazed by the outcome and the huge difference between CS 1 and CS 2, Devs made a hell of a good job
Watched some of these videos, but this one is the most realistic so far. Love the way you play the game. Not only extend when needed, but also go back to older parts to improve and have mixed use. Well played sir, well played. You got me more enthousiastic for the game
You are doing great! Keep up the good work!
Can’t wait to see the next episode!!!
Btw can you share your PC system in order to play CS2 smoothly, please 😊
Thanks Nguyen!
Added hardware specs to the description ☺
Is it Friday yet? I can’t wait to watch all these amazing videos!
ikr i am living for Friday!!
Less than 24 hours! ☺
@@chinolewin3335 same!!
wow, this is gorgeous! you made a nice city
Really nice city design and spaced out housing.
The time to space out the big housing blocks really pays out in the end. Nothing worse to look at then people who just paint a square and everything looks cramped together.
The street building system also really looks smooth and great.
Cant wait for a few trains 😄
Thanks a lot Seb - Trains are on the menu, main course even, as soon as I get to expand Riverview! 🚄
The cities truly come to life in CS2! Looks so good! ❤
Man I CANNOT wait to start building terrible square cities and spending hours figuring out traffic!! ❤. Absolutely love this game
The map looks STUNNING. Can't wait to play it!!!
I was excited for this game but now? This video has made me even more excited to get this game! Being able to make a road going through an existing road without it telling you no? So awesome! So many QOL changes plus those cinematics look beautiful
So hecken excited for this! I cannot wait to see what beauty you create in Cities: Skylines 2 and discuss Vancouverism... haha
As a fellow Canuck from Vancouver this does tickle my beard a fancy.
The only thing I don't like is that looks like a pretty big town to be only 2k inhabitants! But that's a small detail because this looks pretty much wonderful. Of course lots of assets and small details are missing, but the core game looks quite solid and that's the important thing for now!
Hi 4ndr_s, good input! It seems that population figures for most buildings are much more realistic now - single families mainly in singly-family houses, although maybe some of the apartment buildings are undertuned.
One of my favourite Creators play CS2 early access? Now this is something that I can't wait! By the way, nice city you got there, and you don't actually need tram roundabouts, as in the dev diary we are shown that tram can reverse unlike in CS1!
wow this city is amazing mate very good job
oh boy oh boy!
Yes Duszh 😎
With the tramline, you don't need to do loops at the ends now, the trams will reverse at stops.
that's hella unrealistic though
@@Max200012 It's not. Most modern tram systems (built after the 80s) have reverse crossover tracks in the ends. The older tram systems still mostly have the loops, but many of them are being removed. It's nice that you're now able to choose which one you want to use.
@@olskutsuikkeli not everyone lives in the USA
@@Max200012 I’m aware of that and I don’t even live in the US. I live in Finland.
@@Max200012 I live in Germany and our trams do that with reversing at stops. So it's not unrealistic :)
Im "WOWing" every 2 minutes with each detail they put on this CS2 game
Thank you Liana - glad you enjoyed it! ☺
i genuinely cant wait for this to come out to the public
can't wait
🥳🥳
Gah I am SO EXCITED! Everyone in the YT community is posting their screenshots and I can't contain my excitement!
Aaaaannd of course, I am working both Friday and Saturday. **sigh** 😅
The cities look all so alike. Feeling iffy about the modulars
What would you like improved with the expansion feature Nash? ☺
28:35 the bus gives way to the traffic coming from the right...great! I love these tiny little things!
Thats a pretty un-mid city you got there. Somebody might even call it great. Hello, I'm somebody.
Hi teddyz
why wierd,, hmpf
what is this zoomer speak?
@@saber8156 sorry guys ive been spending to much time on discord 🙃
Still not too conviced by the way the streets (especially in the roundabouts) look like with the lane color feels like it should look less white.
Everythign else looks great!!
Hi Jonathan, very legit concern - I don't know if it's getting tweaked - or might have already been tweaked. I feel its less aggressive in this beta version than the earliest of trailers, but I could be wrong ☺
@@Infrastructurist Hey man, thanks for the reply! Love your content! keep it up!
Thanks for the coverage!
Hadn't ever heard of your channel but glad I came across you all thanks to CS2!