Sim City Deluxe

Title: Sim City Deluxe
Platform Played On: iPad
Release Date: July 29, 2010
Date Played: Summer 2011
Time Played: 5 hours
Completed (Y/N): N/A
Score: 5/5

Opinion:
Sim City Deluxe is a port of the 2003's Sim City 4 on PC.

There actually is not much to say about Sim City Deluxe on iOS. It is an excellent and faithful port of Sim City 4. The interface is tweaked to accommodate the touch screen, and the game runs great on iPad2. The iPhone screen is most likely too small to really enjoy this game, so I would recommend picking it up for the iPad instead.

When it comes to ports of PC or console games to handheld devices my main concern is the "dumbing down" of the game in order to appeal to a broader audience or because of hardware limitations. Luckily EA stayed faithful and ported over everything from the PC version over. Now I can play full on Sim City on a handheld without battling the controls of a Nintendo DS.

If you liked the Sim City games on the Mac or PC, then you will love this game. Its a great app to have to play on a portable device (iPad), and the best thing is that it has all the features of the computer versions both in content and graphics!