14 DAY TRIAL // Will Wright, the original creator of SimCity, appreciates the visual style of the 2013 reboot and praised his ex-art director for the vision he had about the way a modern city builder should look.
The veteran developer tells NowGamer that, "Visually it’s great. It was my old art director actually that was lead designer, and he had a very definite vision about the way that it would feel. But yeah, I’m enjoying it quite a bit."
SimCity uses tilt shift to give the experience a unique visual identity.
When the new look was revealed some old fans reacted negatively but having played the game I found that it's well suited to the new mechanics and the overall experience.
Unfortunately the launch of SimCity was plagued by server issues that Electronic Arts has not yet been able to solve.