Cities in Motion Demo

Public transportation is vital for every city, regardless of its size and population. However, the process takes quite a bit of time and it requires a lot of planning, especially since there are multiple means of transportation and people need to reach different places throughout the city. The system must also be efficient and not run at a loss.

Cities in Motion is a sim game that allows you to tackle the task of pleasing the inhabitants of a large metropolis, such as Berlin or Helsinki, as well as design and build their public transportation system. Naturally, you have to keep an eye on population requests and do your best in order to make everyone happy, as well as avoid leaving some people disconnected from the rest of the city, or unable to reach work in time.

As previously mentioned, there are different cities to play with, including Amsterdam, Helsinki, Berlin and Vienna, while each one of them has a certain layout and many impediments that make your work a big more difficult. However, you also have the option to add new buildings and create your own city from scratch, using a powerful editor to do so.

Beside having to make the population happy, it is also imperative that you keep an eye on your budget and profits, since you need to make some money in the process as well. Moreover, the game makes the economical aspect even more difficult, by involving banks, economical trends and various other gimmicks to keep you on your toes most of the time, since everything can go downhill pretty fast.

As far as the vehicles that can be used to transport people from one point to the other, you can choose from a wide variety of models, including trams, metros and even helicopters, all of which serve different purposes. The graphics engine does a good job at portraying the cities, even if you are using a top-down perspective most of the time and you don't quite get to see the action up close.

In the end, Cities in Motion can be the source of countless hours of entertainment, especially since there are endless ways you can design everything and a lengthy campaign to provide you with a challenge. The editor can be used to create entirely new cities and put your imagination to work.