Social City is a brand new game on Facebook in which players build their very own city, and looks like it could be a big hit. There is a lot of freedom in Social City - you are able to build a town exactly the way you want. They have a number of options about how to build their town and the levels of complexity that grow with it.
If you have played Sim City before then you may get a sense of de-ja-vu in Social City, because the premise of both games is quite similar. Players must concern themselves with money, population, and the population’s happiness in order to progress in Social City.
Just released a few days ago by Playdom (who also created Sorority Life and Tiki Farm), Social City starts players out with a small city. They can expand their city by purchasing new buildings, entertainment venues, and landscaping features. Players start with a brief Social City walkthrough in which players learn to keep the population happy by doing things like building places for leisure activities and assigning jobs in the city’s various factories.
To increase population, players can build apartments, houses, and hotels, each of which grants a set number of residents, which multiplies at regular intervals. It is important to build leisure buildings in order to keep your people happy in the city. They each grant a set amount of happiness. In order to make in-game currency you will need to build numerous factories. The number of factories a player gets is limited by the population.
The most important thing in Social City is to keep your residents happy, and continue to build more and more factories, in order to maintain an income. You are able to expand your city by purchasing expansions that will increase the borders around which you can build (this way, more people can come to your city). When you unlock new achievements, aside from being really proud of yourself, you are able to share them with various Social City Facebook players. You are able to make your city different from anyone elses by building things like trees and flowers, and various other attractions. There is a lot of things to accomplish in this game even when you just start out.
There are several things that make Social City look like a game that will become a hit. For a free Facebook game, the graphics of Social City are pretty good, and it’s easy to find your way around. There is very little lag in Social City, and you will find improvements happening quickly. Playdom already has a few other Facebook games that have been quite successful, and there’s no reason the same won’t be true of Social City.
There are very few Social City tips out on the internet now just because Social City is so new, and the game is being improved all the time. For one thing, you can’t rotate buildings and objects. Because you can’t rotate buildings, sometimes the back of a building will be facing the street, and the front of the building will be faced towards empty space. Hopefully improvements will be made to the game in future.