It may have been that I was just too used to the way Nintendo changed up the original SimCity that made me unable to get into this one. I remember buying it and wanting to enjoy it - how could it not be better than the 16-Bit version?
For me, it was not better in a lot of ways. The menus never felt intuitive to me but again, this could be the fact that I absolutely got addicted to the Super Nintendo port of the original. My brother on the other hand, he was able to take to this like fish to water and he enjoyed it.
Me, I went back to the SNES version of the original SimCity.
It seems like you have a strong connection to the SNES version of SimCity, and that version really shaped your expectations for the later ones.
It’s interesting how nostalgia and the design choices of older games can influence our feelings toward newer versions. Sometimes, even though we want to enjoy the updated version, it just doesn’t capture the same magic as the original.
That’s the beauty of gaming; every player has a unique experience.