Cities: Skylines II is not in a good state right now and that is evident by the game's recent "Mostly Negative" rating on Steam. This is, in large part, due to the lack of modding support and the myriad of issues that still plague this city-building and management sim to this day. With so many things that still need to be done, developer Colossal Order admits that it is a mammoth task to turn things around.
Hoping for Redemption
Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen said in a recent blog post that the company is taking constructive criticism to help guide the Cities: Skylines II development team on what they should do. Based on community feedback, the company has worked on some large-scale changes, including the implementation of an education system, more transparency in the economic system, and land value/zone suitability, among many others.
Hallikainen wanted the company to be in a different position than it is currently in, but has said that she and the Cities: Skylines II development team cannot change the past.
Part of the reason why the city-building and management sim has an abysmal score as of late is that the company failed to implement modding support for the game. Hallikainen said that not making modding support available to Cities: Skylines II on release was one of the company's biggest regrets.
Hallikainen cited the major reason why it was not possible to implement modding support to Cities: Skylines II upon launch. She said that the company faced technical difficulties that affected the performance of the city-building sim, so it had to shift its focus to improving that aspect.
Despite the game's lack of modding support, the company's CEO vows to communicate about its implementation frequently to keep players in the loop.
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Poor Reviews
A quick glance at the Steam page for Cities: Skylines II will paint a picture of the current state of the city-building and management sim. User HaBs LeGeND said that they sunk 75 hours into this game only to find that the issues they had last December are still present to this day.
User Chaos Machine did not mince words and had some spicy things to say. The disgruntled player said the game still continues to suffer from performance issues and bugs that truly hamper the experience. "We got "features" that no one asked for and needless complexity that adds no gameplay purpose," they added.
With so many issues and the lack of modding support, it truly is a mammoth task for Colossal Order to turn things around for Cities: Skylines II.
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