A lot of players probably will not deny that "Cities: Skylines" is taking over the "SimCity" franchise as the best game in the city-building genre. One thing the game doesn't have, however, that's always been in "SimCity" is the ability to topple what you've built with a natural disaster that either happens voluntarily or randomly. Luckily, with the upcoming new expansion for the game, "Natural Disasters," all of these can happen to the metropolis you've painstakingly built.
Announced by GameSpot a couple of months earlier, the "Natural Disasters" DLC for "Cities: Skylines" brings all of the disasters "SimCity" players are familiar with to the game. You've got your usual run of the mill fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, and the occasional meteor strike. It's unsure at this point whether the game will add to that list.
What makes this different from natural disasters found in "SimCity" is that "Cities: Skylines" will have you trying to create the perfect response to these catastrophes. The least you were able to do in other games was to have a fire truck sent out to fight fires, but this time, you're going to have to do more than that. There will be scenarios in which you will have to evacuate your citizens, respond immediately, and basically just try to stop these disasters from destroying your city.
"Natural Disasters" will also bring a Scenario Mode to "Cities: Skylines," in which you can try to handle these different calamities outside of your usual game. Players can also create their own different scenarios in Scenario Mode and share them with others through the Steam Workshop.
It was also reported that "Natural Disasters" will be coming out for the PC this winter, but no exact release date has been specified yet. "Cities: Skylines" has sold at least 2 million copies as of this writing.
