Paradox Interactive is engaged on a Cities: Skylines LEGO spinoff, a newly-leaked scores board itemizing for the sport suggests.
LEGO Skylines has been rated by the ever-leaky Korean scores board, which listed the sport forward of its formal announcement, as first noticed by Gematsu. IGN has contacted Paradox Interactive for extra.
Whereas particulars stay scarce, Cities: Skylines followers are digesting the concept of a LEGO-ified model of their favourite city-building simulation. Thematically, the concept of a LEGO metropolis builder makes good sense — although followers naturally have considerations over the form it’s going to arrive in, following the rocky reception to Cities: Skylines 2.
“How tf are they doing that when 2 remains to be in the form it’s in?” wrote one Cities: Skylines fan in a prolonged reddit thread discussing the leak. “Cannot wait! See you three years after launch when the sport is considerably playable!” quipped one other.
Whereas Paradox is listed as the sport’s writer, it stays unclear who is definitely creating the sport — and whether or not any of Paradox’s personal studios are concerned. The unique Cities: Skylines and its sequel had been created by Finnish studio Colossal Order, which parted methods with Paradox final 12 months. Ongoing Cities: Skylines 2 growth is now being dealt with by one other Finnish outfit, Iceflake Studios, which is at the moment tasked with persevering with enhancements to the sport — in addition to readying its long-awaited console ports that had been initially due in 2024.
“A LEGO City constructing sport would knock my socks off, in the event that they did it proper,” one other fan wrote. “LEGO and the primary Sim City video games had been my childhood, so this announcement has straight-up grabbed my hype proper in the nostalgia,” acknowledged one other.
Whereas the unique Cities: Skylines was successful for Paradox, its troubled sequel launched in October 2023 to quite a few complaints over its uneven efficiency and plenty of lacking options. IGN’s Cities: Skylines 2 overview returned a 6/10, and labelled it as “an bold sequel that may have bitten off greater than it could possibly chew.”
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