The Sims Carnival: SnapCity (PC)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 2.0 stars Mediocre
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 4.5 (2.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Kevin VanOrd
• Reviewed on: 06/27/2008
• Released on: 01/15/2008
• Originally published on GameSpot: The Sims Carnival: SnapCity (PC) Review

Sometimes, two unique flavors belong together, like peanut butter and bananas, or bacon and anything. Other flavors, like pickles and chocolate, are best left separated. And so we have The Sims Carnival: SnapCity, a little title that combines Tetris and SimCity into a weird casserole of boring, half-baked gameplay mechanics that will disappoint fans of either of those classics. Like a horseradish milkshake or herring cream pie, it's a curiosity you should leave others to experience.

SnapCity is incredibly easy to play, but it's hard to wrap your head around, at least initially. As in Tetris, various geometric shapes fall from above, only in this case, they fall toward a three-dimensional grid rather than a simple 2D plane. The catch is that these shapes come in three different hues, which represent the standard SimCity building zones: yellow for industrial, blue for commercial, and green for residential. Your goal is to fit these pieces together into larger areas, which will cause corresponding structures to spring forth. As in any standard city builder, you then must connect your zones with roads with a few mouse clicks, and traffic will begin to flow between them.

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