Cities: Skylines II
I have a hard time with freeform city builders like Skylines or SimCity. The amount of unrestrained freedom makes me question why I'm even playing. I have the same issue with The Sims or something like Planet Zoo.<p>That and Skylines giving me a blank canvas paralyses me. How does one plan a city? Where do the roads go?<p>It's the sort of game I want to love, but I just get so overwhelmed by the sheer number of options and I'm not sure what to do.<p>On the other hand, games like Tropico (at least the later titles - 3, 4, 5, 6) having a "story" to play through help a bit because there is direction in what to build and where. Conversely, though, cities I build in Tropico end up being haphazard patch jobs where I find an empty space and put a dozen wind turbines in it because that's what the mission calls for, and so I miss out on some of the potential satisfaction.