Did you try playing in &quot;Hard mode&quot;?<p>I feel like C:S seems shallow to people because the first and only real challenge in the game is traffic. Most of the elements that are challenging in Sim City actually do exist in C:S, but the game is tuned such that you have enough money to buy your way out of any problem.<p>Sim City games force you to make many difficult decisions because your funds are so limited. I hope that in the future the C:S developers make note of this, and they take the time to tune their games to replicate that challenge.