"What's better, future or present?"

Gameplay 9/10: Simcity 3000 still is like those other Simcities with the addictive feeling and building style. I like how Maxis added a couple new additions to the game and building tools. It is fun to build your city, which the graphics make the game look so realistic. The disasters, like in real life, you must stop them like in real life. It is awesome how you can associate with the other cities. This game is a real challenge, you'll have to please the residents and people of the city, plus you go through some disasters, and you'll have to set changes to your city and try to reach the highest population. You might play Simcity 3000 for hours.

Graphics 10/10: The best graphics ever in a Sim game from Maxis(besides The Sims). The buildings are so realistic and it looks like you are getting a birds-eye view on an airplane when you view the city. It is also interesting how when you zoom in the view and you can see people and cars. The terrain of the empty land also is more nature like than Simcity 2000.

Sound/Music 8/10: Guess why I gave Simcity 3000 a 8/10 for music? It's because so many people do not like classical music. The sound effects of the city are realistic. Those beeping cars are like traffic jams in this world. But not all of the music is a stupidly ''classical'' tune. But I do not think myself that classical music in Simcity 3000 is that bad. But this game deserves a 10 for those of you who like classical music.

Overall 9/10: Since Simcity 3000 is so good, its price is still expensive. But buying this game for $40-$50 is worth it unless you hate simgames. If you do hate Simgames, go for Simcity 2000 or the Simcity 2000 Special Edition set. Simcity 2000 might be only $15 now. This game is more like those ''new'' millenium games where it gets popular.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 02/19/00, Updated 02/19/00