Cities XXL

{{Infobox video game

| title = Cities XXL

| image = Cities XXL box art.jpg

| caption =

| developer = Focus Home Interactive

| publisher = Focus Home Interactive

| series = Cities XL

| platforms = Microsoft Windows

| released = {{vgrelease|NA|February 5, 2015|PAL|February 12, 2015}}

| genre = City-building game

| modes = Single-player

}}

Cities XXL is a city-building computer game developed by Focus Home Interactive as a sequel to their earlier game Cities XL Platinum. The game allows players to design, build, and manage cities.

Gameplay

= Zoning =

The game offers the designation of three types of building lots: residential, commercial and industrial. Each of which can have a different density. Residential lots have four social classes: unskilled workers, skilled workers, executives, and elites. Before designating building lots, the game requires players to select which class of residents may live there. The social class chosen for a lot will not be modified by the simulation.

To create building lots, players can zone an area of the map in which, upon confirmation, individual building lots will be created by the game. Players can also plop building lots individually.

= Transport =

Cities XXL allows players to create a road network of a variety of road types at many different angles and curvatures. Bridges and tunnels are also part of the simulator. Other transport options are buses, trains, ferries, and subways.

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| MC = 47/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/cities-xxl/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=Cities XXL for PC Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|accessdate=January 20, 2016}}

| 4P = 45%{{cite web|last=Oertel|first=Mathias|date=February 12, 2015|url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/36201/80965/0/Cities_XXL.html|title=Test: Cities XXL|language=de|website=4Players|publisher=4Players GmbH|accessdate=January 1, 2023}}

| GStar = 56%{{cite web|last=Danneberg|first=Benjamin|date=February 16, 2015|url=https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/cities_xxl,3082870.html|title=Cities XXL im Test - Patch, Größe XXS für 40 Euro|language=de|website=GameStar|publisher=Webedia|accessdate=January 1, 2023}}

| JXV = 10/20{{cite web|author=Lespol|date=February 9, 2015|url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/416699/cities-xxl-mieux-que-sim-city.htm|title=Test : Cities XXL : Mieux que Sim City ?|language=fr|website=Jeuxvideo.com|publisher=Webedia|accessdate=January 1, 2023}}

| MS = 5/10{{cite web|last=Díaz|first=José Álvaro Sañudo|date=February 16, 2015|url=https://as.com/meristation/2015/02/16/analisis/1424070000_142183.html|title=Cities XXL, análisis|language=es|website=MeriStation|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307100335/http://www.meristation.com/pc/cities-xxl/analisis-juego/2028489|archivedate=March 7, 2015|url-status=live|accessdate=January 1, 2023}}

| PCG = 64%{{cite web|last=Bertits|first=Andreas|date=February 12, 2015|url=https://www.pcgames.de/Cities-XXL-Spiel-55034/Tests/Cities-XXL-im-Test-Das-kommt-uns-alles-sehr-bekannt-vor-1150655/|title=Cities XXL im Test: Das kommt uns alles sehr bekannt vor|language=de|website=PC Games|publisher=Computec|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323192418/http://www.pcgames.de/Cities-XXL-PC-259764/Tests/Im-Test-Das-kommt-uns-alles-sehr-bekannt-vor-1150655/|archivedate=March 23, 2015|url-status=live|accessdate=January 1, 2023}}

| PCGN = 3/10{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Fraser|date=February 10, 2015|url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/cities-xxl/cities-xxl-review|title=Cities XXL review|website=PCGamesN|publisher=Network N|accessdate=January 1, 2023}}

}}

Cities XXL received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Many of the reviews were negative due to lack of new content, and poor multithreading support, which was a selling point of the game.