作者：Gerald Belman

《CityVille》&《模拟城市》

《CityVille》像是个能够让你在上面描绘城市的画布。而《模拟城市》更像座城市。

此刻，你们很多人也许会说，“省省吧。我们知道你不喜欢Facebook游戏。没人关心此话题。我们不想要听到你无休止地批评Zynga。Zynga不过是想要谋取收益的普通公司。”

我理解这个观点。但我觉得这个观点没有任何意义。但作为科学人士，我觉得自己有必要不时重新评估自己对于特定话题的既定看法，无论是政治、人类本性、经济学方面，还是电子游戏。

这就是为什么我要就《CityVille》&《模拟城市》的玩法进行比较。

“《CityVille》和《模拟城市》存在显著差异。

《CityVille》是旨在供休闲用户同好友共同体验的游戏内容。你购买能够生成硬币或农场的建筑，以创造商品。这些商品主要提供给商店，也是通过货币进行购买，这能够带给你更多硬币和经验值。《模拟城市》是款城市模拟游戏。你管理政府建筑和城市区域，不干涉建筑的排放位置。二者间的一个少数相似之处是主要目标，创建欣欣向荣的成功大都市。

《CityVille》的特点：

* 基于Facebook的免费网页Flash游戏

* 基于定时物体（游戏邦注：诸如建筑之类的元素）的点击式硬币农场游戏

* 奖励源自视觉装饰

* 促进好友完成若干建筑/目标

* 城市持续存在，包括玩家下线的时候

* 主要收益来自对建筑的定时点击

* 人口密度取决于建筑类型

Cityville from gamasutra.com

《模拟城市》的特点：

* 基于付费应用的游戏

* 战略性建造及城市规划

* 警察、消防、教育和医生分布的规划

* 住宅、商业及工业区

* 交通管理

* 源自税收的经济管理

* 主要收益来自税收

* 人口分布视地区情况而定

SimCity from gamasutra.com

这里我补充一点两款游戏的不同之处。

1）玩家在《CityVille》没有失败的可能性。在《模拟城市》中，若你对城市管理不当，你就将其置于无法挽回的经济和社会衰败境地。

那么这两款游戏的主要区别是什么？《CityVille镇》主要着眼于‘点击’和‘定时点击’。《模拟城市》主要围绕思考和规划。

《CityVille》更像是个画布，《模拟城市》更像座城市。

有趣之处在于，我从小玩《模拟城市》长大——如今的孩子是否会从小玩《CityVille》？这会给他们对于城市运作模式的理解带来什么影响？我的意思是，《模拟城市》虽然没有准确再现城市，但其至少有进行简单模拟（游戏邦注：作者认为《CityVille》完全没有融入模拟元素）。《模拟城市》有效简化许多复杂的城市元素，将其设定在孩童层面或年轻人层面。《模拟城市》赢得众多教育奖项，得到许多教育机构的推荐。而《CityVille》至今尚未获得任何殊荣。

各执己见的争论非常有意思。在电影《Constantine》中，有个角色名叫Papa Midnite。他在恶魔和天使之间的交易中处于中立位置。Constantine企图说服他在这一冲突中选择明确立场。

读者像是Papa Midnite，而我就像Constantine，想要说服你们改变自己无视Zynga糟糕内容的态度。

我知道世界上近一半的伤害、痛苦和愚昧都源自缺乏激情。另外一半则是源自过度充满激情。我觉得在此情况中，大家需要刺激自己一下。

我觉得《CityVille》并无教育意义，若有人觉得这种游戏富有趣味，那么他们或是4岁孩童，或感到极度无聊。如果你有孩子，应该推荐他们玩《模拟城市》。如果他们无法从优秀的电子游戏中收获乐趣，那么干脆不要玩游戏。不妨让他们多参加体育运动。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

CityVille vs SimCity

by Gerald Belman

CityVille vs SimCity

CityVille is like a canvas upon which you can draw a city. SimCity is more like a city.

Now many of you might be saying “Gerald, give it a rest. We know you don’t like facebook games. Nobody cares. We don’t want to hear your incessant whining and blathering on about Zynga. Zynga is just a bunch of normal people trying to make some money.”

And I understand this point of view. But I do not think this point of view makes any sense. How can Chewbacca live on Endor with a bunch of 2 foot tall ewoks?

However, as a scientific person, I feel the need every once in a while, throughout my life, to re-evaluate my currently held position on a subject – whether that be politics, human nature, economics or in this MUCH more important case – video games.

That is why I am going to perform a comparison(actually I am just going to copy and past it from a stack exchange post) of the gameplay of CityVille vs the gameplay of SimCity.

“There are huge differences between CityVille and SimCity.

CityVille is for a more casual audience to play with friends. You buy buildings that produce coins or farms to produce goods. Those goods supply shops, which are also bought with coins, that give you more coins and experience. SimCity is a city simulation game. You manage Government buildings and city zoning with a sort of hands off approach what buildings go where. One of the few similarities is the main goal, which is to create a thriving successful metropolis.

CityVille Features:

* Free Web-based Flash game on Facebook

* Click based coin farming on timed objects(buildings and the like)

* Bonuses gained from visual decoration

* Promotes friends to complete some buildings/goals

* City is persistent, continues after you logoff

* Main income from timed clicks on buildings

* Population density based on building type

SimCity features:

* Paid application based game

* Strategic building & city planning

* Police, Fire, Education and Medical planning

* Residential, Commercial and Industrial zoning

* Traffic management

* Economic management from taxes

* Main income from taxation

* Population based on area conditions”

I would like to add one more difference between these two games.

1) CityVille has no possiblity of failure. In SimCity, if you manage your city poorly enough you can drive it into an irrecoverable economic and social downfall.

So what is the main difference between these two games? CityVille focuses on “clicking” and “timed clicks”. SimCity focuses on thinking and planning.

CityVille is more like a canvas. SimCity is more like a city.

The really interesting thing is that I grew up playing SimCity – are kids nowadays going to grow up playing CityVille? What affect will that have on their understanding of how a city functions? I mean SimCity is not a completely accurate simulation of a city but it is at least a simple simulation(as opposed to CityVille, which is NOT a simulation and doesn’t try to be one). SimCity can help simplify many of the complex things about a city and put it on a child’s level or a young person’s level. SimCity has won a large variety of educational awards and commendations from a wide variety of educational institutions. CityVille as of right now has not won anything.

Divisive debates are interesting. In the movie Constantine there is a character named Papa Midnite. He serves as a neutral party in the dealings between demons and angels. Constantine goes to him to try to convince him to choose a side in the conflict.

You reader, are like Papa Midnite. And I am like Constantine, begging you to reconsider your apathy for the crap that comes pooping out of Zynga.

I know that half of the pain, suffering and stupidity in this world is caused by the lack of passion. I know that the other half is caused by the excesses of passion. But in this case I think people just need a kick in the butt.

I think that anyone who thinks that CityVille is educational is either stupid or creativly deprived. If they think it is fun then they are either 4 years old or just plain boring. Please, if you have kids, introduce them to SimCity. If they can’t at least enjoy good video games then they are better off just not playing games at all. Put them in an extra sport in that case.（Source：gamasutra）