Summary
Cities: Skylines 2is a city-building game with two main goals. Players must try toincrease the populationto reach certain milestones within the game. However, it is also important to make sure that the citizens who are already living in the city are happy.
Maintaining citizen happiness is one of the more advanced features inCities: Skylines 2.Fortunately, there are several small ways players can keep everyone in their city happy during a game. Doing so will also make a city a more attractive place to live.
1Lowering Pollution
Keep The Air Clean
Pollution comes in many forms inCities: Skylines 2. Players need to keep an eye on noise levels, the quality of water in the city, and what is being left in the ground. However, the most obvious sign of pollution in the game is air pollution. While it is important to build industrial buildings and traffic routes in a functioning city, both of these things can heavily contribute to air pollution. Citizens' happiness levels will quickly dip if their city is polluted, so players will need to do everything they can to lower pollution.
One of the best ways to avoid pollution is by using more sustainable forms of energy, such as wind power, solar power, and hydroelectric plants. It also helps to regularlyempty city landfills, and plant trees between busy roads and residential areas to help mitigate noise.
2Provide Multiple Housing Options
Not Everyone Can Afford The Same Living Space
As all players know, citizens will need a place to live inCities: Skylines 2.Unfortunately, the same style of house will not work for everyone who moves into the city. There is a wide range of housing options in the game for a reason, so just building the same style of residences on the map will do nothing for the happiness levels of the city.
People will need somewhere to live based on their income. As such, players will need to make sure that their city has some cheaper apartments in the center of the map, as well as numerous suburbs. It also helps to have some mansions on hand for the citizens who succeed in their jobs and want to continue living in the city.
3Entertainment Options
Getting Out Of The House Is Essential
Players will notice that their city will function well with citizens just going to and from work. However, just having these two locations in one city is going to decrease the population’s happiness level. Just like in real life, the NPCs inCities: Skylines 2want more from life than just going to work and back home again. That is why players will need to ensure that every district has access tosome form of entertainment.
There are plenty of options for players when it comes to building entertainment in this game. There are big event-style stadiums that host sports events and can bring money into the city. However, there are also smaller local parks that players can build to improve an area’s aesthetics and give their citizens somewhere to relax. If players treat the entertainment sector as just as important as residencies and places of work, then the city’s happiness levels will stay high.
4Keep An Eye On The Future
Everyone Needs A Goal
One of the best things about humanity is that everyone has different goals and aspirations. This is also true of the citizens inCities: Skylines 2. Not every citizen in the city will be content working in the industry sector. There are plenty of other working opportunities in the game, but citizens first need the skills to be able to work in these fields. That is where the education sector comes in.
The game has options for players to build elementary schools, high schools, and universities. All of these places will provide citizens with the opportunity to gain new skills and shape a future for themselves where they will be happy. Therefore, players need to make sure that there are enough of these buildings within range of every residence. If this is not possible, then it is necessary toprovide adequate transport linksto these types of institutions.
5Well-Being Is Important
There Is A Lot That Every Citizen Needs To Live Comfortably
A successful city is made up of a lot of moving parts. While a good work opportunity will help citizens afford their choice of residence, there is more to life than just working and coming home. For example, citizens in the game can become ill and this will prevent them from working and affect their overall happiness. As such, players need to maintain good hygiene standards across their city, so people will not fall ill, and to provide multiple healthcare options to get citizens up and about again.
Other factors in the real world can also impact a citizen’s well-being. Thethreat of fire and crimeis very real inCities: Skylines 2,so it is important that all citizens live near a fire station or police precinct to offset these worries. Players can never reduce illness or crime levels to zero, but a quick solution to these issues will go a long way to making their citizens happy.
