When did it happen that city building games just kind of stopped being niche? New city builder Gord might not have had a chance in years gone by, when all genre fans had SimCity and that was yer lot. But now? Now you can terraform Mars, survive a Steampunk ice age, restore a planet’s ecosystem, or build thriving villages, towns, and cities in a plethora of settings, historical timelines, potential futures, or fantastical themes. There’s almost too much choice these days when considering the best city building games, and Gord constructs its own little homely plot among the many on-going developments.
