While the game was cleanly designed and looked very nice, something wasn't quite right here. On paper and in trailers, everything looked good. The way you design cities is nicely streamlined, and they did a lot of work to make sure the various systems didn't get too complicated. Problem is your cities are all very small, and you run out of room quick. This means you reach the late game fast, and in said late game there's not a lot you can actually do. The game just falls apart quickly.