Lego Skylines Is More Than Just A Lego Skin On A Familiar Game

The useful part

Our hands-on preview of Lego Skylines at Gamescom quickly allayed any fears that Paradox's new city builder would just be Cities Skylines with a fun new skin. Crucially, though, you're not zoning residential areas--you are literally building one home. For a family of real brick-based guys with real needs and wants and desires.

How it works

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• In this case my Lego family wished for a garden gnome to be placed outside their house, which I was easy enough to fulfill.
• Each house of the same size is functionally the same, but you can choose if you'd like a sleek, flat-roofed city pad or a rustic farmstead, for example.
• A family will eventually move in and the house type will help dictate what kind of environment they want around their house.
• You're encouraged to choose what the families have asked for to increase your Appeal Level, but there's no fail state if you prioritize aesthetics over practicality.