ActionTrip: SimCity Societies First Look If there's one game out there that's every bit as influential as Civilization, Populous or The Sims (or Battlecruiser 3000AD - Ed), it would have to be Will Wright's SimCity. Of course, the franchise has come a long way and has gone through many aesthetic and technical changes since its initial release back in 1989. In the process of the evolution of the SimCity series, Will Wright took part in almost every project. However, he had little to no involvement in the development of recent additions to the popular city management series. For instance, he was not on the design team for SimCity 4. Will himself was quoted saying, "SimCity kind of worked itself into a corner, (because) we were still appealing to this core SimCity group. It had gotten a little complicated for people who had never played SimCity. We want to take it back to its roots where somebody who had never heard of SimCity can pick it up and enjoy playing it without thinking it was really, really hard." You can read the entire preview here.
