History VideoGame / CitiesXL

* RecurringRiff: The chorus of the ThemeTune is more or less present in about half of the music tracks. ([[EarWorm C G A# A# F...]])

* EndlessGame: Combined with PermanentElectedOfficial, as unlike ''SimCity'' you are not ousted for running into the red. You simply cannot build anymore stuff until the treasury is refilled.

Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylies''.

Common complaints of ''Cities XL'' are poor programming leading to a still-unfixed memory leak bug, as well as a perception that there is little change between the 2011 version, 2012 version and XXL version; the latter is probably justified, considering they have little to no perceptible features added to the descriptions of newer relases.

Not to be confused with CitiesSkylies.

* WideOpenSandbox: People disappointed with ''VideoGame/SimCity2013'''s ''microscopic'' city size found themselves some solace in ''XL''. That is, until ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'' comes along.

* EndlessGame: Combined with PermanentlyElectedOfficial, as unlike ''SimCity'' you are not ousted for running into the red. You simply cannot build anymore stuff until the treasury is refilled.

* StrictlyFormula: Pretty much every game in the series after the 2009 original, including ''XXL'', is simply the same game with some new maps and buildings added in, so much that each subsequent title can be seen as an expansion pack to the previous. No effort has been done to improve the gameplay and the engine apart from ''XXL'''s multi-threading compatibility and performance boost. Compare this to ''VideoGame/Tropico'', which has different gameplay features across its five iterations.

* BeleagueredAssistant: Kevin

* EndlessGame

* {{Gonk}}: Many citizen models are this. It's better than the advisors and petitioners of ''VideoGame/SimCity 3000'', but that game only has a handful of them.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: The "[[ExecutiveMeddling My boss made me]] do a {{Music/Dubstep}} trailer" has this effect, growing the city in time with the beat.
* NotInMyBackyard

* WideOpenSandbox

* Gonk: Many citizen models are this. It's better than the advisors and petitioners of ''VideoGame/SimCity 3000'', but that game only has a handful of them.

While the quality of the game is iffy, one thing that can be said for sure is that it is superior to the disaster of a release that the ''VideoGame/SimCity'' reboot turned out to be.

''Cities XL'' (formerly ''Cities Unlimited'') is a city-building computer game in the same vein as the ''VideoGame/SimCity'' series, developed by Monte Cristo, which has prior development experience in ''City Life''. It was originally scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2009, but was eventually released on October 8, 2009. The game allowed players to play online and interact with others on massive persistent planets, and to work together by trading resources or building blueprints in order to satisfy the needs of city inhabitants. However, on March 8, 2010 the online service was closed and the game became single-player only.

Focus Home Interactive acquired the franchise in June 2011 and released ''Cities XL 2011'' on October 14, 2010. The latest installment, ''Cities XL Platinum'', was released on February 6, 2013.

* ExpansionPack: Since Focus Interactive acquired the title, each new installment of Cities XL has basically been this.

While the quality of the game is iffy, one thing that can be said for sure is that it is superior to the disaster of a release that the SimCity reboot turned out to be.