But wait, there’s more! The map height limit is much higher than before adding much more flexibility and freedom in how your dream city will look. That results in a playable area of 159km² which is roughly 5 times bigger than in Cities: Skylines.Īdditionally, the Map Tiles do not have to be connected to each other, so technically you can create small isolated pocket towns, and you can purchase the Map Tiles all the way to the edge of the map where you can create new Outside Connections. For starters, one map tile is much smaller - roughly ⅓ what it is in the predecessor - but you are able to unlock almost all tiles giving you a whopping total of 441 map tiles.
In Cities: Skylines II things are a bit different. One map tile is 1.92 x 1.92 km which results in the total playable area being 92.16km² with a maximum of 33.18km² to build a city on. In Cities: Skylines the playable area consists of 5x5 tiles, 9 of which can be purchased once everything is unlocked. To get started let's have a brief comparison between the map sizes. Hi everyone! Welcome back to our weekly development diaries! Today we will go over the Maps and Themes featured in Cities: Skylines II.
