An official expansion to Cities: Skylines, an economic strategy game released in 2015 and developed by the creators of Cities in Motion series - Finnish studio Colossal Order. In accordance with the add-on’s title, the biggest innovation it introduces is a dynamic day and night cycle. More importantly, this is not just a cosmetic feature, because at night your citizens engage in entirely different activities, and the traffic is reduced.
After Dark is the first major expansion for Cities: Skylines, an economic strategy game focused on city building. Just like the original game, the add-on was developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive.
The most important novelty of the DLC is the introduction of daily cycle, although this feature is not exclusive to the owners of the expansion as it was released as part of an update for the original game. Obviously, the day-night cycle is more than a visual gimmick – the citizens behave differently at night, the traffic decreases and so on.
Apart from that, the expansion offers numerous buildings and features that are exclusive to night-life. Furthermore, commercial zones can now be set to several new specializations, including beach, provided of course that they are located on the coast, or recreational, especially active when the moon is high and bright. In addition, new facilities and objects: prisons, taxis, international airports (significantly bigger than those built up to now) and bicycle paths, among other things, are available.
As far as the visuals are concerned, After Dark doesn't introduce any enhancements - the game constantly offers good visual quality and can be launched even on moderately powerful machines.
Last updated on August 14, 2015
October 26, 2015
Cities: Skylines expansion review – what mayors do After Dark?
Strange things happen in the course of a city’s nightlife – the same is true when playing After Dark, the first big expansion for the popular city-builder Cities: Skylines.
Videos and Screens
[1:19] Cities: Skylines - After Dark launch trailer
[1:11] Cities: Skylines - After Dark PAX Prime 2015 - trailer
Gamepressure Review
Cities: Skylines - After Dark
Strange things happen in the course of a city’s nightlife – the same is true when playing After Dark, the first big expansion for the popular city-builder Cities: Skylines.
PC / WindowsGAMERS Score
Average score from 106 votes. 18 players anticipated the game.
Cities: Skylines - After Dark Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Developer: Colossal Order
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Cities: Skylines - After Dark System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz/AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 512 MB GeForce GTX 260/Radeon HD 5670 or better, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i5-3470 3.20 GHz/AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz, 6 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870 or better, Windows 7/8 64-bit
Base Gamefor Cities: Skylines - After Dark
Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines - After Dark Coming Out Next Month
Cities: Skylines - After Dark is coming out on 24 September for PC (Windows, Linux) and Mac. The expansion will be digitally distributed for $14.99.
video games
August 21, 2015
Cities: Skylines - After Dark Expansion Revealed at Gamescom
Cities: Skylines is getting its first big expansion. After Dark will introduce day and night cycle and lots of new content focused on nightlife activities and public transportation.
video games
August 7, 2015