You start with a small bit of land and then you need to help it grow into a thriving city. The goal of the game is the same as it has always been in the series. The sounds the sim folk make are as annoying as ever, but that is part of the charm of this series. The soundtrack is about what you would expect. It gives your city much more personality and can help you become more attached to it. Everything has a nice clean look to it and I like how much more detailed things are.
A ton of work was done to make this the most appealing looking game in the series at the time and I feel that SimCity 2013 still holds up the better part of a decade later. The first thing that you notice about this game is how good it looks. Thankfully, EA after what felt like forever, managed to get the game in a state that made it worth playing. All it really did was punish gamers who purchased a legit copy of the game. Is there a game that had a worse launch than SimCity 2013? This game was an absolute mess when it first launched, a product of the days when dev stride to force an always-online DRM to try and prevent piracy.