Cities: Skylines - Parklife (PlayStation 4) Review

This DLC caters to those who have a passions for zoos and nature parks, as Parklife offers a variety of options for the player to shape and mould the ultimate wildfire park inside a bustling city. Step by step, you are able to construct each aspect off the park, one piece at a time, and then you can connect them all through walking paths. This also gives a more direct control over the running side of the park, although in a way that could have been explored more. You are now able to set and adjust the price of entry to a park, as well as choose what concessions will be available to potential customers.

Parklife comes with five new maps of interesting variety. The first is Cavern Coast, a map with small mountains and winding roads; second is Honu Island, which as the name would suggest contains an island that would make the ideal set up for those with a more aquatic approach to park building; third is Mountain Meadows, a plainer map with wide open fields; next is Pine Rivers, a lush forest interwoven rivers dotting the landscape; and, lastly is Windfleld, which provides a plainer, more fairly balanced map that is much better for beginners, if they want to start with an equal balance of resources.

Although the different maps are varied, and the other aesthetic additions are certainly welcome, the unavoidable frustrations of Parklife lie not only with the aforementioned tutorial, but with the PlayStation 4 controls as well. The redesigned toolbar is a welcome addition, although it is still frustrating to navigate through, as the PS4 controls come across as clunky and overly complex when trying to move around. Whether you are upgrading a road, or intersecting two attractions for a park, this experience on the PS4 specifically leaves much to be desired.