I complained about After Dark feeling like I had to go out of my way in order to use the expansions new features and specializations, but at least those features and specializations were available in all cities, and they could be applied to my existing cities from before the expansion. Depending on which map you select, it's either always winter, or it's always summer. Your city doesn't progress from springing to summer to autumn to winter (or even just from summer to winter) and then back again, and you don't have to manage your economy so as to maximize profits during your tourist season and find a way to maintain employment and revenue during the off season. Note: I'm going to get real tired of saying 'non-winter maps', so henceforth, for the sake of simplicity, I will refer to them as 'summer maps', even though summer isn't really a thing (yet). Those winter maps are always snowy, and the non-winter maps are never snowy (although they can see occasional rain and fog). Instead, it has a few snowy, winter-themed maps in which you can build snow-themed cities.

Snowfall doesn't provide a full season system or any real changes to the game's core economic loop.

But that's the extent of what this expansion provides, and that's disappointing. There's now a winter, and snow, and you can build a specialized winter wonderland. On the surface, Snowfall seemed to provide that. I had written a wishlist blog in which I specifically asked for the next expansion to offer seasonal weather changes and more recreational and transportation specializations suited to those different seasons. I got really excited when I loaded up Steam and saw the title of the new expansion. It offers one new color to paint with, and that color is white. Snowfall, however, is even more narrow in scope.

I wasn't too upset because the core game is still a phenomenal foundation to build upon, and the expansion just gave us more to play with within that same phenomenal foundation. I described Cities: Skylines' first expansion, After Dark, as ' just tak the Cities: Skylines canvas, and offer the player a few more colors to optionally paint with.' That expansion didn't really do much to change the way that the game is really played, but rather just focused on adding further specialization options for any city that you care to build.

Best cities skylines maps 2019