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Personally I cant see the attractoin (then again, I'm not really a fan of open ended games)...
Why not just play Civ3 instead?
I got Sim City 3000 UK edition, read the 96 page manual, built a road and a few houses, and then traded it in for a PS2 game. Not my cup o' tea.