Not sure about graphics specifically, but it looks like CS2 remains a dumpster fire. I am very pleased I stayed with CS1.

Ongoing frustrations with the game have been boiling for some time, and now that several of the game's biggest content creators are starting to air their issues in a major way, it seems like the community is reaching a tipping point.

At one point Mariina Hallikainen, CEO of developer Colossal Order, wrote that "if you dislike the simulation, this game just might not be for you." An apology for that statement swiftly followed.

Earlier this week, an extensive video came courtesy of YouTube channel Biffa Plays Indie Games. Biffa laid out a pile of reasoned critiques about the underlying gameplay systems. In short, he argued that while there may be plenty of robust simulations driving the behaviors of your city, it's impossible to see how those are reflected while you're playing. New traffic models, production chains, weather, and seasons all suffer from purporting to have effects on your city, with no way to tell what those effects are.