Ive been a huge fan of the simcity series since the original so I was reluctant to try this edition given some of the negative reviews but I finally caved and found that this is a very good game. Its probably the best city builder sim out there right now...

That being said... there are some very annoying shortcomings, mostly in comparison to previous SimCity editions;
-city maps are way too small. you can fill it in 15 minutes.
-resource concept ads a bit to the game but is painfully basic and repetative
-what happened to terraforming??
-cant customize inter-city mass transit
-buildings dont tell you how many workers or where they commute from
-bored within a week