GoKawiilCritic revisits Cities: Skylines 2's visual shortcomings in follow-up piece
A gaming writer continues a critique of city-builder aesthetics, focusing specifically on Cities: Skylines 2's flat, overly clean surfaces where sidewalks, buildings, and grass meet without natural transitions. The author contrasts in-game screenshots with more organic real-world or modded examples, arguing the base game looks lifeless without extensive manual decoration.