Cities Skylines gratis chez Epic

En bref. Avis aux amateurs de très bons City-builder, Epic et Paradox se sont a priori à nouveau entendus pour offrir gratuitement ce jeu qui depuis 2015 a détrôné SimCity. Et est devenu la référence du genre, offrant un très riche bac à sable vidéoludique pour modéliser des villes de toutes sortes.

Voilà donc une belle opportunité pour étoffer un peu plus votre ludothèque. Notez toutefois que si le jeu de base est déjà très satisfaisant, et vieillit relativement bien, il gagne indéniablement en saveur avec certains DLC venant étendre et varier son gameplay.

De plus, la force de Cities Skylines ayant été en bonne partie dans ses mods (283 000 actuellement dans le Workshop de Steam) sachez que il est possible de reprendre des mods existant sur Steam pour les appliquer à la version de Epic. Mais qu’il vous faudra alors creuser vous-même dans les fichiers du jeu (certaines vidéos sur YouTube expliquent les manipulations à effectuer, rien de trop compliqué a priori).

L’offre spéciale chez Epic sera valable du 10 au 17 mars prochain. L’ensemble des jeux gratuits chez Epic se trouve sur cette page.

Pour plus d’informations sur Cities Skylines, voyez par ici sur Steam ou cette page chez l’éditeur. Et donc aussi sur cette page chez Epic.

Au passage rappelons que y compris avec les mods, un minimum de prudence s’impose… Voyez le récent communiqué suivant, au sujet d’un “malware” qui semble-t-il pouvait affecter les joueurs de Cities Skylines.

Communiqué

Important message from the Cities: Skylines team

An important message from the Cities: Skylines team,

We have an amazing modding community and greatly appreciate the dedication and helpful nature that’s been at the center of it for 7 years. Recently, there have been concerns in the community about reports of malware on the Steam workshop, which we want to address.

We recently banned a few mods from the Cities: Skylines Workshop and want to clear up some of the misinformation surrounding these mods. The mods in question, which have been banned, are “Network Extensions 3” and “Update from Github.”

No keyloggers, viruses, bitcoin mining software, or similar has been found in mods on the Steam Workshop.

“Network Extensions 3”, the mod alleged to contain malware, was banned due to discriminating against specific Steam users. First, it blocked a short list of Steam users from using the mod, but this was later changed to cause what appeared to be buggy gameplay. Blocking users or creating specific restrictions for them violates the Steam Subscriber Agreement and such resulted in the mod being banned.

The mod “Update from Github” was removed shortly after appearing on the Workshop. This mod was designed to check for and install updates to mods directly from Github, making changes to existing Workshop subscriptions without the user’s knowledge. This bypasses the Workshop entirely, and to avoid potential abuse (such as downloading malicious software) the mod has been removed.

“Harmony (Redesigned)” has been mentioned in this context, however, the mod has not been updated since March 15th, 2021. Further updates to this workshop item are not possible as the account is banned and contributors are unable to update workshop items.

In short:

– No keyloggers, viruses, bitcoin mining software, or similar has been found in mods on the Steam Workshop.
– The mod “Network Extensions 3” was banned due to a violation of the Steam Subscriber Agreement.
– The mod “Update from Github” was removed as a potential risk, and only affected ~50 users.
– The “Harmony (Redesigned)” mod available on the Steam Workshop has not been found to contain the code to automatically update mods outside the Workshop.

 

If you come across any concerning mods, reuploads of banned mods, or mods containing the same/similar code, please report them using the report button on their workshop page.