Basically a developer was disappointed with the latest sim city (I think most people were) he decided to build his own.

Offline - Singleplayer - User mods etc etc.

Some articles here.

http://blog.cityboundsim.com/

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/212604/Citybound_One_mans_attempt_to_build_a_better_SimCity.php

I was not aware of this project, thanks for the info, looks promising!

I like how he lists everything the new Simcity is not in his "vision":

One-man dev project for something of this scope.... unless he gets funding and hires a team my vaporware senses are tingling

yeah. I even like his current prototype style for some reason :P

If he can produce this game, I'll purchase it. It has all the requirements I need, and none of the crap I hated about the new Sim City.
How the guys at Maxis/EA could get everything so wrong about why everyone loved the previous games I have no idea. But they better implode that piece of crap and start again if they ever want to see a penny of my money. I'm glad I didn't go all nostalgic and preorder that mess.

The question is if the outcome will indeed be better in case there will come out a game at all? It's a big job and a single person might not get far. But if there comes out something that is reasonably good I'll buy it.

Since it's still only a vision, a lot of work is ahead. I mean A LOT. I'll check out this one in 2-3 years time, we'll see what it becomes.

Yeah I won't hold my breath but I will say good luck to the guy.

Others have tried and failed (IMHO). E,g,. Cities XL is a good attempt yet fails to capture the old simcity magic.

I like the idea but I won't hold my breath.

I'd totally buy a "real sequel" to SimCity 4.

edit. Without DRM, of course :D