Not much different from City Life, but I really enjoy this game. However, it needs a little time to get used to.

User Rating: 8 | City Life 2008 Edition PC
Why is there so much criticism against City Life 2008? I admit there is little difference between this game and the 1st installment, but the new content is good content. The game is now more polished and much more flexible to modding. If you liked the 1st City Life, then why don't you like this one if it's still virtually the same game? I understand it is a difficult game to start off with, but it does grow on you when you get to know it better. For example, I started making cities that only had a few inhabitants because I didn't know how to use it properly - and became really angry. But now I understand it, I'm making cities with over 4,000,000 happy inhabitants!

It's as simple as this:

If you have the original City Life, don't buy City Life 2008, you'll be disappointed by the low number of new items.
Best wait till Cities XL comes out.

If you don't have the original City Life, buy this version so that you will have the new features and yes, it is worth buying.