Because Cities XL does one thing better than any other game: Walking down a street in a modded XL city, the distance between a suburb and a supertall feels massive. The road tools, when fixed by mods, allow for organic, European-style curves that Skylines struggles with without 50 DLCs.
Stock game: 4/10. Modded Platinum: 8.5/10. cities xl platinum mods
Now, go build your megacity. And remember: Always build the subway before the skyscraper. Because Cities XL does one thing better than