First with the positive. The regions are gorgeous and as a long time player, I'm excited to have a clean slate to build another booming metropolis. I've been waiting for something like this for a long time! The graphics are beautiful and the fun lay out of green valley is exceptionally appealing to me.
However, the loading screen between regions is extremely inconvenient. I wish it was all connected to the main city.
I also agree that not being able to visit other people's regions makes developing in them pointless if you can't show them off. Im really curious to see what others are doing with the new regions, especially my club members.
I was excited and began building but then I also realized that each region takes its own currency. I'm stuck needing an organic food stall that costs over 1k leaf currency and no ability to earn this currency outside of developing more homes or collecting the currency from specialty buildings. Even then, I'm only being offered a handful of the currency for items. At this rate, it will take weeks to earn first stall because spending over 600 sim cash is not appealing whatsoever.
We need to be able to collect regional currency the same way we collect taxes in our capital. Not being able to do so is already making me lose interest in even trying.
Great job though...I think with a few tweaks it will be much more playable and add to the game experience overall.
I attached an image of how unhappy my sims in green valley are because I need a food stall lol