Montpellier is literally a poorer, shittier version of Paris. Too many of the historical areas of the city have that "I swear I'm not cloning Baron Haussmann" vibe to them. But obviously the city doesn't have anywhere near the scale of what it is cloning. And I've always found Haussmannian architecture rather boring.Hearing that the game is from France is disgusting as hell given what I've seen of Paris.
Any sane person better stay the fuck out of Paris. The dev from this game are from Montpellier though, but i'm not sure that change anything.
The newer built neighborhoods and surrounding towns are all ugly postmodernist nightmares, and there's quite a decent amount of no-go-zones filled with filth. The only "big" city that might be more dangerous to live in than Montpellier is Marseille. The general area where Montpellier is located (Herault department) is also only second to the worst job market of the country (Pyrenees Orientales), always number 2 in unemployment statistics, which also helps explain the huge amount of homeless junkies polluting the place.
And the latest town hall looks like Darth Vader's base.
Unless you were born in this filthy place and don't feel like cutting ties with family/friends/whatever then there's no reason to live here. It's shit.