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[Rentahamster]

Now that the dev beta is winding down, more people have gotten the OK to put up their thoughts and media of the game.

Lots of images and commentary: http://simcityhall.net/viewtopic.php?id=181

Dev Beta Q&A: http://simcityhall.net/viewtopic.php?id=277

Q&A writeup from the Maxis Community Event a couple days ago: http://simcityhall.net/viewtopic.php?id=296

Personal writeup from the community event: http://simcityhall.net/viewtopic.php?id=290

wowcrendor let's plays:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znBsHXc6zNE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWfEPXlQEiA&list=UUCbfB3cQtkEAiKfdRQnfQvw&index=1

Podcast with info from MaxisScott: http://alttabme.com/forum/index.php...w-dev-maxis-scott-of-simcity.2657/#post-27130
(good info about how clusters in a region interact about half an hour in)

SimCity dev livestream chat with Will Wright interview: http://www.livestream.com/electronicarts/video?clipId=pla_aa81c026-b15d-4e95-a272-d7b187f1b06a

Another dev beta video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5gXBfzL7cZw

120k pop, oil rich city

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

making it harder to wait just gotta hold on for a little bit over a week

 

[Hanmik]

when is this game coming out..?

I read ALOT of tweets last week about reviewers waiting to review it untill it hits the shops.. something about people had to play and review the game at a specific location.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

when is this game coming out..?

I read ALOT of tweets last week about reviewers waiting to review it untill it hits the shops.. something about people had to play and review the game at a soecific location.

the 5th of next month i just gotta stay strong

 

[Rentahamster]

when is this game coming out..?

I read ALOT of tweets last week about reviewers waiting to review it untill it hits the shops.. something about people had to play and review the game at a specific location.

March 5th

http://www.simcity.com/

...and I think a few days later for EU.

No plans for preloading yet.

 

[spwolf]

those two guys on youtube might be the most annoying thing i have ever heard

 

[Ikuu]

those two guys on youtube might be the most annoying thing i have ever heard

Yea, I had to turn it off after a few minutes, not sure how they managed to get 50m views.

 

[Tunesmith]

March 5th

http://www.simcity.com/

...and I think a few days later for EU.

No plans for preloading yet.

March 8th for Europe.

 

[Rentahamster]

those two guys on youtube might be the most annoying thing i have ever heard

They were a little grating, I have to admit...

 

[Pandemic]

Dayum, that first link was a great read, gotta get in-store and pre-order this!

 

[Sethos]

Whoa, whoa, WHOA - You can actually SEE the city of the people you are in region with from your own city, see their progress and get effected by what they do? Man this game is shaping up to be a gem.

 

[Rentahamster]

Whoa, whoa, WHOA - You can actually SEE the city of the people you are in region with from your own city, see their progress and get effected by what they do? Man this game is shaping up to be a gem.

Yeah, but it's not real time. Update time is around 2 or 3 minutes.

In the closed beta, each city could see the buildings from the other one.

 

[Chance Hale]

those two guys on youtube might be the most annoying thing i have ever heard

I clicked on their video and now youtube is recommending collegehumor videos to me ;-; But really, I don't understand why people enjoy listening to such hyperactive, annoying people but different strokes I suppose.

 

[Sethos]

Yeah, but it's not real time. Update time is around 2 or 3 minutes.

In the closed beta, each city could see the buildings from the other one.

Oh no I didn't expect real-time but that is still really cool. Love it.

 

[Rentahamster]

There's a good section about how clusters of cities work within a region in the MaxisScott interview. About 33 minutes in or so.

http://alttabme.com/forum/index.php...w-dev-maxis-scott-of-simcity.2657/#post-27130

 

[Rentahamster]

Oh no I didn't expect real-time but that is still really cool. Love it.

Yeah I'm glad they improved it. I hope that's not just because they were playing it locally at the Maxis office, and that it will actually be that fast online in the real world.

In the closed beta, service sharing was horribly laggy and didn't really work for me at all.

 

[Rentahamster]

Another dev beta video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5gXBfzL7cZw

120k pop, oil rich city

 

[Rentahamster]

Another dev beta lets play, with a guy playing on minimum settings who doesn't know what he's doing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NV6VYyywL4o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jxWuwCcDybw

The game looks like ass on minimum.

A few more screens:

http://i.imgur.com/NmqDm6X.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jdOFYnt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/GIlnerJ.png
http://i.imgur.com/lACIGjV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hPxAfLy.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/VyDgHYj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EgwqfQH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oHAGw96.jpg

This one is nice in how it shows the region sharing services.

 

[DTKT]

Is that the maximum size? Because those city look awfully small...

 

[Rentahamster]

Is that the maximum size? Because those city look awfully small...

Yep. All maps are 2 kilometers on each side.

They hope to increase map sizes later, but who knows when that'll happen.

Think of this SimCity like a reboot. It's why they didn't name it SimCity 5, since it doesn't use the same kind of simulation engine as SimCities 1 through 4.

 

[OchreHand]

I've spent wayyy too much time watching SimCity videos. Here's one of a guy running it on high settings. This game can be incredible looking.

SimCity (2013) Beta Gameplay - 2560 x 1440 Very High Settings

 

[Ballistik]

March 5th is taking too long to get here.

Who's doing official thread?

 

[Why would you do that?]

Huh, the game looks great. However, it doesn't really look 100% like Sim City, but something a little different. Still great, though.

 

[Jintor]

okay fuck it the beta and all these things have eroded my will to live without this game. TAKE MY MONEY DAMNIT

 

[saunderez]

okay fuck it the beta and all these things have eroded my will to live without this game. TAKE MY MONEY DAMNIT

Yeah I really shouldn't have watched those videos.

 

[dejay]

Huh, the game looks great. However, it doesn't really look 100% like Sim City, but something a little different. Still great, though.

They've deliberately rebooted the series and have tried to get away from what was essentially 15 odd years of updating the tile-based mechanic that first arose in 1989.

There are going to be differences but remember there will be many advancements on this new game style, so things can only get better from what is already looking pretty good.

 

[Rentahamster]

Yeah I really shouldn't have watched those videos.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!

 

[Rentahamster]

March 5th is taking too long to get here.

Who's doing official thread?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=41025072#post41025072

Cjdamon042 is doing it. Feb 26th. at the earliest.

 

[Nero3000]

I am considering buying the official game guide.

Has anyone else ordered it? Is it worth doing so to understand more of the game mechanics?

 

[Orlandu84]

I am considering buying the official game guide.

Has anyone else ordered it? Is it worth doing so to understand more of the game mechanics?

I had not even considered getting the guide until I read some of the Dev Beta links in the OP. Wow. I will probably stick with the Neogaf thread and wiki for advice initially. But my word! Going broke late game in Simcity?! If Maxis has created a game that challenging, I will be impressed.

 

[RS4-]

Hm, my brother sometimes uses my PC and I'm sure he'll use it more to play Simcity; I hope you can have multiple regions instead of just one (with the 2-3 sub regions or whatever) so he can just load up his save file, and I can do the same with mine.

 

[wenis]

There is a livestream of the game going on all week... just watch

Let's All Be Mayor

 

[MrCompletely]

is anyone on the OT?

 

[wenis]

is anyone on the OT?

You should do it! And watch the live stream!

 

[ekim]

You should do it! And watch the live stream!

Event starts in nA nA nA nA

--> there is no stream (for me)

edit: ah now... 1 hour to go.

 

[wenis]

Yeah one more hour. People gotta eat breakfast first.

 

[majortom1981]

The more I read of the dev beta impressions the less worried I am about city sizes. My experience with the 2 closed betas also makes this wait horrible.

I have the dvd version preordered and march 5 is so far away.

 

[MrCompletely]

damnit the stream isn't working in my office

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

mines just a black screen

 

[Albino_Samurai]

Same black screen here.....

Was a info message (about 10 minutes ago) that said there were some technical errors wich should be sorted soon.

EDIT: I have a timer on Wii U Pad (on that page), but not on my pc....? Weird.

 

[Rentahamster]

is anyone on the OT?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=41025072#post41025072

Cjdamon042 is doing it. Feb 26th. at the earliest.

It's taken.

I am considering buying the official game guide.

Has anyone else ordered it? Is it worth doing so to understand more of the game mechanics?

I had not even considered getting the guide until I read some of the Dev Beta links in the OP. Wow. I will probably stick with the Neogaf thread and wiki for advice initially. But my word! Going broke late game in Simcity?! If Maxis has created a game that challenging, I will be impressed.

Eh, the game shouldn't be that hard. I have a bias against strategy guides in general. Overpriced, glorified instruction manuals. The SimAnt manual. Now THAT, was a fucking instruction manual.

If you want to save money, just stick to the wikis and other internet help.

 

[MrCompletely]

well, based on their twitter and facebook chatter, nobody can see the stream and the simcity people seem oblivious to that.

 

[mcfrank]

Any guesses on how this will run on an ATI 4850, Core i7 2.7 processor with 12GB RAM.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

hope they archive it ill just watch it later

 

[MrCompletely]

Any guesses on how this will run on an ATI 4850, Core i7 2.7 processor with 12GB RAM.

Seems like a supremely low GPU compared to the RAM and Proc setup. You'll prob be able to run it, but not close to full detail.

 

[Albino_Samurai]

"The external agency running Let’s All Be Mayor is setting up the live video feed now. It will be up and running soon."

Just posted...

 

[Nivert]

Why don't they just use Twitch.

At least the following days will hopefully go smoother.

 

[MrCompletely]

refresh, they're on! Looks awesome.

 

[HotHamWater]

Here's a direct link to the stream that actually has volume controls.

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/2987316/events/1902153/player?width=1280&height=720&autoPlay=true&mute=false

 

[wenis]

hope they archive it ill just watch it later

We are going to have a highlight reel.