No way could Sim City 4 reach 8 million. And that Peter guy sounds really whingy.
You know, SC4 is still a perfectly playable game and on steam. I'd be kinda disappointing if they made a copy of that with new graphics.
SimCity Review Thread - the curse of reboots to strike again?
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No way could Sim City 4 reach 8 million. And that Peter guy sounds really whingy.
You know, SC4 is still a perfectly playable game and on steam. I'd be kinda disappointing if they made a copy of that with new graphics.
Metalmurphy
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You want to see the game be unfairly reviewed then?
A system that locks a consumer out of content that they have purchased can never be "well implemented." It can exist as a hurdle and nothing more.
Damn, that's not a pretty portrait.
Nothing unfair about criticizing bad practices. Hell it'd be a first for this industry.
piratepwnsninja
Member
So all online only games are badly implemented?
Metalmurphy
Member
There is no bad practice in making this reboot an online game, or as you people like to call it "always online DRM". Must all games be stuck in 1995?
And DLC (massive?) store stuff you don't buy won't affect your game.
Lol. Sounds like a worthy forum tag.
Games that do not allow for an off-line mode of actual play (not the no-save version that SC has), yes.
That's...wow.
Sounds like you should be looking at a region as a city rather than getting so hug up on just 1 plot.
Phoenixazure
Member
I don't see how always online was a bad practice when they designed the whole game around it and have been upfront about it. By this logic , every mmo and f2p game is affected. I understand dislike but it just comes off as overly harsh and looking for arguments on points that have existed since close to the games original reveal
Jibbajabbawockky
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Yeah, I really hate it when reviewers start tripping over themselves in heaping praise on a game in the most hyperbolic fashion. Its fine if the guy enjoyed the game a lot and thought it was excellent but once you start slapping "PERFECT!" in there too much, it makes me start to question your judgment, no matter the game.
And these are?
Goldrusher
Member
If they had called it SimTown, it would deserve 90% scores. But they didn't, so it doesn't.
That's not accurate and not an objective flaw
To be honest, they come off worse than the game does in that piece.
Oppo
Member
Unless it's a Mario game, right?
Didn't see anything wrong with the Polygon review. Guy just really liked the game.
There is. There was no reason to make it an online only game, you can have online without trying to slip DRM in there.
Wow. This isn't sim city. This is sim town.
edgefusion
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Curse this 4 year old MacBook Pro! I'd love to play this, but my poor laptop barely runs The Witcher.
SimCity will be the third amazing reboot of the year?
Everything said in that Ars article makes me fucking estatic that I'm not buying this game.
Seems like the regional stuff is nothing more than a poor scapegoat for always online, but in doing so have crippled their own game with tiny city size limits and farmville style gifts.
What a fucking bummer.
Seems like the regional stuff is nothing more than a poor scapegoat for always online, but in doing so have crippled their own game with tiny city size limits and farmville style gifts.
What a fucking bummer.
I'm sure you're gonna argue with me and call these features but don't expect a counterargument.
I'll just quote the nice and tidy list
10/10
Maybe he's just awful at the game and all his residential zones are the most basic?
Metalmurphy
Member
Did you even play the betas or are slightly informed on the game? This games works as persistent online towns. It's pretty much an MMO only with small clusters of players. Could they have made it a different game, a SimCity that also has an online mode? yes they could have, it just wouldn't be the same game. And there's nothing wrong with the type of game it is.
Not so sure about that. Game chugs on modern machines without lots of user fixes, and even on release performed poorly generally. Really badly optimized game.
I really hope there isn't a "right" way to play this iteration of SimCity. City builders should be organic and expressive, not puzzle maps to be solved.
None of those features/flaws would affect me at all if I were to buy this game. They shouldn't impact the score at all.
All of that just sounds like an excuse to slip in always on DRM without a massive outcry, given what kind of game this is. I'm saddened that you buy EA's BS so easily.
I agree on the DRM stuff in principle, but why should the game be penalized for DLC existing? If it is a good game worthy of an X/10 score with exactly what you get out of the box the existence of extra content shouldn't penalize that. You can't judge a game based on what wasn't included in it.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Best Sim City game in my opinion. Everything about how the social features and online works is sounding like it will give this game a lot of legs.
Bring on tonight so I can download the game and not be able to play it until mid day tomorrow ><
Bring on tonight so I can download the game and not be able to play it until mid day tomorrow ><
Metalmurphy
Member
Yes, that's all it was. An excuse. They designed the ENTIRE GAME, including the engine they just build from scratch for this purpose, just so they could annoy you with the "DRM".
*sheesh*... Seriously...
RedNumberFive
Banned
EA should have sent a bigger bag of money.
Hari Seldon
Member
I have a feeling that I am going to have major buyer's remorse when I play this game tomorrow.
Not just for the DRM, to implement F2P mechanics and microtransactions (without making the base game free of course) so they could rape the consumer. That's where EA is transitioning with all of their games.
The Bookerman
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Metalmurphy
Member
Oh, so you didn't play the game or are even slightly informed on it. Ok, that explains it.
greatnorthern
Member
Wow, 35k (almost) limit for a city?
That's. Just. Terrible.
SimPodunk!
Edit: Ok he maxed out at 200k. Still, that's not too impressive!
That's. Just. Terrible.
SimPodunk!
Edit: Ok he maxed out at 200k. Still, that's not too impressive!
Agreed; those things can fuck up your experience with the game - Diablo 3 is proof enough
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I think the game is designed around the concept of multiple cities and social interactions. I also think they want it to run on lower rigs as well. I personally like the design choices they've made because this isn't just a game for the uber hardcore but for casuals who want some action too. There is plenty for long time SC fans though.
I would love for them to patch in an option for bigger cities though but the way their map design is, I think it would require a new set of maps. Either way, I'm going to have 1 profile for the GAF guys and one for my own. Maybe multiples.
That guy doesn't honestly sound like the best player. I'll wait and see what the consensus is.