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SimCity |OT| It's not the simulation or city that matter, it's <parameter: string>
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swirlyglasses
Member
Now that cheetah speed has gone, they have actually gone too far and interfered with core gameplay. Its not a game anymore.
EagleBurnn
Banned
BackwardsSuggestions
Member
So I'm guessing the game wont be playable for the UK launch in a few hours?
AHAHAHAHAHA.
I'm playing AoE HD and Franchise Hockey Manager til this is figured out, no way I'm playing without Cheetah speed.
That's not an accurate representation of gameplay as is available. Just stream the launcher or an error screen for the next 10 hours. If you're on the fence, don't buy the game for at least a few weeks. At this point I'd suggest anyone avoid purchasing the game until it hits the bargain bins.
BigJonsson
Member
.....
The fuck EA
The fuck EA
This is getting worse by every hour. What a absolute trainwreck smh.
timetokill
Banned
What a goddamn trainwreck. This is my first time ever buying an "always-on DRM" game at launch before. Never again.
it feels like all I paid for is occasional access to a browser game
D
Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
feeling super happy with my $79 in my wallet right about now.
Dead Prince
Banned
It's a kickstarter to finish the game now.
Just, kill it.
Metalmurphy
Member
Game just unlocked for me. Yay!
Have they fixed the abandoned cities issue yet?
Have they fixed the abandoned cities issue yet?
YOu won't even get into the game. Servers are full
and they removed cheetah speed.
flashburn2012
Member
Hell yeah, just an hour to go before I'm done with work and can go home and sit at the Update window for the rest of the day. Can't wait!
that's essentially what disabling cheetah speed does
Metalmurphy
Member
That doesn't answer my question -.-
These launch issues don't bother me much, I was already expecting them and I still made my purchase with that in mind.
timetokill
Banned
What abandoned cities issue?
Gary Whitta
Member
Jesus H. Christ. This is now a nuclear meltdown embarrassment.
fluffydelusions
Member
Yes what was the point of disabling that? Sigh...
fluffydelusions
Member
I'm not sure if this is what he is referring to but if you abandon your city in a region it appears there is no way to wipe it clean and start over. My city went bankrupt and I abandoned it. Went to reclaim and it's still in debt. So it seems it just stays abandoned and in debt. If you want a that same plot of land you have to do it on a different region.
Gary Whitta
Member
No longer available for purchase on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007VTVRFA/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007VTVRFA/?tag=neogaf0e-20
SnakeswithLasers
Member
Because of their shitty and customer unfriendly design (read: business) decision to constantly stream content to and from the server has gone and overwhelmed the servers, their solution is to slow down the amount of content being streamed in order to lighten the load.
Holy shit,well guess amazon did what they needed to do. Do not sell a broken game.
Glowing reviews on there.
*sigh* sucks that Maxis cannot release a game without a ton of controversy. First it was the whole DRM thing with Spore. Now it's online-only with SimCity.
I'm torn, on the one hand I could see how the developers and designers wanted to have this vast networked SimCity and the benefits. But sucks that the infrastructure has totally failed them. I mean, if the servers had actually held true, I don't think we'd be having this discussion to these levels.
I still have a hard time believing, like some people, that this game was "engineered" solely to be customer unfriendly and online-only just to utilize DRM.
I'm torn, on the one hand I could see how the developers and designers wanted to have this vast networked SimCity and the benefits. But sucks that the infrastructure has totally failed them. I mean, if the servers had actually held true, I don't think we'd be having this discussion to these levels.
I still have a hard time believing, like some people, that this game was "engineered" solely to be customer unfriendly and online-only just to utilize DRM.
Metalmurphy
Member
I was told that other people couldn't join abandoned cities.
Gary Whitta
Member
Nearly 1000 1-star reviews.
The Wizard
Member
My first and last always-online game. This launch is a disaster.
timetokill
Banned
I haven't seen that issue personally.
BigJonsson
Member
Civ 5 - not online, played a few hundred hours, super fun and addictive
SimCity - I don't want to even bother trying to load it anymore
SimCity - I don't want to even bother trying to load it anymore
fluffydelusions
Member
I've no idea about that one. I think it's rather stupid there is no way to wipe it clean though. We setup regions for gaf and everyone got a specific plot. So what am I to do if the region is already filled and there is no way to start over my city? Not play with the people I want to anymore? =\
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Servers are down again, no more streaming for now.
BigJonsson
Member
Neuromancer
Member
Just the DD version though, I wish they had stopped selling the box copy too.
The only way EA will learn is if their mistakes hit them in the pocketbook.
majortom1981
Member
It was engineered online only just for drm. There is no reason for a private region with all cities controlled by me to have to me online. No reason at all.
Now they are disabling things like cheetah speed. That will effect the actual gameplay and make it unplayable. Do you have half an hour to wait for more money to come in with the game on ?
They're probably receiving a lot of direct customer complaints and returns. Naturally you'd have to remove a non-functional product from sale. This is really going to hurt EA and I'm glad. They need to learn. Gutted for most of the developers though. To see your work go up in flames like this must be devastating. I'm pretty devastated that they could mishandle the launch so badly.
That said, the game will be fixed and will work. I'll be patient because the beta was very enjoyable and seemed to work.
Anyway, I'll report on how the UK launch goes for me at midnight, 4 hours away. I'm expecting not to be able to play, so anything more than that would be a bonus.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I stopped and restarted as it was sort of stuck on loading but then when I went back up I sat there until it disconnected.lol i just watched the dc live.
Definity
Member
I would like to know this as well. I think I just want my money back.
Yeah i watching you stream when that happened. Guess thats all i needed to know.
Nice city though.