Ville Pukema
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Absolutely amazing. :O
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SimCity |OT| It's not the simulation or city that matter, it's <parameter: string>
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Absolutely amazing. :O
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I am quite pleased with making the opposite decision.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
You probably shouldn't be. Tomb Raider was a great game.
Yes, biggest purchase regret I've had in a while. I just keep telling myself we were lied to and those responsible will (hopefully) be out of a job soon.
Metalmurphy
Member
oO
"The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation + the MacArthur Foundation had their wriggling hands all over this game, and it's blatantly evident. From socialist concepts like an Arcology (which is just an extension of the UN Agenda 21 biodomes..) "
Stopped reading after this point lol
storybook77
Member
I'm glad I waited. Used my $20 from Simcity and $10 from GoW: Ascension towards Tomb Raider Gold Box deal and got it for $12.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
For some reason, this line really really annoys me. They've used it before in previous messages to the player, too.
Is it just me?
Nope, not just you. Announcements like that always seem to come with a PR frame, and because of the issues SimCity has, reading something that comes off like a sales pitch to me is a bit insulting.
Or were you specifically taking about that one line?
timetokill
Banned
Would-be mayors spent a cumulative 13 million hours of time in false "queues" while trying to play SimCity.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I'm sort of wondering how many patches isn't going to 'fix' this game. They seem to facing one issue per patch, which I think I can understand, but there's so many issues.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Yeah I was, and it annoys me for the reasons you stated.
Ploid 3.0
Member
I like this game a lot. I got the hang of it now and on my own private area. Two cities so far, my third will be the tourist attraction city. Well worth the less than $20 I paid for it (factoring in the 2 free recent release games), especially if they make it better down the road.
storybook77
Member
The big patch is the 2.0 update he is referring to. They are able to kick out small fixes as they can since it is a PC game.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I hope it fixes most of the issues, as the game has potential (even if they don't increase City Limit Size).
Ah, ok. Yeah, its not the time to be boasting really. Especially when facts and figures like those don't really mean anything to normal people. Nobody could possibly make sense of them.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Cheetahs are still extinct, sadly.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
They rebalanced the prices so that TVs aren't overwhelmingly the most obvious choice to go with.
They're manually adjusting prices now? Just another sign that it'll be a long time before the look-at-all-the-cool-stuff-being-always-online-gives-you Global Market launches.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I feel like they didn't really think their cunning plan through with the whole global market thing. I mean...really...at the end of the day...what's the point of it all?
They should have got the core RCI balancing, service providing, and budget management metagame down solid first, then work on specializations later.
samus4ever
Banned
Is there anything special you have to do to get a high freight rail station at the trade port? I can't seem to plop it down even with a train line running to it.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
It shouldn't be that hard to plop. All you need is enough space for it to fit, and it doesn't even have to be that close to your trade port.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
You know, one of the most disheartening aspects of this whole snafu is that I can't really hold that challenge competition that I wanted to do, because not many want to (or are even able to) play this game.
*sad face*
*sad face*
Didn't notice that on any patch notes, or maybe I missed it?
storybook77
Member
That is server side.
Tallshortman
Member
I enjoy the game and the underlying mechanics but I'm pretty disappointed in the lack of some staple features of terraforming, subways, and larger land plots. I hit my land plot limit really quickly and feel like I'm making too many tradeoffs just to keep basic services running as the pop. grows. Still, there's that itch Simcity scratches that I haven't been able to get from games like anno and tropico.
Would've been good to tell players though, considering many have built their economies on electronics.
Not as far as I know and I doubt it'll be this weekend with easter.
thelurkinghorror
Member
Maybe not the big update but this is the second longest to install since release.
Btw, I encounter the most boring bug since the first day: Godzillalike monster stucked under my highway. :\
pretty fun until they get abandon your region and your city is fucked.
Mr. Luchador
Member
thelurkinghorror
Member
Poor Homeless Godzilla
We won Godzilla! Now look like tamed, armless, like a guardian at the gate of the city.
I fucking love this game, sorry (fuck you!) GAF, I LOVE SIMCITY 2013!
Xcell Miguel
Gold Member
I just got an update with files named "DLC0" and "Nissan DLC".
But I don't see any change in the game.
But I don't see any change in the game.
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Yeah, with the update I got the first thing I noticed was Cheetah Speed Returns!!
Are you installing from a disc?
Just download Origin from the website and install it and try again.
storybook77
Member
LIES!!!!
EDIT: It's being tested out on the test server this weekend but is not part of the update. Damn you for getting my hopes up!
Tenacious-V
Thinks his PR is better than yours.
Oh my bad, I've always been playing on the test server, didn't realize it wasn't on all of them.
oh, now it works. thanks.
going to play it soon, if someone wants to add me I'm still Finalow.
edit- nvm, can't even start it, this Origin is garbage. I launch it and then it doesn't start, there is a SimCity.exe running in task manager but the game ain't on.
On sale at Amazon right now and was thinking of jumping in, but I've got a few concerns.
I was never bothered by all the server drama. Sure, I wasn't going to get the game until that was addressed, but I figured it would be something they'd get to eventually, and it seems like they have.
But the Glassbox engine issues trouble me. Having the sims function like units that just go to the nearest "job" and use the shortest road despite how you plan out the city seemed like a real game-breaking issue that would ultimately affect how your design your city. I didn't want to jump in on a game that has such visible limitations. I don't want to feel like designing my city the way I want to will be punished by the fact that the Sims are just going to go to whatever's closest to them.
Those who've gotten far in the game, is it still fun despite these issues?
I was never bothered by all the server drama. Sure, I wasn't going to get the game until that was addressed, but I figured it would be something they'd get to eventually, and it seems like they have.
But the Glassbox engine issues trouble me. Having the sims function like units that just go to the nearest "job" and use the shortest road despite how you plan out the city seemed like a real game-breaking issue that would ultimately affect how your design your city. I didn't want to jump in on a game that has such visible limitations. I don't want to feel like designing my city the way I want to will be punished by the fact that the Sims are just going to go to whatever's closest to them.
Those who've gotten far in the game, is it still fun despite these issues?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I think so. But I have a high tolerance for bullshit in games that I have a natural affinity for.
The pretty steep falloff in posts this thread has experienced over the past 2 weeks should give you a more general idea of what everyone else thinks.
The stupid thing of course is that this is supposed to be a game enhanced by playing with friends but none of mine own it yet because of the many issues they know it has, so I'm just playing it solo.
Except for those times when I can't play it because servers.
Ugh.
It has so much potential. But it's just so frustrating to see your city burning down because your six fire trucks are all jammed up in front of one house and you know there's nothing you can do about it.
Except for those times when I can't play it because servers.
Ugh.
It has so much potential. But it's just so frustrating to see your city burning down because your six fire trucks are all jammed up in front of one house and you know there's nothing you can do about it.