Sim City: Ruined by DRM?

[Biscuit]

Has anyone seen this yet ??

I would have bought this game if it did not have the always online bit, oh well more money for the weekend then

Not from the BBC but there are people who have posted similar stories.

I think EA underestimated the intelligence of their customers.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Im glad someone is. Maxis need all the support they can get right now!

there are a lot of happy customers to be honest

[xodianbarr]

there are a lot of happy customers to be honest

Maybe so, but that's not exactly the sentiment being portrayed on the internet at the moment.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

True. but all the noises seems to be only about the DRM though and not the game.

Plenty here have even said that if it wasnt for the DRM they would have bought it. So in terms of the actual game. not many have any issues about it

[Biscuit]

True. but all the noises seems to be only about the DRM though and not the game.

Plenty here have even said that if it wasnt for the DRM they would have bought it. So in terms of the actual game. not many have any issues about it

I dunno, there has been a fair few comments about the limits of the city size, being unable to resume from a save point and general bugs. DRM is by far the biggest one but there does seem to be other issues.

[xodianbarr]

I dunno, there has been a fair few comments about the limits of the city size, being unable to resume from a save point and general bugs. DRM is by far the biggest one but there does seem to be other issues.

Thats what happens when someone skims over the comments.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

I dunno, there has been a fair few comments about the limits of the city size, being unable to resume from a save point and general bugs. DRM is by far the biggest one but there does seem to be other issues.

Not many.many here said they would have bought it if it wasn't for the drm

[xodianbarr]

Not many.many here said they would have bought it if it wasn't for the drm

Including me. But i would have been disappointed with the map size, no doubt. I like to build massive cities.

[jim]

Not many.many here said they would have bought it if it wasn't for the drm

Well, I'll add my name to that list. As a game, it sounds pretty exciting, if buggy - and I'm so used to that now it doesn't destroy my interest in the game. But unless it's offline I'm definitely not interested.

[xodianbarr]

Well, I'll add my name to that list. As a game, it sounds pretty exciting, if buggy - and I'm so used to that now it doesn't destroy my interest in the game. But unless it's offline I'm definitely not interested.

Yes, thats what i require. Its not DRM, its 'alway on DRM'. Frick ewe EA! I like to save my games and have a'undo', because dont we all make mistakes?

[Biscuit]

Not many.many here said they would have bought it if it wasn't for the drm

The problem is that because of the DRM, many won't buy it to actually find out if there are any further issues with it. I'm in that camp myself.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Including me. But i would have been disappointed with the map size, no doubt. I like to build massive cities.

You can build regions which are huge.

At biscuit . Read peoples impressions of the game. You will find that many enjoy it.its not a bad game

[xodianbarr]

You can build regions which are huge.

Thats nothing new. And its not the same.

[Biscuit]

You can build regions which are huge.

At biscuit . Read peoples impressions of the game. You will find that many enjoy it.its not a bad game

Oh i have read a couple of reviews and the general impression is exactly that, not bad. Certainly not good enough for me im afraid.

Edit: Metacritic says it all really.
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/simcity

[IronWarrior]

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Plenty here have even said that if it wasnt for the DRM they would have bought it.

Same here, I will not buy this when the game is in it's current state. I'm not a hardcore SimCity fan or anything and the only SimCity game I played and fell in love was on the SNES where I spent many hours into the night building my City, but this new version looks pretty enough for me want to try it.

The price is way too high, it has over priced DLC textures and am sure there be more DLC's coming for it too.

Added the fact that you can't even play offline puts me off, I travel a lot with my Laptop and play a lot of games while on the train, my current routes have many spots where the connection breaks.

On top of this, there are "mods" that allow you to enter other peoples cities and DESTORY them fully and that you can't even load up a save to restore it makes me want to avoid this game like it was the plauge.

Also, the fact that EA and Maxis lied about the game doesn't want me to put any money in their pockets.

[IronWarrior]

These two links is what I was talking about in my last post.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/15/ma...estine-drm-st/

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Sim...DRM-53685.html