Anyone pick the new game up today? After all the bad reviews it got because it requires a constant Internet connection ... I'll pass.
Anyone pick the new game up today? After all the bad reviews it got because it requires a constant Internet connection ... I'll pass.
I don't have the game but it looks pretty good except for the DRM. You have to remember though that all of these server issues will most likely be gone after a few weeks when the traffic decreases.
What happens a few years down the line when they decide it's no longer financially viable to run the servers? I can say with almost 100% certainty (being as we are dealing with EA) that the servers will be turned off and you will have NO access to your single player game.
Nah, I'll pass.
I have to agree with the OP. the always on DRM and the overall city side, tied in with the future with any number of server or ISP issues means that for me, this is a no go, which is a huge shame as I love the series.
Considering the recent track record of EA, Sim City is not a game that is high on my priority list.
I'll pick it up in a few weeks when I can find it for £20 or less, or probably even wait for a version in a few months that includes some of the DLC.
Until then I'll stick with Sim City on my iPadMuch cheaper, doesn't depend on social play to be fun and I can play it in bed
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I should have it today. As Rob says, the server issues are pretty much sorted now. I'm betting good (virtual) money that I won't have a problem when I play it later.
And in a couple of years when they turn the servers off? I very probably won't be playing it then anyway. I'll be playing Simcity 6 or whatever.
As I said in another thread, always-on connection makes it an absolute non-starter for me. I don't care how good the game otherwise is. It could be the best game since the invention of games (probably by two cavemen lobbing stones and seeing who get closest to a tree) and I still have zero interest, and absolutely will not buy.
EA will no doubt do what they want, regardless of gamer's views, and there's nothing wharever I can do to change that, so I do the only thing left to me and that's to just not give them any of my money.
If (and I don't expect it) they release a standalone version that I can buy and play without jumping through their DRM hoops, that I can install and run without having to report to them and ask, pretty please, "sir, will you please be kind enough to allow me to play the game I 've already paid for", I'll buy tomorrow.
But I'm NOT buying any game, from any company, that requires me to then get them to authorise me to play it. And that most definitely includes Steam. Which, of course, means I don't buy many games these days. Bit of a shame, for someone that's been a computer gamer since Battleships on IBM mainframes in the '60's, and was writing games in the days when I had to submit the program on optical card decks, in tbe early-mid -70's. But, oh well.
I'll probably look in Game for the 3000 version when I next pass. Never liked these sorts of games when they first came out. Funny how aour likes change when we get older. Except I still think in 10 years Saracen will be the same. "No I don't want my fridge to connect to the Internet to order me beer because I'm out. It needs to be STANDALONE!"I'm with you mate.
You might want to think about whether you're with me or not .... no beer in my fridge, 'cos I don't drink beer. Or wine. Or spirits. I'm teetotal, or very, very close to it.
But in general, you've got a point. I'm no fan of technology for technology's sake, and certainly, no fan of connecting everything to the net unless it suits MY needs. And I can't think of a reason for wanting my fridge connected to the net, and ample reason for not wanting it.
Yet, over the years, I've often been on the list of those classed as early adopters. I had a video recorder in the days when they were uncommon. I had a mobile phone pretty early in the process, though not when prices were sky high. I waited until you could, just about, get one for about £400. I remember taking a digital camera to a wedding in the US, where it caused quite a stir, because none of the other guests had ever even seen one. The same applies to adopting CDs, MiniDisc, DAB radio, and many times over the years, I've had computer technoligy here that the public couldn't have adopted if it wanted to, as it was pre-release.
I guess you could say my ability to be impressed with tech just 'cost it's new has been worn out. So I'll only buy into stuff these days if it does something I want or need, not just because it does something not done before. And I don't see any point in a net-connected fridge, and enough reasons why I don't want it. And I'd be very surprised if a lot of other people failed to see any point in something like a net-connected fridge. It's close to my idea of a perfect example of an irrelevant solution looking for a problem.
Tech, where it's useful and not too intrusive, yes. Tech for it's own sake, or where the downside (such as sacrifice of personal privacy) exceeds the upside, then I would, you are right, I would be adamant and dig my heels in. An example would be smartphones. I see a distinct upside, but for me, a far larger downside. I doubt I'll ever adopt them, and certainly not unless there's a radical redesign of the permissions system that puts me, as the owner, in far greater control of the access rights, without starting to risk warranty with rooting tools or custom roms.
I'm appalled by this. Its ridiculous as they had a large amount of pre-orders but didn't prepare for that. Typical EA - maximum profits and screw the customer.
Well it would have profiled you as a male and therefore most males require beer. But fair enough that's a bad recovery on my part making an assumption!Actually, none in my fridge either so yeah I would be 'with you' in that sense.
I don't want to go off topic but I do agree with you.
Remember Folks, we also get a Free Game from EA for all this fiasco:-
https://help.ea.com/article/simcity-something-extra
The free games which can be downloaded are:-
Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)
Bejeweled 3
Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)
Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)
MOHW (Standard Edition)
NFS Most Wanted (Standard Edition)
Plants vs. Zombies
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
This deal was so inspiring, that I rushed out to buy a copy.... not. Seriously was there one good game in that list?
I ended up caving in a bought it for £28 and claimed the free game (Dead Space 3)
Finally got around to playing it last night (ironically, I played the hell out of the free game before I even download SimCity!).......it's actually quite good. It is classic SimCity with a new age interface and graphics. Quite well done, seems professional. But it is small. My first game was on the largest map and I ran out of space within 2 hours.....
The bad points: Co-op seems a little dis-jointed, having to go through loading screens to play additional areas of the same region and the crash I got after 3 hours.....
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