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Slackzftw
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany361 Posts
February 10 2013 10:42 GMT
#281
Yeah its a joke that you have to wait in a queue for a fucking singleplayergame!
trainRiderJ
Profile Joined August 2010
United States615 Posts
February 10 2013 18:01 GMT
#282
On February 10 2013 19:42 Slackzftw wrote:
Yeah its a joke that you have to wait in a queue for a fucking singleplayergame!

What are you talking about?
Fzero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1503 Posts
February 10 2013 18:21 GMT
#283
Yeah guys, lets nobody buy the game because we have to install software with it. Oh god no. I don't even have the option to delete it later. Why god why.

Anyway...

I'm excited, should be great.
Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
RoyW
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Ireland270 Posts
February 10 2013 20:58 GMT
#284
Idle thumbs covered it on last two podcasts and seemed extremely impressed.
KobraKay
Profile Joined March 2010
Portugal4233 Posts
February 10 2013 21:02 GMT
#285
On February 11 2013 03:21 Fzero wrote:
Yeah guys, lets nobody buy the game because we have to install software with it. Oh god no. I don't even have the option to delete it later. Why god why.

Anyway...

I'm excited, should be great.


Cut the crap.


I have been debating really hard the last few days but my final decision is no. After the D3 fiasco I refuse myself to buy another SP game that forces me to be on. Im getting tired of this bs of people trying to control if, when or how I play games that I bought.

I really liked the videos and the hype they generated and was even going to ignore the loss of features present in previous games but the online only killed it for me.
CJ Fighting! (--.--)
Slackzftw
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany361 Posts
February 10 2013 21:02 GMT
#286
On February 11 2013 03:01 trainRiderJ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 10 2013 19:42 Slackzftw wrote:
Yeah its a joke that you have to wait in a queue for a fucking singleplayergame!

What are you talking about?


Server Full = You can't play.
nihlon
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden5581 Posts
February 10 2013 21:12 GMT
#287
On February 11 2013 03:21 Fzero wrote:
Yeah guys, lets nobody buy the game because we have to install software with it. Oh god no. I don't even have the option to delete it later. Why god why.

Anyway...

I'm excited, should be great.

Did you "miss" the rest of the complaints just so you could make a snarky post? The origin requirement are just one of the parts that put people off.
Banelings are too cute to blow up
Fzero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1503 Posts
February 10 2013 22:58 GMT
#288
I didn't miss the other complaints. The top 3 complaints about the game are:

1) EA made it.
2) Origin / DRM / Always Online
3) Small maps

Only the third one is valid, and nobody has had a chance to play anything but the tutorial region and no one has played any multiplayer. Not sure why people are so quick to dismiss games.

If you like simulation games this is one of the most exciting franchises and its been a super long time. Sim tower was probably my favorite, but SimCity 2000 was next...

Anyway, no need to defend the people who are complaining I'm just saying its not valid to dismiss games because you don't want an installer packed with it.

Steam was even worse than Origin when it launched and for like 1.5 yrs after too.
Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.
Seiniyta
Profile Joined May 2010
Belgium1815 Posts
February 10 2013 23:00 GMT
#289
On February 09 2013 09:57 a176 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 06 2013 10:46 skyR wrote:
removal of highways, trains, and subways.


what?

no public transit?


you can build tracks in your city, you just need the main line to hit the edge of your city (not every city will have trains and boats) from that main line you can extend the track anywhere you want round your city and to your station.
Pokemon Master
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10135 Posts
February 10 2013 23:14 GMT
#290
On February 11 2013 07:58 Fzero wrote:
I didn't miss the other complaints. The top 3 complaints about the game are:

1) EA made it.
2) Origin / DRM / Always Online
3) Small maps

Only the third one is valid, and nobody has had a chance to play anything but the tutorial region and no one has played any multiplayer. Not sure why people are so quick to dismiss games.

If you like simulation games this is one of the most exciting franchises and its been a super long time. Sim tower was probably my favorite, but SimCity 2000 was next...

Anyway, no need to defend the people who are complaining I'm just saying its not valid to dismiss games because you don't want an installer packed with it.

Steam was even worse than Origin when it launched and for like 1.5 yrs after too.


Yes, people should just throw their money at whatever you think it's valid.

I don't pay for stuff i don't want to support so while i am pretty sure i will buy this new simcity since i don't really care about origin that much, i can understand perfectly how people don't want to support this practice. Take Heroes of might and magic 6 and the shit job ubisoft did for example.
trainRiderJ
Profile Joined August 2010
United States615 Posts
February 10 2013 23:43 GMT
#291
On February 11 2013 06:02 Slackzftw wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2013 03:01 trainRiderJ wrote:
On February 10 2013 19:42 Slackzftw wrote:
Yeah its a joke that you have to wait in a queue for a fucking singleplayergame!

What are you talking about?


Server Full = You can't play.

What server? Do you have a source for this? Authentication doesn't mean your game is being served by another machine.
NicolBolas
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1388 Posts
February 10 2013 23:45 GMT
#292
On February 11 2013 07:58 Fzero wrote:
I didn't miss the other complaints. The top 3 complaints about the game are:

1) EA made it.
2) Origin / DRM / Always Online
3) Small maps

Only the third one is valid, and nobody has had a chance to play anything but the tutorial region and no one has played any multiplayer. Not sure why people are so quick to dismiss games.

If you like simulation games this is one of the most exciting franchises and its been a super long time. Sim tower was probably my favorite, but SimCity 2000 was next...

Anyway, no need to defend the people who are complaining I'm just saying its not valid to dismiss games because you don't want an installer packed with it.

Steam was even worse than Origin when it launched and for like 1.5 yrs after too.


Yes, and Steam didn't get really popular until it stopped sucking. If you're going to make an alternative to Steam, it has to be better than Steam is now, not than what Steam used to be. Also, Steam doesn't require online access for single-player games. As far as I'm concerned, being online for a fundamentally single-player game is a dealbreaker.
So you know, cats are interesting. They are kind of like girls. If they come up and talk to you, it's great. But if you try to talk to them, it doesn't always go so well. - Shigeru Miyamoto
Seiniyta
Profile Joined May 2010
Belgium1815 Posts
February 11 2013 06:19 GMT
#293
On February 11 2013 08:45 NicolBolas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2013 07:58 Fzero wrote:
I didn't miss the other complaints. The top 3 complaints about the game are:

1) EA made it.
2) Origin / DRM / Always Online
3) Small maps

Only the third one is valid, and nobody has had a chance to play anything but the tutorial region and no one has played any multiplayer. Not sure why people are so quick to dismiss games.

If you like simulation games this is one of the most exciting franchises and its been a super long time. Sim tower was probably my favorite, but SimCity 2000 was next...

Anyway, no need to defend the people who are complaining I'm just saying its not valid to dismiss games because you don't want an installer packed with it.

Steam was even worse than Origin when it launched and for like 1.5 yrs after too.


Yes, and Steam didn't get really popular until it stopped sucking. If you're going to make an alternative to Steam, it has to be better than Steam is now, not than what Steam used to be. Also, Steam doesn't require online access for single-player games. As far as I'm concerned, being online for a fundamentally single-player game is a dealbreaker.


Origin had some functionality before Steam did. Like being able to install the game on any harddrive you wanted for example. And Steam DOES force you to be online once in a while or even your singleplayer games won't launch at all. And it's not since recently the offline mode actually works decently.
Pokemon Master
fuzzy_panda
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
New Zealand1681 Posts
February 11 2013 07:35 GMT
#294
On February 09 2013 10:06 Arnstein wrote:
Take it easy, people, trains and subways will be available as DLC for 10 dollars a week after launch!

plated.rawr: you don't have to install Origin to play it. You can pirate it That's what I'm going to do, and it will be the first game I've pirated for 5+ years!


Not gonna work bro, SimCity's entire simulation is now done server-side (hence the always online feature). If you pirate it the hackers better know how to simulate the entire functional city that the dev team has been working for years on.
Slackzftw
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany361 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-11 11:09:09
February 11 2013 11:07 GMT
#295
On February 11 2013 08:43 trainRiderJ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2013 06:02 Slackzftw wrote:
On February 11 2013 03:01 trainRiderJ wrote:
On February 10 2013 19:42 Slackzftw wrote:
Yeah its a joke that you have to wait in a queue for a fucking singleplayergame!

What are you talking about?


Server Full = You can't play.

What server? Do you have a source for this? Authentication doesn't mean your game is being served by another machine.


/facepalm

Region-Creation is 100% serverside! The game wouldn't be Online-Only if it was just Authentication HAHAHA


If you like simulation games this is one of the most exciting franchises and its been a super long time. Sim tower was probably my favorite, but SimCity 2000 was next...


SimCity is the same as Dead Space. Just the Name of a good Franchise is left! SimCity5 has nothing to do with the old SimCitys! It has become a terrible casual-friendly game with not depth at all.

QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32099 Posts
February 11 2013 14:49 GMT
#296
I am a bit confused. Are all city sizes gonna be the same in the shipped version of the game??

and what's the deal with the couple mentions of no trains or highways that I saw?

I tried reading everyone's opinions and it's all over the place. Can someone give me a good little overview without some kind of tangent about origin? that's kind of straight forward i dont need an explanation about that
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Tobberoth
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden6375 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-11 15:29:46
February 11 2013 15:29 GMT
#297
On February 11 2013 16:35 fuzzy_panda wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 09 2013 10:06 Arnstein wrote:
Take it easy, people, trains and subways will be available as DLC for 10 dollars a week after launch!

plated.rawr: you don't have to install Origin to play it. You can pirate it That's what I'm going to do, and it will be the first game I've pirated for 5+ years!


Not gonna work bro, SimCity's entire simulation is now done server-side (hence the always online feature). If you pirate it the hackers better know how to simulate the entire functional city that the dev team has been working for years on.

Same solution as in D3, and as we all know, that can't be pirated either, they are still working on server emulators but it's still not even close to enjoyable. I'd say this is the one perfect solution for game makers who want to fight piracy, there's no way around it. Unfortunately for the game companies, it's a terrible solutions which no one buying the games want since it leads to tons of issues with lag, server instability etc.
crbox
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1180 Posts
February 11 2013 17:03 GMT
#298
Got super hyped up before reading the TL comments about it.

Didn't know it was online only until then, super bummer tbh. I mean they kind of have to do it to avoid piracy, it's just a vicious circle.

I think I'm probably still gonna get it, maybe a week after release so I know if the server are really messed up.
Slackzftw
Profile Joined November 2012
Germany361 Posts
February 11 2013 17:18 GMT
#299
On February 12 2013 00:29 Tobberoth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2013 16:35 fuzzy_panda wrote:
On February 09 2013 10:06 Arnstein wrote:
Take it easy, people, trains and subways will be available as DLC for 10 dollars a week after launch!

plated.rawr: you don't have to install Origin to play it. You can pirate it That's what I'm going to do, and it will be the first game I've pirated for 5+ years!


Not gonna work bro, SimCity's entire simulation is now done server-side (hence the always online feature). If you pirate it the hackers better know how to simulate the entire functional city that the dev team has been working for years on.

Same solution as in D3, and as we all know, that can't be pirated either, they are still working on server emulators but it's still not even close to enjoyable. I'd say this is the one perfect solution for game makers who want to fight piracy, there's no way around it. Unfortunately for the game companies, it's a terrible solutions which no one buying the games want since it leads to tons of issues with lag, server instability etc.


"Fighting piracy" ...oh lord, are you really that stupid? Making great games is the way to fight piracy! Look at Games like Dragon Age: Origins, Skyrim or the Witcher 2. Great Games always sell a great amount!

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ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12631 Posts
February 11 2013 17:46 GMT
#300
the biggest difference between D3 and sim city 5 would be that D3 is run by blizzard and blizzard don't really shut down their servers.
EA however is different.
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
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