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SimCity
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:16 am
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:16 am
Anyone picking this up today? I want to get it but I know a lot of people had issues with the beta.
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Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:21 am to lsu223
I know jcole4lsu was first in line to get this game.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:33 am to lsu223
I'm getting it.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 1:22 am to lsu223
Heard its an abortion and a disgrace to the simcity franchise
Posted on 3/5/13 at 7:17 am to sbr2
I'm waiting to borrow it from the library that is the internet.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 7:39 am to jmarto1
someone give me a review of this game
now...
now...
Posted on 3/5/13 at 8:35 am to lsu223
Posted on 3/5/13 at 10:01 am to jcole4lsu
Guess I'll be waiting for sim city 6 
Posted on 3/5/13 at 10:26 am to Bravescd14
I received confirmation yesterday that the ENTIRE glassbox engine - in other words the actual simulator - only makes use of a single core. Music and sound effects etc have the ability to make use of additional cores.
No wonder they are hamstrung to such small cities - they got lazy and ported code for glassbox from other titles instead of actually starting from the ground up. Who the hell uses a single core machine these days? Only old fogies or businesses who are too cheap to upgrade from their 8 year old P4. Neither of whom are going to be trying to play SimCity.
This game is nowhere near worth the asking price. Wait until it drops to $25. Or until they release a full DLC expansion and you can bundle the whole thing at a discount.
No wonder they are hamstrung to such small cities - they got lazy and ported code for glassbox from other titles instead of actually starting from the ground up. Who the hell uses a single core machine these days? Only old fogies or businesses who are too cheap to upgrade from their 8 year old P4. Neither of whom are going to be trying to play SimCity.
This game is nowhere near worth the asking price. Wait until it drops to $25. Or until they release a full DLC expansion and you can bundle the whole thing at a discount.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 11:09 am to jcole4lsu
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I received confirmation yesterday that the ENTIRE glassbox engine - in other words the actual simulator - only makes use of a single core. Music and sound effects etc have the ability to make use of additional cores.
You have got to be shitting me.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 11:16 am to Srbtiger06
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You have got to be shitting me.
nope
quote:
Glassbox runs entirely on the CPU (sadly, single-threaded at the moment). The GPU is running all the graphics and we tax it pretty heavily, but that also is the part that we can most easily scale based on your hardware spec.
above quote is from a developer of the game
This post was edited on 3/5/13 at 11:18 am
Posted on 3/5/13 at 11:39 am to jcole4lsu
A game with so much potential... i guess they are just trying to milk it
Posted on 3/5/13 at 11:49 am to Bravescd14
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A game with so much potential... i guess they are just trying to milk it
They're catering to the "the Sims" crowd. I may be sticking with cities XL.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:48 pm to Srbtiger06
Picked up the game, activated it through Origin and it wouldn't let me install or play it. Apparently a lot of people are having this problem because my wait time to speak with an EA rep is 935 minutes and they just put out this release: LINK . So basically everytime Origin has a problem I won't be able to play a game that I payed $60 for, I should've known better.
This post was edited on 3/5/13 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:54 pm to FredsGotSlacks
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Picked up the game
sorry, i shouldnt have done that. but then again, you should have read any of my reviews
Posted on 3/5/13 at 12:55 pm to FredsGotSlacks
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So basically everytime Origin has a problem I won't be able to play a game that I payed $60 for, I should've known better.
DRM
Posted on 3/5/13 at 1:06 pm to Srbtiger06
all the local files are stored on the server, too. not on your hard drive.
so guess what? people have already reported that the server has deleted their cities
so guess what? people have already reported that the server has deleted their cities
Posted on 3/5/13 at 1:09 pm to jcole4lsu
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so guess what? people have already reported that the server has deleted their cities
Holy shite this is a cluster frick.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 1:14 pm to GeauxColonels
EA and Origin. I would expect absolutely nothing less.
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