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SimCity 2013 is an abortion to all SC4 fans
Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:39 pm
dear fricking god
beta opened this weekend. havent found any SC4 vets that really like it. this isnt an sequel, its a reboot. and while i dont have a problem with most of the revamped features (such as electric and water being integrated with roads), the game suffers from three major flaws.
1) always on connection to EA. there is no offline play even for private regions.
2) no god mode. no major terraforming tools, no money cheats to sandbox, all resources tied to the region and apparently to the global economy.
3) the entire city/region dynamic is terrible. your city size is TINY. and by tiny, i mean equivalent to 2km square i believe. any tile with a central business district looks absurd because it will go from CBD to open space nearly immediately.
further, you apparently only have one central "highway" for the region, and each city tile only gets a single connection to this highway.
to make matters worse, each city tile is spread out from one another, not integrated next to each other as in SC4.
the results; a region that looks like this:
beta opened this weekend. havent found any SC4 vets that really like it. this isnt an sequel, its a reboot. and while i dont have a problem with most of the revamped features (such as electric and water being integrated with roads), the game suffers from three major flaws.
1) always on connection to EA. there is no offline play even for private regions.
2) no god mode. no major terraforming tools, no money cheats to sandbox, all resources tied to the region and apparently to the global economy.
3) the entire city/region dynamic is terrible. your city size is TINY. and by tiny, i mean equivalent to 2km square i believe. any tile with a central business district looks absurd because it will go from CBD to open space nearly immediately.
further, you apparently only have one central "highway" for the region, and each city tile only gets a single connection to this highway.
to make matters worse, each city tile is spread out from one another, not integrated next to each other as in SC4.
the results; a region that looks like this:
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Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:40 pm to jcole4lsu
Well shite. I was getting excited too.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:43 pm to jcole4lsu
Well, at least my wallet can be happy. I was looking forward to this because I played it when I was younger. But in all honesty, there are a ton of huge games coming out this year, some soon in fact, and if this isn't gold I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:56 pm to jcole4lsu
I don't like #2 and #3, but I can deal with those.
The whole always on connection just shits on the user. What happens when the servers go down/shut off? Traveling without wifi?
The whole always on connection just shits on the user. What happens when the servers go down/shut off? Traveling without wifi?
Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:57 pm to jcole4lsu
At least it will look good though.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:59 pm to schexyoung
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The whole always on connection just shits on the user. What happens when the servers go down/shut off? Traveling without wifi?
better yet, what happens when the shut down the servers due to cost considerations.
this game is a DLC pusher as it is, so a user with all the bells and whistles will have at minimum $100 invested. just to rent for a couple of years?
frick i hate EA. ruined the best video game company around.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 1:59 pm to schexyoung
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The whole always on connection just shits on the user. What happens when the servers go down/shut off? Traveling without wifi?
Welcome to forever ago. Why game developers don't see this as an issue or just don't care is beyond me.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:00 pm to jcole4lsu
quote:
no god mode.
Is this final, or is this have to do with only being the Beta?
Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:11 pm to jcole4lsu
shite. I was getting excited too but this really kills its. frick EA, seriously. They ruin games.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:12 pm to taylork37
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Is this final, or is this have to do with only being the Beta?
final for SC2013 vanilla. may be added in some sort of DLC in the future, but it wont be included in this game per game dev Q&A session several months ago.
i understand they wanted to fundamentally change the game (hence going to glassbox for the simulation) to simplify the game and broaden its appeal, but that could be done within the SC4 style region play. i dont understand why they turned their backs on that part.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:29 pm to Srbtiger06
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Well shite. I was getting excited too.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:35 pm to GeauxColonels
the poll thats up on a(the) major SimCity fansite has the current breakdown:
Have pre ordered or WILL buy: 214
Will not buy at all or will not buy without major changes (mainly to the problems outlined in the OP): 313
id call that a massive failure on EAs part.
Have pre ordered or WILL buy: 214
Will not buy at all or will not buy without major changes (mainly to the problems outlined in the OP): 313
id call that a massive failure on EAs part.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:52 pm to jcole4lsu
Is Sim City 4 worth picking up? I've never played a Sim City but it looks appealing.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 2:53 pm to jcole4lsu
quote:There was a reddit AMA with EA devs about this a month or so ago where there was a huge backlash. I'm surprised they're sticking to their guns.
1) always on connection to EA. there is no offline play even for private regions.
eta: then again, I'm not really surprised, because frick ea
This post was edited on 1/28/13 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 1/28/13 at 3:00 pm to Forkz
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Is Sim City 4 worth picking up?
if you like sandboxing then absolutely. pick up the rush hour edition and then head over to simtropolis and pick up the network add on mod and check out their giant collection of user made mods/lots/etc
fairly amazing there is that much modding going on for a 10 yr old game
Posted on 1/28/13 at 3:10 pm to jcole4lsu
One of the few games I'd consider paying full price on because of how much time you can put into it. Looks like I'll keep playing Simcity 4 for now.
Posted on 1/28/13 at 3:36 pm to jcole4lsu
Word, thanks. Wish I would've grabbed it during the last steam sale
Posted on 1/28/13 at 3:43 pm to Forkz
oh and watch out, it can be a real resource hog especially on radeon cards
Posted on 1/28/13 at 3:47 pm to jcole4lsu
Sheeeeeeit, I have a radeon card
Posted on 1/28/13 at 7:08 pm to jcole4lsu
So, is this, like, a generic minecraft or something?
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