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So...the new Sim City is a Disaster (Update Post 87)
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#21 - 2013-03-07 23:50:03 UTC
All I can say is I'm glad I signed up for the Beta a few months ago and was able to avert participating in this travesty...based upon experience.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Riall
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2013-03-07 23:52:46 UTC
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
I remember when I bought Beasts & Bumpkins, brand new in the store and the EA label on the box was a mark of good quality.

Yah, it's not so much Electronic Arts as Evil A**hats now.

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Riall
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2013-03-07 23:53:51 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
All I can say is I'm glad I signed up for the Beta a few months ago and was able to avert participating in this travesty...based upon experience.

In another year, it might be worth playing. Ugh

"Buy PLEX, don't be a space butt"

Keepin' it... me.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#24 - 2013-03-08 00:11:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Just saw it on the LOCAL news station here in Florida.

I don't think EA or Maxis is ever going to live this down.

What the heck were they thinking ??? Or....who duped them with promises about performance ?

I see an investigation into this nonsense (that people have paid $80 for) forthcoming at some point.

edit: Why even be connected to the Internet to play as it's a SINGLE-PLAYER GAME ?

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#25 - 2013-03-08 00:18:02 UTC
Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#26 - 2013-03-08 01:06:51 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
All I can say is I'm glad I signed up for the Beta a few months ago and was able to avert participating in this travesty...based upon experience.



Yeah same here.

Riall wrote:
In another year, it might be worth playing.



One in a million chance knowing EA.

Although this kind of reminds me of Spore , that game had potential but once again EA ruined it by dumbing it down and adding draconian DRM.

-k8

My Fanclub
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#27 - 2013-03-08 01:36:26 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:


Although this kind of reminds me of Spore , that game had potential but once again EA ruined it by dumbing it down and adding draconian DRM.



The only good thing to come out of Spore was this Brian Eno presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t0kuvz5x_4

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Juno Valerii
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#28 - 2013-03-08 01:49:25 UTC
Normally, I'm not a reactionary...but this is has become a Greek tragedy in the sheer size of its fail.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#29 - 2013-03-08 01:50:31 UTC
Juno Valerii wrote:
Normally, I'm not a reactionary...but this is has become a Greek tragedy in the sheer size of its fail.


It is indeed rather epic.

Hopefully it may be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#30 - 2013-03-08 02:25:19 UTC
i think the last EA game i thoroughly enjoyed was dragon age: origins
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2013-03-08 02:34:03 UTC
I was really looking forwards to a new sim city. I've loved the series since the original Sim City back on the Amiga 500. (Yeah! Amiga!)

But i knew, deep down, that it would be tainted by EA and DRM and issues gallore... So I held off buying it. But hey, I got Sim City 4 on steam at christmas for $4.99 + expansion pack and it runs just fine.

"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." - Kenneth O'Hara

"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate
peacebee
Turian Standings and Loans
#32 - 2013-03-08 02:34:24 UTC
What is happening to our games? Its getting to the point i look at older games for a new thrill before looking at new ones.
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2013-03-08 02:41:03 UTC
peacebee wrote:
What is happening to our games? Its getting to the point i look at older games for a new thrill before looking at new ones.


Games stopped being made for love / passion and a nice profit that allowed you to do what you love. To being all about money. I think this happened around 2001. Sad

"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." - Kenneth O'Hara

"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#34 - 2013-03-08 02:42:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
peacebee wrote:
What is happening to our games? Its getting to the point i look at older games for a new thrill before looking at new ones.



Sim City 4 still rocks.

Why can we not simply walk into Sim City 5 ?


edit: (I'm putting Sim City: Societies/Destinations into another category altogether......)

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
peacebee
Turian Standings and Loans
#35 - 2013-03-08 02:45:21 UTC
Graygor wrote:
peacebee wrote:
What is happening to our games? Its getting to the point i look at older games for a new thrill before looking at new ones.


Games stopped being made for love / passion and a nice profit that allowed you to do what you love. To being all about money. I think this happened around 2001. Sad


About the time EA Killed bullfrog?
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#36 - 2013-03-08 02:45:44 UTC
Graygor wrote:
peacebee wrote:
What is happening to our games? Its getting to the point i look at older games for a new thrill before looking at new ones.


Games stopped being made for love / passion and a nice profit that allowed you to do what you love. To being all about money. I think this happened around 2001. Sad


I'm seeing some potential for this year... I'm sure "Outlast" will be awesome. Looks like a developer I've never heard of (so it's not EA) and it will be PC exclusive at first Big smile

Also it looks like they might have gotten survival-horror right, but I won't claim this lest this be Colonial Marines 2

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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#37 - 2013-03-08 02:49:08 UTC
peacebee wrote:
Graygor wrote:
peacebee wrote:
What is happening to our games? Its getting to the point i look at older games for a new thrill before looking at new ones.


Games stopped being made for love / passion and a nice profit that allowed you to do what you love. To being all about money. I think this happened around 2001. Sad


About the time EA Killed bullfrog?


Pretty much.

Big publishers are a bane to games producers and gamers if you ask me. Bioware went downhill after it got bought out, same with Bullfrog, Maxis (as is now) is just like "Atari", its a name that bears no semblance to the original.

"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." - Kenneth O'Hara

"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#38 - 2013-03-08 02:50:11 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:

I'm seeing some potential for this year... I'm sure "Outlast" will be awesome.


It LOOKS great...

...but even I am getting tired of green-tinted hand-held horror-based camera work (that's a LOT of hyphens !),

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#39 - 2013-03-08 02:51:52 UTC
Graygor wrote:


Big publishers are a bane to games producers and gamers if you ask me. Bioware went downhill after it got bought out, same with Bullfrog, Maxis (as is now) is just like "Atari", its a name that bears no semblance to the original.


I think....(think)....the Venture Capitalists who invest in these thing believe they are most indeed just 'games' and they can do 'whatever'. That nothing about them is to be taken seriously at all.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#40 - 2013-03-08 02:52:36 UTC
The only game that is exciting me atm is Bioshock Infinite... as I love all things steam punk.

Oh and Cyberpunk 2077 but that isnt going to be out for ages.

Honestly I agree with you Krix, why the hell does a single player game require internet connection?

"I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." - Kenneth O'Hara

"I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commissar "Cake" Kate