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So...the new Sim City is a Disaster (Update Post 87)
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mr ed thehouseofed
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#61 - 2013-03-08 12:10:55 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Best review of Sim City 5 : http://www.jonathancresswell.co.uk/2013/03/review-simcity/



ROFL

i want a eve pinball machine...  confirming  CCP Cognac is best cognac
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#62 - 2013-03-08 12:58:55 UTC
Alice Saki wrote:
I'm really annoyed that lots of game nowadays HAVE to be online to play... Even for Single player mode. WHY?!



Yup. Even Civ 5 requires at least an initial logon, but it can be played offline after that.

"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
#63 - 2013-03-08 12:59:57 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Graygor wrote:
Is cities XL any good? I was tempted to buy it on steam but wondered about it.

Its a great game and fans of sim city 4 will love it. The only drawback is a lack of disastors.


So its more a building sim than say sim city with its godzilla attacks?

I can live with that. Next time its on steam sale ill snag it.

"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
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#64 - 2013-03-08 14:40:24 UTC
Graygor wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Graygor wrote:
Is cities XL any good? I was tempted to buy it on steam but wondered about it.

Its a great game and fans of sim city 4 will love it. The only drawback is a lack of disastors.


So its more a building sim than say sim city with its godzilla attacks?

I can live with that. Next time its on steam sale ill snag it.


OH GOD THE EASTER SALES....

I can hear my wallet crying for mercy already.
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#65 - 2013-03-08 15:56:30 UTC
Oh yeah Easter Sales.

I might finally pick up farcry 3.

"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
Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#66 - 2013-03-08 16:10:15 UTC
Easter Sale o.O

FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#67 - 2013-03-08 16:12:38 UTC
Sale has big sales all the time. The big ones are Christmas, Easter, Summer and Halloween.

"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
Shamus O'Reilly
Candy Cabal
#68 - 2013-03-08 16:14:03 UTC
From Command and Conquer to Sim City.... EA Games loves blowing up amazing series in the customers' faces....

"I swear there are more people complaining over "nullsecers complaining" then actual nullsec people complaining."
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#69 - 2013-03-08 16:15:29 UTC
Command and Conquer 3 was an awesome game though. In my mind it is a worthy end to the series.

"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
Shamus O'Reilly
Candy Cabal
#70 - 2013-03-08 16:18:36 UTC
Graygor wrote:
Command and Conquer 3 was an awesome game though. In my mind it is a worthy end to the series.

C&C....3... was the end of the Tiberium storyline? Since when? Lol

Or did you forget that god awful C&C4....?

To top that off C&C RA3 was worthless and EA destroyed the Red Alert section of C&C forever off that one too.


The last games worth playing for C&C were Generals and C&C3. Though the joke acting in C&C3 completely killed the storyline unlike in the previous titles

"I swear there are more people complaining over "nullsecers complaining" then actual nullsec people complaining."
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#71 - 2013-03-08 16:28:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Graygor
C&C4? I have no idea what you are talking about? Did they release a base building game?

I do recall a game that was so abysmally bad that had the same name. But this must have been in error.

To my recollection there have only been 3 quality command and conquer games in that series.

Red Alert 3 wasnt bad... it just took the pee a tad too much. But the Japanese were hilarious.

And you must be joking about the bad acting right? All the C&C games had crazy acting. Although Michael Beihn was good. But hiring porn stars... well what did you expect?

"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
#72 - 2013-03-08 19:10:22 UTC
I have to say, red alert three was great. I really loved it. C&C 4....i had to buy it in a steam sale, to own it but i never, ever will finish it.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#73 - 2013-03-08 19:42:56 UTC
Shamus O'Reilly wrote:
From Command and Conquer to Sim City.... EA Games loves blowing up amazing series in the customers' faces....


Yup. My Enthusiasm has definitely been ganked.

"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
Mark Munoz
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#74 - 2013-03-08 20:31:04 UTC
Well in better news I was able to play about 5 hours uninterrupted and I actually chose to stop playing haha. It seems the crashing issues etc have been resolved. The servers are still really loaded but I would say the water is safe now.

Mark
Something Random
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#75 - 2013-03-08 20:35:12 UTC
You hear them bitching.....

and moaning.....

BUT ill guarantee in 6 months everyone here will have played.

They arnt gonna let it go down in flames, just testing the waters - waters were far better than they thought.

I also hate always on games btw - however theyre fun when theyre on.

"caught on fire a little bit, just a little."

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Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#76 - 2013-03-08 21:11:27 UTC
Something Random wrote:
You hear them bitching.....

and moaning.....

BUT ill guarantee in 6 months everyone here will have played.

They arnt gonna let it go down in flames, just testing the waters - waters were far better than they thought.

I also hate always on games btw - however theyre fun when theyre on.

I think you're partly right. The people bitching are mainly the ones who bought it and will likely continue to buy them. They'll buy them just because they bought the previous ones. There is a reason why making sequels is a safe bet. The fans of previous ones will go through almost any abuse just to play the next installment and EA is very good at the sequel game.

The only part I'm disagreeing with is, that there is still a breaking point for everyone and alternative games of the same genre are always available, that don't require you to go through similar abuses. I passed that particular point with EA years ago and no longer buy anything from them. I still manage to find more good games to buy then I have time to play, so it wasn't much of a loss.
peacebee
Turian Standings and Loans
#77 - 2013-03-08 21:53:01 UTC
Something Random wrote:
You hear them bitching.....

and moaning.....

BUT ill guarantee in 6 months everyone here will have played.

They arnt gonna let it go down in flames, just testing the waters - waters were far better than they thought.

I also hate always on games btw - however theyre fun when theyre on.


I can guarantee that i wont be buying it, mostly because i don't see the point, too many drawbacks for it, not enough appeal.
Id rather be stuck playing simcity 3000 then the new one. I liked 3000, yes there are some improvements, it looks nicer. But always online? strike one. Need origin? strike two, and if after a few years the servers go down? no game and strike three.
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#78 - 2013-03-09 01:40:36 UTC
peacebee wrote:
Something Random wrote:
You hear them bitching.....

and moaning.....

BUT ill guarantee in 6 months everyone here will have played.

They arnt gonna let it go down in flames, just testing the waters - waters were far better than they thought.

I also hate always on games btw - however theyre fun when theyre on.


I can guarantee that i wont be buying it, mostly because i don't see the point, too many drawbacks for it, not enough appeal.
Id rather be stuck playing simcity 3000 then the new one. I liked 3000, yes there are some improvements, it looks nicer. But always online? strike one. Need origin? strike two, and if after a few years the servers go down? no game and strike three.


Pretty much same for me.

I wish origin didnt exist. For all the negatives steam at least doesnt stink of EA taint.

Same for ubisofts UPlay. Thats 10 times worse than origin.

"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
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#79 - 2013-03-13 05:07:21 UTC
An update to this story.

Apparently EA is going to let sim city 5 owners have a free game off their back catalogue.

I wonder what "wonderful" games will be available. I hope for command and conquer 4. Just to rub salt in the wound. Twisted

"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
Rain6636
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#80 - 2013-03-13 05:25:58 UTC
Aren't you able to disable the disasters completely in Sim City, cuz that's what I remember

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