Sim City (please tell me it's good)

EvaUnit02 on 8/3/2013 at 04:27

Quote Posted by Renzatic

Didn't Ubisoft patch all the UPlay DRM out of all their games recently?

They didn't. AFAIK, at least HAWX 2 and Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands are still fucked.

Renzatic on 8/3/2013 at 07:45

Yeah. I just did some googling and it's apparently still implemented. Shame. : \

demagogue on 8/3/2013 at 11:16

Holy shit, going by the (http://www.amazon.com/SimCity-Limited-Edition-Pc/product-reviews/B007FTE2VW/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1) Amazon reviews, you'd think this game was the clusterfuck lemon of the century.
1,512 of 1,682 votes were 1 star.
But some of the reviews are almost poetically caustic.

faetal on 8/3/2013 at 12:10

Ha! There's even a (https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/call-ea-games-make-simcity-2013-available-offline-game-and-remove-draconian-always-drm/1FJ7scZX) Whitehouse petition on the go :D

This has to be the worst reception for a game yet.

[EDIT] There's a disappointing lack of "Cloud City" jokes in those reviews :(

Jason Moyer on 8/3/2013 at 12:20

Signatures needed: 100,000
Signatures on petition: 10

INTERNET NEVER CHANGE

Renzatic on 8/3/2013 at 12:24

Give it time. If the Death Star petition could get over 100,000 signatures, this could just as easily.

DEAR OBAMA WHO IS TRYING TO STEAL OUR GUNS, PLEASE FIX THIS GAME SO I CAN PLAY IT! I AM SO MAD AT EA I WANT TO KILL THEM ALL WITH THE GUNS YOU ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM US!

Sencirely
AzN5ephir0th69

faetal on 8/3/2013 at 14:31

I can just imagine Obama and Biden in the crisis room deliberating what to do about "the Sim City situation".

Slasher on 8/3/2013 at 15:48

Probably a drone strike on EA headquarters or economic sanctions.

Ulukai on 9/3/2013 at 23:31

So, now I've played it a bit (servers have been up today) I've come around more to the idea of regions full of cities -each with a specialisation which can help other cities, rather than trying to cram everything into one mega-city. It's this element that helps unify the multiplayer, along with the combination of raw materials to built a great work, such as a space center, arcology etc.

Also, I love the ability to place arced roads. Curves are good:

Inline Image:

http://www.zen80200.zen.co.uk/sc1.jpg

Monster Attack can be very expensive, in this case I got off lightly:

Inline Image:

http://www.zen80200.zen.co.uk/sc2.jpg

faetal on 10/3/2013 at 02:41

That Viva Piñata experiment really backfired.