SimCity General Thread

[Keroko]

Originally Posted by RRW

No problem what so ever

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

Used to play BlazBlue on it. No problem.

How do you guys keep a stable WLAN connection? Mine just keeps slowing down if not outright dropping all the time.

[Duo Maxwell]

I don't know. Probably because the broadcasting point is located in my room.

[Drkz]

Originally Posted by Keroko

And the train of hilarity continues to crash. Now EA apparently thinks it's okay to hold your other games hostage if you attempt to take legal action.

Remember all those old complaints the doomsayers used to preach about Steam? About how leaving your games in the hands of the companies could only go wrong?

EA's showing us just how wrong this can go.

So when comes the lawsuits? This is pretty funny ever since it got reported that you needed internet to play I was like. Well. Good job EA. GOOD FUCKING JOB. YOU JUST KILLED THE TENTH MILLION GAME.

If a old ass spider game that came from a Kellogg cereal box can get a lawsuit. I'm pretty sure this will get a lawsuit. A pretty huge one I might add.

[Kyero Fox]

PRICELESS

[Kyuu]

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

PRICELESS

Ahahahahahah

OMFG.

I'm in mad tears!

[Ak3mi]

Originally Posted by Kyero Fox

PRICELESS

Hahah perfect

The voice actors are so good, doesn't sound like they are straining there voices or anything.

[Archon_Wing]

Originally Posted by Keroko

How do you guys keep a stable WLAN connection? Mine just keeps slowing down if not outright dropping all the time.

I game fairly regularly on a wireless connection. Just make sure you don't share channels with nearby networks, though in crowded areas this is not possible.

[Kyero Fox]

I'd forgive EA if SimCity5 had a zombie outbreak disaster.

[Ak3mi]

Zombies make everything better, incoming apocalypse dlc just for you Kyero :P They'll charge you extra because you want it EA.

[erneiz_hyde]

Sorry if this was posted before, but why am I not surprised?

[Duo Maxwell]

http://www.reddit.com/r/SimCity/comm...ing_regarding/

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Miscellaneo...ken/m-p/737060

These are funny, too. Guess the game system isn't fine either.

[Drkz]

Originally Posted by erneiz_hyde

Sorry if this was posted before, but why am I not surprised?

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

http://www.reddit.com/r/SimCity/comm...ing_regarding/

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Miscellaneo...ken/m-p/737060

These are funny, too. Guess the game system isn't fine either.

Its EA. They'll be charging you a dlc to fix these errors.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...city-of-your-d

Wtf lmao. Seriously?!

[Ak3mi]

Maxis Insider Tells RPS: SimCity Servers Not Necessary

Sorry I don't really understand, does that mean they could of made the game offline?

[Kyuu]

Originally Posted by Ak3mi

Sorry I don't really understand, does that mean they could of made the game offline?

Um... yea? It was a complete and total design decision.

Consider two games that I do play. Starcraft 2 and Civilization V. Both require online connectivity for multiplayer and achievements. On top of that, authentication. As for running the game itself, that is worked off of my own computer.

In the event of the servers going down - no problem. Players can still play the game, during maintenance. That happened this morning with Starcraft.

For this SimCity to take DRM a step further by having complete control of the game in their own servers... without offline mode... EA was asking for trouble. SimCity servers could have done the job of account management and city-to-city interconnectivity, while leaving the simulation itself processing on player's computers. Overall, the calculations of the game are distributed amongst our own computers, while the game servers handle various data transactions.

But no... EA decided to be Draconian.

[Ak3mi]

Ohhh my god, thanks for explaining

EA in a nutshell I guess, I thought they would be brought back down to level when they got the award for worse company in America, but I guess not.

[Drkz]

Originally Posted by Kyuu

Um... yea? It was a complete and total design decision.

Consider two games that I do play. Starcraft 2 and Civilization V. Both require online connectivity for multiplayer and achievements. On top of that, authentication. As for running the game itself, that is worked off of my own computer.

In the event of the servers going down - no problem. Players can still play the game, during maintenance. That happened this morning with Starcraft.

For this SimCity to take DRM a step further by having complete control of the game in their own servers... without offline mode... EA was asking for trouble. SimCity servers could have done the job of account management and city-to-city interconnectivity, while leaving the simulation itself processing on player's computers. Overall, the calculations of the game are distributed amongst our own computers, while the game servers handle various data transactions.

But no... EA decided to be Draconian.

Apparently even the calculations weren't even done properly... good thing I didn't buy this. I was ecstatic for it in the beginning. EA. RUINER OF ALL THINGS FRANCHISE.

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Originally Posted by Drkz

Apparently even the calculations weren't even done properly... good thing I didn't buy this. I was ecstatic for it in the beginning. EA. RUINER OF ALL THINGS FRANCHISE.

As I said earlier in this thread, EA has successfully combated piracy... by releasing a game that isn't worth stealing.

The word on the street is that an offline crack for Simcity 2013 is available, but the game is such a buggy mess that people would rather steal Simcity 4.

At this point, even if Origin offers the game for free, I would have better things to do with my bandwidth. I have plenty of crappy games that I haven't played for ages, I don't need another crappy game on my hard drive.

And yes, I already bought Simcity 4 ages ago.

[Kyuu]

Originally Posted by Drkz

Apparently even the calculations weren't even done properly... good thing I didn't buy this. I was ecstatic for it in the beginning. EA. RUINER OF ALL THINGS FRANCHISE.

Wait. What calculations?

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Originally Posted by Kyuu

Wait. What calculations?

A large chunk of the game's simulations don't actually EXIST. This means if you tried to build a city based on common sense, you will fail.

This is highlighted by the following; a "thriving city" that had nothing but parks and houses. No industry, and no stores. Only possible because most of the city don't actually made sense.

[erneiz_hyde]

Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant

A large chunk of the game's simulations don't actually EXIST. This means if you tried to build a city based on common sense, you will fail.

This is highlighted by the following; a "thriving city" that had nothing but parks and houses. No industry, and no stores. Only possible because most of the city don't actually made sense.

I think he knew and was being sarcastic there