[PC] SimCity (2013)

[Chrispy]

yeah, hearing a lot of complaints about how small the areas are

 

[Maynard]

very small areas

 

[Primetime]

Can't you have like 15 cities in a region or some shit though?

 

[Garrett67]

I'm trying to build a city and I really suck at this stuff. I spent all of my money lol

 

[TeflonDonny]

They already said there are plans to make the cities bigger.

 

[Swarley]

I don't mind the small cities. It makes you specialize in something instead of just doing everything. It also pushes you to use the global market and do importing/exporting with other cities.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

They already said there are plans to make the cities bigger.

yeah and probably charge you for it

I don't mind the small cities. It makes you specialize in something instead of just doing everything. It also pushes you to use the global market and do importing/exporting with other cities.

i probably wouldnt mind it as well seeing as in previous sim games i kept my cities on the smaller size but still theres a large group of people who go with the "mega cities" and they cant this time around....and its not like its just a little bit smaller size then the previous games, it is drastically smaller.

 

compare this..

to this...

i know its a whole different game with upgraded graphics/mechanics/ but when people are used to essentially an almost endless amount of room its a drastic change

 

[Garrett67]

I knew I should have picked up The Show. The servers are going to be an issues for awhile.

I was playing sandbox mode and it just kicked me right out of the game.

 

[jms493]

yeah i will come back later

 

[Chrispy]

Same here :rage:

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

and thats exactly why im gonna wait a week to get it...i learned my lesson with diablo 3

 

[Garrett67]

Okay, so if you built a city (sandbox mode) and the server goes down, like it did with me, there isn't any way to resume your game until the server is available?

I'm in queue for 16 more minutes.


I'm done for today.

I'm picking up The Show after work tomorrow, deal or no deals.

 

[leaffan]

An online EA game with server lag on the first day of release and other assorted bugs...

Nothing new.

 

[JimLeavy59]

So you must be online to play this game?

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

So you must be online to play this game?

yes. there is no offline

 

[JimLeavy59]

yes. there is no offline

I wonder how much pressure EA put on Maxis to do that. Because that truly is a idiotic move.

 

[Loco]

wtf man...i keep getting this tutorial, but it wont fucking do anything. just takes you to this city and all you can do is move the mouse around

I had this problem too, to fix it you gotta go into Options and find the fucking Mini-Tutorial Pop Up shits and reset them THEN restart the game. I literally spend 45 minutes trying to figure out what was wrong.

 

[killgod]

I had this problem too, to fix it you gotta go into Options and find the fucking Mini-Tutorial Pop Up shits and reset them THEN restart the game. I literally spend 45 minutes trying to figure out what was wrong.

I just waited patiently for a couple minutes and it started. :kanye:

 

[jms493]

Been playing for a while now...no problems finally.

Much easier to start than Sim City 4...making money right away.

 

[killgod]

thoughts on the game....

-It's quite fun for the most part
-It's not trying to be like the old SC games, clearly. This is obvious in the "reboot" of the franchise rather than it being SimCity 5.
-Yes the maps need to be bigger. Seems like you will be unable to surpass...200K? 250K? Which doesn't even classify you as a City IIRC.
-Interface is fairly excellent and straightforward.
-Requires excellent planning to avoid wasting space.
-The zoning complaints I find to be meh, it's different, so learn it instead of crying "it's not the same thing for the 5th game in a row and im confused :ronaldo:". It shows you the whole size of the lot and when the lot grows into higher wealth it utilizes more of the space.
-Haven't tried MP, it's opening day, most games go through the shits like this so whatever. Should be fun to play with other people.
-The always online bullshit is comedy.
-Terraform should have been available for sandbox, I like the idea of having preset maps to work with. Just make them fucking bigger.
-Making money doesn't seem to be very hard.


If you want it to be the previous SC franchise, don't bother, it isn't that and doesn't want to be. It's different, it's a new take on SC, but has some issues to overcome starting with fucking map size. In the end, still fun to play, but it's longevity is hampered by the sizes of maps. You could really seemingly build up a city from nothing to finished in a few hours it seems.


I like the direction, I like alot of the things in the game, they just missed the mark badly on a couple areas that will hold it back. Old nerds will rage and be ignorant that again, this is a reboot, not a sequel.