[PC] SimCity (2013)

[Garrett67]

Sim City 5 (2013)

Sim City 5 (2013)

Nothing and I signed up a couple of months ago.

Maybe it only seems like months ago.

 

[TeflonDonny]

Amazon is giving away keys with a pre-order

 

[Garrett67]

Amazon is giving away keys with a pre-order

This

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007FTE2VW?ie=UTF8&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links

 

[padman59]

Amazon is giving away keys with a pre-order

And since it's the boxed copy, you can probably cancel the pre-order after you get a code.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

@simcity
Reminder: We're sending out #SimCity beta codes in batches throughout the day today and into the weekend. Keep checking your e-mails.

 

[Garrett67]

Anyone order yet?

 

[Maynard]

i looked, i didnt see anything about a beta code

 

[Leftwich]

I preordered through amazon. As much as i would absolutely love to play the beta on my new pc i think i'm gonna give my promo code to one of you guys. I won't be able to take full advantage of it because i'm doing a lot this weekend. Whoever has an origin account and wants this i'll give you the code.

 

[Garrett67]

i looked, i didnt see anything about a beta code

Its right below the description.


Get a $20 credit, access to the beta and the Limited Edition
Pre-order SimCity and receive a $20 promotional credit toward the purchase of items shipped and sold by Amazon.com (certain exclusions apply, including but not limited to Kindle books, gift cards, and Amazon Appstore for Android Apps). Also, while supplies last, pre-order SimCity and get access to the beta, taking place January 25 - 27, 2013. Instructions for taking part in the SimCity beta will be emailed to you within 24 hours of placing your order. Pre-orders also get the Limited Edition Heroes & Villains content including new characters, crime waves, a Super Hero HQ and an Evil Villain Lair. The content will be available in the product packaging. Offer valid when shipped and sold by Amazon.com. This offer will be extended to all existing pre-orders. Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time. Code for $20 promotional credit will be emailed within two days after your order ships. Limited to one per customer. For more details on the beta, please visit http://www.simcity.com/betadisclaimer.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

I preordered through amazon. As much as i would absolutely love to play the beta on my new pc i think i'm gonna give my promo code to one of you guys. I won't be able to take full advantage of it because i'm doing a lot this weekend. Whoever has an origin account and wants this i'll give you the code.

lefty pls

 

[Price]

I preordered through amazon. As much as i would absolutely love to play the beta on my new pc i think i'm gonna give my promo code to one of you guys. I won't be able to take full advantage of it because i'm doing a lot this weekend. Whoever has an origin account and wants this i'll give you the code.

I wouldn't mid it.

 

[Leftwich]

Sorry guys already gave it up. The person would like to remain anonymous

 

[Chrispy]

Preordered :fap:

 

[Garrett67]

Preordered too :fap:

Gonna fire up Beta in a few

 

[Garrett67]

Looks like I'll be spending hours 'Decompressing Updated data'

 

[Garrett67]

Preordered too :fap:

Gonna fire up Beta in a few

The beta allows you to play one hour, then it starts over. That blows ass and I can't get it to start again now. Tells me I need to restart origin, which I do from the task bar but it still gives that message.

I suppose that could be a server issue.


Edit: This is more like a demo and not a beta. You only have one hour to play, starting with a blank slate and you're limited as to what you have access to. When it starts over, what you have done is gone.

Its a joke to be honest.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

impressions?

....extra codes? :shifty:

 

[Garrett67]

The only impression I can give is that its Sim City. It has been so long since I have played 4 that I really don't remember it that well but this looks like it will be the same fun.
Some things that I like is you can just simply drag roads and shape them , just like if you were drawing roads with a pencil and its so much easier to to setup zones.
All you have to do is drag alongside a road that that sets up whatever zoning you choose. Placing power , water and sewage is just as easy. Set them along a road and it will connect to
whatever the road connects to.

Like I said, you get one hour of playing time and that is starting from a blank page. So, every time you play, you are literally starting over.
So, really you don't get much time with the game before it wipes everything out. Which like I said, is more like a demo than anything.

I can post a few screenshots in awhile. I will have to upload them to Photobucket first.

Another thing I like is that you can put a filter on your camera. So, you can have Sepia, Soft, Vintage, etc. I personally liked the Soft setting.

As for graphics, I dont' think anybody will have trouble running the game if your computer is semi powerful.

Here is how I'm running it and I had no trouble. The only trouble I have is I'm using a trackpad and not a mouse, so that made moving around a bit of a challenge
Anyway,

2009 iMac 27", 2.66 Ghz i5 Quad Core
ATI 4850HD
12GB RAM

I am dual booted with bootcamp (Windows 7 64 bit ) but I elected to run in in OS X Mountain Lion running with Parallels. I thought doing that would slow me down but it didn't at all.
I was running full screen , as if it was running in Windows but I could also run it in an actual window too. I don't think you can do that on a PC.



Oh, I'm also running it on the highest settings with a screen resolution of 2560-by-1440 at 60fps. You can also select 30 FPS if you wish.

 

[Garrett67]

http://s1123.beta.photobucket.com/user/Axemaster5150/library/Sim City 5


These are probably hard to see but I tried to take pictures of various maps. I think the game looks a little better than the pictures but
the game isn't mind blowing visually. Could be that its basically a demo, or I hope. I would actually like it to be at a level graphically where
I will have trouble running it a little bit.

It seems to me that Sim City 4 looked better, but that could be relative to the time too. I haven't seen the game in many years.

 

[Chrispy]

Hope they have a free for all mode

Love just building things without any repercussions :fap: