Author Topic: Sim City 5: "players were having such a good time they didn't want to leave" (Read 51850 times)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #120 on:** March 04, 2013, 07:50:08 PM »

I could handle the small size if there was better integration between regions. The dead stop and gap between just looks so wrong

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #121 on:** March 04, 2013, 07:51:15 PM »

Yeah the city size does look kinda stupid. I might pass on this. And the no save thing also seems very problematic.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #122 on:** March 04, 2013, 07:58:02 PM »

I'll get around to playing it eventually, because I play every major city-builder than comes along. But I'm not paying $60 [or $80] for this one.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #123 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:00:49 PM »

Will be interesting to see what happens in a month or so with multiplayer regions if they're being neglected.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #124 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:13:28 PM »

http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/373876663

Steve Contra · « **Reply #125 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:24:24 PM »

What the fuck is this shit :'(

Himu · « **Reply #126 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:30:38 PM »

Hahahahaha the comedy train from this fuck up never gets old.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #127 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:37:20 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on March 04, 2013, 08:13:28 PM

http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/373876663

I don't usually watch these because they go forever but this is one I will keep an eye on

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #128 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:37:45 PM »

The Giant Bomb thing is articulating a lot of things that I don't like which is why I will skip it. It's more Sim Region rather than Sim City. And I just want to play sim city.

I'm not saying this idea isn't valid for a game of this type. I'm just not going to pay full price for it when what I really want is the old sim city. I'll wait for a sale.

I don't mind things being stream-lined as a general concept. But they seemed to have completely changed the focus of what this series is about and what it was originally about is the real draw to me.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #129 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:50:17 PM »

Disc version comes with 2gb install, you need to download the other 10gb

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #130 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:54:16 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on March 04, 2013, 08:50:17 PM

Disc version comes with 2gb install, you need to download the other 10gb

pilonv1 · « **Reply #131 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:04:04 PM »

http://www.reddit.com/r/SimCity/comments/19mtto/physical_copy_of_simcity_still_only_contains_the/

Could be compression related though. Not sure...

Purple Filth · « **Reply #132 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:08:44 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on March 04, 2013, 08:50:17 PM

Disc version comes with 2gb install, you need to download the other 10gb

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #133 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:12:33 PM »

SimShitty

archie4208 · « **Reply #134 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:18:52 PM »

SimHovel

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #135 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:22:22 PM »

And they didn't even bring back Jerry Martin to do the soundtrack. SMH

pilonv1 · « **Reply #136 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:33:21 PM »

Every loading screens says it's reticulating splines $:-\$

Himu · « **Reply #137 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:35:56 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on March 04, 2013, 08:50:17 PM

Disc version comes with 2gb install, you need to download the other 10gb

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #138 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:36:32 PM »

pilonv1 · « **Reply #139 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:41:02 PM »

Watching it now. "I'd like this if it just worked" seems to be a common theme.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #140 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:42:56 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on March 04, 2013, 09:41:02 PM

Watching it now. "I'd like this if it just worked" seems to be a common theme.

Overall Jeff actually likes the game in the sense that he enjoyed his play time overall. He just doesn't like what its become and he doesn't agree with the focus. Which is kinda how I feel. Which is why I'll wait for a sale.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #141 on:** March 05, 2013, 03:46:00 AM »

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #142 on:** March 05, 2013, 03:50:48 AM »

yeah, fuck this

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #143 on:** March 05, 2013, 07:51:19 AM »

Thats the entire city you can build? That little village?

There is alway Sim City 2000.

Himu · « **Reply #144 on:** March 05, 2013, 10:12:59 AM »

Dude, there's Sim City 2k, 3k, AND 4. ANY Sim City is an alternative to this. Which is why I bought SC4 in the steam sale last year.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #145 on:** March 05, 2013, 12:10:11 PM »

I ALMOST bought it this morning before I left but then came to my senses and will instead wait for a sale. Will just go install and play Sim City 4 in the meantime.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #146 on:** March 05, 2013, 12:31:37 PM »

Save yourself some dough and just buy Cities XL.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #147 on:** March 05, 2013, 01:01:10 PM »

I will legit buy it down the road. I want to play it despite the city size limitation. I'm just going to wait for a better price to do so.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #148 on:** March 06, 2013, 12:08:50 AM »

So did anyone on the bore get this?

I would be interested to hear some impressions.

benjipwns · « **Reply #149 on:** March 06, 2013, 06:06:35 AM »

Polygon seemed real positive about it. Arthur Gies didn't see much of anything to complain about.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #150 on:** March 06, 2013, 09:42:23 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on March 06, 2013, 12:08:50 AM

So did anyone on the bore get this?

Nah, I can wait.

Himu · « **Reply #151 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:29:07 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=519993

whoever bought this is a stupid sucker

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #152 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:40:02 PM »

Parameter String Time is the new Valve Time.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #153 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:56:42 PM »

Please understand.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #154 on:** March 06, 2013, 04:02:15 PM »

there really no way to make bigger cities? thats a real bummer

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #155 on:** March 06, 2013, 04:12:32 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on March 06, 2013, 04:02:15 PM

there really no way to make bigger cities? thats a real bummer

Oh, but wait:

Quote from: Sim City designer Ocean Quigley

We need to keep in mind that Sim City is a mainstream game, it’s not a game that is only going to run on high-end gaming PCs, it has to run in your Dad’s PC as well. That is just a performance decision. Given that was the performance constraint we decided to work under, we built a larger region environment and a bunch of the multiplay to work with 2km cities.

We’ll eventually get around to expanding the city size, but I can’t make any promises as to when.

Increased city size, just $10!

pilonv1 · « **Reply #156 on:** March 06, 2013, 06:00:04 PM »

:ooh

One of the few times I'm glad for a Euro/Aus difference in release date. It's out here today and there's no way I'm picking it up.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I hope $:-\$

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benjipwns · « **Reply #157 on:** March 06, 2013, 08:28:12 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on March 06, 2013, 06:00:04 PM

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AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #158 on:** March 06, 2013, 09:05:57 PM »

That screen shot is incredible

pilonv1 · « **Reply #159 on:** March 06, 2013, 09:09:02 PM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on March 06, 2013, 09:05:57 PM

That screen shot is incredible

Check this one

benjipwns · « **Reply #160 on:** March 07, 2013, 05:11:01 AM »

lol wat

brob · « **Reply #161 on:** March 07, 2013, 05:24:43 AM »

play cities XL ya mooks

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #162 on:** March 07, 2013, 05:30:58 AM »

I preordered on origin and noticed that the order wasn't completed so I don't have it in my account. Even though I was charged for it already.
$:-\$

pilonv1 · « **Reply #163 on:** March 07, 2013, 05:58:13 AM »

Not sure why anyone thinks Polygon is useful

brob · « **Reply #164 on:** March 07, 2013, 05:59:52 AM »

prolly because they have a horrid web 2.0 layout.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #165 on:** March 07, 2013, 06:08:31 AM »

Thos Steam and Gog ads are awesome.

Snap

pilonv1 · « **Reply #166 on:** March 07, 2013, 06:38:04 AM »

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9340500.page

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This has been an exciting and challenging week for the team here at Maxis, the culmination years of planning and development. We have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and enthusiasm from our fans which has made it even more upsetting for us that technical issues have become more prominent in the last 24 hours. We are hitting a number of problems with our server architecture which has seen players encountering bugs and long wait times to enter servers. This is, obviously, not the situation we wanted for our launch week and we want you to know that we are putting everything we have at resolving these issues.

What we are doing is deploying more servers over the coming two days which will alleviate many of the ongoing issues. We are also paying close attention to all the bug reports we are receiving from our fans. We’ve already pushed several updates in the last few days. Our live ops team is working 24/7 to resolve issues and ensure that bug fixes roll into the game as quickly as possible.

While the ongoing issues are troubling, we can also see that players are really enjoying the game. In a single 24 hour period, there were more than 38 million buildings plopped down, nearly 7 and a half million kilometers of roads laid down, 18+ million fires started and (my favorite fact) over 40 million pipes filled up with poop.

This team has put everything into this game and won’t stop until things are smooth. We ask our fans to be patient as our team works diligently to fix the issues. We share your passion for SimCity and thank you for your support and understanding.

Only another two days of queues

Brehvolution · « **Reply #167 on:** March 07, 2013, 09:14:38 AM »

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What we are doing is deploying more servers over the coming two days

Someone in management didn't expect this thing to sell very well.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #168 on:** March 07, 2013, 09:34:30 AM »

Never, ever buy an always-on online DRM game on the first week of release. Didn't you guys learn anything from Diablo 3?

archie4208 · « **Reply #169 on:** March 07, 2013, 09:39:01 AM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on March 07, 2013, 09:14:38 AM

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What we are doing is deploying more servers over the coming two days

Someone in management didn't expect this thing to sell very well.

EA already has money from the initial purchase. No need to add more expensive servers, especially considering only a fraction of the user base will still be active several months from now.

mjemirzian · « **Reply #170 on:** March 07, 2013, 09:58:22 AM »

I've deftly avoided any "always online" single player disasters by not buying them.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #171 on:** March 07, 2013, 01:07:32 PM »

http://www.p4rgaming.com/?p=1473

This is the biggest clusterfuck since...god I don't even know when.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #172 on:** March 07, 2013, 01:13:48 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on March 07, 2013, 09:39:01 AM

Quote from: Zero Hero on March 07, 2013, 09:14:38 AM
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What we are doing is deploying more servers over the coming two days

Someone in management didn't expect this thing to sell very well.

EA already has money from the initial purchase. No need to add more expensive servers, especially considering only a fraction of the user base will still be active several months from now.

Then scale down as the user base dwindles. Having to admit the need to add capacity is fucking embarrassing and shows how short sighted management is. That is going to kill the user base faster than time going by.

demi · « **Reply #173 on:** March 07, 2013, 01:17:26 PM »

That site linked is a parody site, Gaming's Onion.

Assuming you know this already

mjemirzian · « **Reply #174 on:** March 07, 2013, 02:01:31 PM »

Seems typical for online game launches. Providing enough servers for launch capacity is a waste of money when the online pop. will plummet in the coming weeks or months.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #175 on:** March 07, 2013, 02:36:40 PM »

Especially if the players can't play.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #176 on:** March 07, 2013, 02:44:45 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 07, 2013, 09:34:30 AM

Never, ever buy an always-on online DRM game on the first week of release. Didn't you guys learn anything from Diablo 3?

I bought Diablo 3 a few days after release and had no issues, amazingly. But it looked like just pure Diablo awesomeness instead of SimTown.

Himu · « **Reply #177 on:** March 07, 2013, 02:49:34 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 07, 2013, 02:44:45 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 07, 2013, 09:34:30 AM
Never, ever buy an always-on online DRM game on the first week of release. Didn't you guys learn anything from Diablo 3?

I bought Diablo 3 a few days after release and had no issues, amazingly. But it looked like just pure Diablo awesomeness instead of SimTown.

Diablo 3 mainly only had issues at midnight on the first day to be fair.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #178 on:** March 07, 2013, 03:02:53 PM »

Diablo 3 had on going off and on issues for like the first few days and lag issues even after that for me.

The issues Sim City 5 are having would definitely be frustrating to me if I bought the game but honestly I'd just wait for the weekend. Lots of online centric games have issues upon release. The debate of course is shoud Sim City be online centric.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #179 on:** March 07, 2013, 03:20:31 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on March 07, 2013, 03:02:53 PM

The debate of course is shoud Sim City be online centric.

Making it online only strips away a lot of your ability to be creative and to experiment, since you can easily mess up and have hours wasted on a city that's become broken. And it means that Sim City will have absolutely no mod support. If this was an offline game, we'd already have a mod that cranked up the size of the city four-fold.

News:

Author Topic: Sim City 5: "players were having such a good time they didn't want to leave" (Read 51850 times)