SimCity V

[Minos]

The more I play this game the more I see that its completely broken to the core. Anyone else noticed the population inflation? The city adviser is always requesting more residential areas to bring in more workers no matter what I do. What is annoying is that from all the people who live in my town, only 20% or so actually do something (either work, shop or study), the other 80% just sits around watching TV all day apparently. I wonder if they are just phantoms to make the game look like it handles more people than it actually does.

Also:

I feel very disrespected for paying full price for this broken mess. Anyway, back to SC2k on my lunch breaks

[Thrik]

What is annoying is that from all the people who live in my town, only 20% or so actually do something (either work, shop or study), the other 80% just sits around watching TV all day apparently.

Sounds just like the UK???

I'm seriously thinking of getting SimCity 4 with Rush Hour and waiting until the next sequel of this. It seems like they have a good foundation for a few generation of SimCity but there are far too many problems for it to be considered ready. All these simulation issues are... crazy.

[Zyn]

What is annoying is that from all the people who live in my town, only 20% or so actually do something (either work, shop or study), the other 80% just sits around watching TV all day apparently.

Sounds just like the UK???

I'm seriously thinking of getting SimCity 4 with Rush Hour and waiting until the next sequel of this. It seems like they have a good foundation for a few generation of SimCity but there are far too many problems for it to be considered ready. All these simulation issues are... crazy.

Go ahead : http://store.steampo....com/app/24780/

Also get the NAM (Network Addon Mod) plugin for SC4, it's essential : http://www.wiki.sc4d...x.php?title=NAM

Edited March 14, 2013 by Zyn

[Chimeray]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/12/simcity-server-not-necessary/

“The servers are not handling any of the computation done to simulate the city you are playing. They are still acting as servers, doing some amount of computation to route messages of various types between both players and cities. As well, they’re doing cloud storage of save games, interfacing with Origin, and all of that. But for the game itself? No, they’re not doing anything. I have no idea why they’re claiming otherwise. It’s possible that Bradshaw misunderstood or was misinformed, but otherwise I’m clueless.”

Explains the shitty AI. I really hope they can improve it in the coming patches. Wasn't that the whole point of games becoming "services"? Ongoing patchwork, content, etc.

[Thrik]

EAOwned:

SimCity modder removes always online forced disconnects, possible to play game offline forever.

[syver]

things aren't looking so good for them...

I'm interested to see if EA will start banning origin users for using this mod.

Edited March 14, 2013 by csyver

[-HP-]

things aren't looking so good for them...

I'm interested to see if EA will start banning origin users for using this mod.

that would be hilarious, and the last nail on the coffin.

[cincinnati]

The more I play this game the more I see that its completely broken to the core. Anyone else noticed the population inflation? The city adviser is always requesting more residential areas to bring in more workers no matter what I do. What is annoying is that from all the people who live in my town, only 20% or so actually do something (either work, shop or study), the other 80% just sits around watching TV all day apparently. I wonder if they are just phantoms to make the game look like it handles more people than it actually does.

evidence for your claim:

http://forum.ea.com/...6.page#27608142

this was my favorite series of games.

hope they commit to improve and i'll gladly buy it later.

[Puddy]

EA/Maxis are still trying to worm their way around their fuck-ups.

http://www.ea.com/news/simcity-update-straight-answers-from-lucy

This is actually getting pretty silly. A PR-disaster of epic proportiones.

[Zyn]

Modders dig into the game and find all kinds of dark secrets:

[Mazy]

Is that really a dark secret tho? Wasn't everyone expecting it to be a micro transaction jungle?

I'm done with the game, but I'm pretty interested in seeing how it'll look in 6-12 months, whether they'll be able to refine it and fix it up.

[Skacky]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/122732-EA-Admits-That-SimCity-Could-Have-Been-Offline

This game is a never-ending source of laughs.

[Thrik]

lmao

SimCity Hack Lets Users Destroy Anyone's Online City Thanks To Always-On DRM

[dux]

Totally intended feature.

[Skacky]

Fucking lol'd. They totally deserve the storm of crap they're receiving.