Comments on: SimCity in moonlight is pretty

By: Ernest Valdemar

Ernest Valdemar — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 02:15:00 +0000

Basically, you’re talking about a combined version of SimCity and The Sims. Zoom in to deal with various avatars and NPCs and their personalities, zoom out to shape their environment. Play the Politics track to become mayor, or play Energy, Water & Sewage, Construction, Technology tracks, etc. Pay taxes and vote in elections. Build skills and experience to gain greater control over your city, plus all the soap opera/doll house aspects of The Sims.

I’d probably play it, but then I’m not a macho gamer, and I don’t think the The Sims necessarily has cooties.

By: Syn -

Syn - — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:12:00 +0000

It makes me very sad they did not rethink the always online bullshit. I’ll have to pass, much to mmy regrets. Well, guess i’ll reboot old sc4!

By: Syn -

Syn - — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:11:00 +0000

Don’t do it man. We deserve much, much better than that. Vote with your wallet, and all that.

By: CastanhasDoPara

CastanhasDoPara — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:17:00 +0000

That’s exactly what EA is hoping for. Please reconsider feeding the pigs.

Don’t get me wrong though, I want to play this like a crack-head wants to smoke crack but at the same time I’m not a crack-head and therefore can tell when my dealer is royally screwing me over. Just say no… to onerous DRM.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:01:00 +0000

Why not, it works that way in real life.

By: Marc Mielke

Marc Mielke — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:46:00 +0000

Your pollution spreads to other player’s cities? If the cities affect one another, what mechanic is there to get a neighbor to cut that shit out? I’m assuming cities don’t go to war, because that would be a totally different game. Maybe if they have giant monsters you can point Godzilla in their direction…

This is like a griefer’s dream feature: the ability to screw over multiple players simultaneously! Wonder if you can make a crime-ridden shithole and spread crime that way too!

By: mccrum

mccrum — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:37:00 +0000

This makes me wonder if the next Sim City will involve you having to run for city council before raising millions of dollars to become Mayor. You know, like in real life…

By: Aloisius

Aloisius — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:29:00 +0000

I’ll still probably buy it even if it does have annoying DRM.

By: cyberscythe

cyberscythe — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:23:00 +0000

It could work if you had multi-city play in a larger region. The new SimCity has lots of features related to multi-city play, like pollution wafting in from adjacent cities and financial deals with neighbours. It’d be online, it could be massive, not sure if it’d be fun.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:14:00 +0000

Huge SimCity fan here. Maxis shows no signs of rethinking a damn thing. Guess who’s not buying the new SimCity? The same issue spoiled Civ V for me.

The funny part is, I log in and verify my copy of Minecraft every time I play – except for that one time a month my internet is down. But the game plays exactly the same when I click “Play Offline,” so I don’t feel like I’m being invaded or forced. Good job Mojang!

By: James Agenbroad

James Agenbroad — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:06:00 +0000

Wait, what? How would MMO work in a development/planning game? You’re competing developers? You’re trying to get elected to the planning board?

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Always online and a pseudo-mmo, with a highly-crippled single-player ability. Pass.
Once again, marketing takes a fantastic property and trashes exactly what made it a fantastic property.

By: Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:01:00 +0000

I’d never have thought the uncanny valley applied to town planning as well, but I actually find that screenshot quite unpleasant. I might prefer something more cartoony, and definitely would prefer something more diagramatic.

By: cservant

cservant — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:59:00 +0000

They should change the title to MMO SIMCITY or SIM ONLINE or some other title just to make it clear the intent of this game.

This is not the SIMCITY game where people are expecting to pay.

By: Simon Péter

Simon Péter — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:54:00 +0000

It will have always online DRM.

I didn’t properly understand if it will be like Diablo 3, literally always in a “multiplayer” mode, so that it can be cracked only with emulators, but if not, then at least I’m pirating it.

By: Tom Stephens

Tom Stephens — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:44:00 +0000

I hope the reddit disaster has them rethinking the always-on DRM. Luckily old versions of SimCity are free!

By: Rens Houben

Rens Houben — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:39:00 +0000

I lost interest the moment they announced it was going to require an online account.

By: Rob Beschizza

Rob Beschizza — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:36:00 +0000

Peter MolyNOPE.

By: Jorpho

Jorpho — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:33:00 +0000

I hope this game is as cool as the sneak peeks suggest!

This never happens ever.