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Sim City is now down, the maintenance message is amazing
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In accordance with OP's Twitter message, here are a ton of recent interesting Indie games that you can play instead:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=517647
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Oppo
Member
I'm surprised that I'm surprised.
Yeah it's totally busted right now.
So far 2 for 2 on shit launches with always-online-connected games. D3 was the first I'e bought, and now this is screwed too. And I thought it would be smart to wait a day or two for them to get things sorted. I've seen maybe 5 minutes of this game between crashes and this connection nonsense.
I'm pretty sure I'll never buy an always-online game ever again.
I fail to see how Maxis is responsible for Origin server issues, since Origin is managed by entirely different teams within EA
I'll ignore if the OP analogy is accurate in the first place but yours still places zero blame on the victim,
Actually, I really think they need to put up a quick sale on it. Wouldn't be shocked to see SimCity 4 Deluxe as the daily tomorrow on Steam...
I'm so with you, but I have a disturbingly passive stance on the whole matter.
I bought Diablo III day 1 and didn't even care about the Error 37. I just played a different game when the servers were down.
I won't defend it, I'm just not personally bothered by it. It's a personality trait, rather than a philosophical stance I hold. I'm a very easy-going, accepting person by nature.
Should Sim City require an internet connection to play by yourself? No, of course not. Is it really enough to be the sole reason to not purchase the game? Not for me.
blizzardjesus
Banned
Still the best game in the series.... and it works on mac.
Not on consoles. Finding a server/game was fine but the quality of the connection was unbearable. Rubberbanding and all.
Jake Tower
Banned
Oh Justin you so witty.A friend of mine just got kicked out of his game due to "server maintenance", and the game auto shutdown. The best part? EA doesn't seem to know when it's coming back up! Check out the awesome message!
grimshawish
Banned
Polygon's shitty review practices got caught out when they 'decided' the WiiU update wouldn't be online in time for release and all went home for the day. Then it went online and they had to rush a review together...of a console...
Which is strange as it is; but still.
They don't give a shit about informing you, they give a shit about being first before you've started reading information elsewhere.
The Durango sign in process confirmed?
Interrobang
Member
No, they don't. If your favorite franchise put out a new title, I'm sure you'd buy it as soon as possible and I'm sure you'd be ticked off if you couldn't play it after your purchase.
This is where people band together and become vocal about their problems, not blame each other for supporting the practice. We vote with our wallets now, which is why I didn't pick this up, but that doesn't mean Joe Everygamer, who said to himself, "whoa, a new SimCity, sweet," ran out and purchased it and then couldn't play should be blamed.
There are absolutely zero benefits to the consumer for always-online in a single-player game. That's reason enough to oppose it.
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ColonelColon
Member
People who bought this game should sign their names on some sort of wall of shame.
"I told EA that I like draconian DRM"
This game should have been a massive flop.
Not really.
SRTtoZ
Member
I said this before but ill say it again, at LEAST Blizzard had to deal with an onslaught of 6 million people in its first week. Whats the excuse for this EA? I'm sorry but if you are going to implement always on DRM, then you better have it fucking right.
Disclaimer: I still love this game.
Disclaimer: I still love this game.
GoddyofAus
Banned
In other news, Steam is fully operational.
EA: Because fuck you guys.
EA: Because fuck you guys.
Dark Octave
Banned
Not particularly. I recommend getting SimCity 4 and modding it to death instead.
CartridgeBlower
Member
Still might...
i waited solely because of the D3 issues. I'll eventually pick it up once everything gets sorted and the mad rush dies
Social networking.
Diablo III was more enjoyable to me because of the Battle.net integration, people being able to jump into your games, you jump into theirs, chatting in the middle of a single player game, etc.
Even if the option to play Diablo III offline was given, I would have played 100% online, anyway. Even when I was playing by myself.
Is it just me or does the wording of his comment suggest it wasn't a large issue until it affected him personally?
Not to be a troll, but the issue here really is EA/MAXIS/whomever's gross incompetence and negligence. The always online DRM is what brings it into the light. Even without the DRM there entire online service would still be down because they are absolute fucking morons behind the scenes and its their idiocy that is inconveniencing everybody right now.
Is it possible to get a refund if I bought this through GMG?
He's joking, but he also works with people who actually think that so it's sort of a bad joke.
I was really looking forward to finally diving into this tonight. It's conflicting because on one hand I hate that I gave EA $45 dollars for this, but on the other, it's been nearly a decade since the last Sim City release and I'm fiending. Sadly there aren't really any modern city building sims of comparable quality.
Lol! So you can't afford new games and have to wait until they're cheap to buy them? Don't you feel a bit left out when everyone else is enjoying a new game and you're sat looking at your $30 waiting for the sales? Poor Adam. No wonder you feel so angry at those silly Day 1 gamers.
Glass Rebel
Member
It's almost as if there was a huge online-only game released recently that should have shown people exactly how this would play out and they still ignored it.
fastford58
Member
Lol. I WILL NOT buy anything with online always DRM for single player games. I have been burned by D3's online always DRM and I will not support it.
It is fucking awful and you are awful for supporting it. I don't pay $60 to rent a game that can just shut off at any time.
Here's a good one: Many people who bought and supported Diablo 3 can't play the game right now because there is an issue with the AT&T backbone that a lot of Eastern seaboard connections hop through.
Blizzard can't fix the problem because it is not their servers. End user can't fix the problem because it is outside of their ISP.
So fuck online DRM for single player.
And big fucking lol because EA is notorious for pulling servers offline forever. What is going to happen to paid copies when EA stops the server?
faceless007
Member
That's the joke. Pretty tone-deaf joke for him to make though, given the recent kerfuffle over the Polygon score.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Alcoholikaust
Member
eh...older sim cities kind of look terrible
I felt ANNO 2070 was great and looks fantastic too
I felt ANNO 2070 was great and looks fantastic too
exmachina64
Banned
I just got kicked off US West 1. It applied a patch on the launcher and then everything was normal.
Have a Nice Day
Member
SimCity 4 looks really good still, actually.