...Right, we get that. The reason people are upset is because we don't understand the reasoning behind it.
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EA suspends SimCity marketing campaigns
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...Right, we get that. The reason people are upset is because we don't understand the reasoning behind it.
Sorry, probably should have marked that as sarcasm. That's exactly one of the reasons why I don't regret having the game, the hope that it will help push another SimCity out eventually.
SimCity's core engineering requires the servers in order to function. Identical to an MMO. It's the very reason Cheetah speed had to be disabled, because the server is partially responsible for the computations of the simulation.
I guess that means all MMO's are crippled by DRM then eh? (could be)
Air Zombie Meat
Member
So, whats the simcity score at today?
Interfectum
Member
Which simply means they are bad designers. The reason why MMOs are designed like MMOs is because they HAVE to be. They didn't have to design SimCity like this. They didn't have to force everyone online to enjoy the gameplay. They chose to. It's DRM.
10/10
edit: 10/10 as an outside spectator anyway; the game has provided an immense amount of entertainment extraneous to actually playing the game
They wanted to try something different?
If I wanted the same old SimCity game id play 1,2000,3000 or 4. Im glad they tried something new, yes this server fuck up is horrible and annoying but playing it safe would just lead to everyone complaining that it was just like the other 4 games in the series.
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I can't help but think it was a stipulation to get the bigwigs at EA to agree to the game in the first place. Pretty sure Ocean mentioned in one of the videos he was begging the higher ups (maybe not in those words) at EA for the go ahead for a new SimCity.
Metalmurphy
Member
That's right, I am fine with it. Well, maybe not fine, just not apeshit insanely mad going around signing petitions and voting for EA as worst company of america not fine.
Me being "fine" with it also takes into account the fact that I only paid 21€ for it btw.
There's a reason it isn't called SimCity 5. This SimCity is a reboot. And what game it should have been really isn't a decision you make. It is what the developers want it to be.
This is going to make publishers think hard about always online connections for offline titles. If this shit happens with the next Xbox or PS4, I promise you the whole fucking industry will belly up. People have shown they are NOT going to put up with this shit, which has only increased by faith in the game community.
Good on everyone.
Good on everyone.
That makes no sense. It's the first 3D SimCity game, bugs and content omissions aside, the base game is pretty good. I don't think anyone wanted something "drastically different". We wanted a new SimCity game because we waited a decade for one. They should of kept this kind of online experimenting to Facebook.
If the always on rumors about the 720 are true, I hope that there's an awful lot of guys in suits at Microsoft sitting in a board room wringing their hands right now.
Funny thing is, the base game works well right? Well, that's because a lot of the engineering and processing power of the simulation is being done through the server. Without the servers, well, the game cannot function. That's why it is more than just simple DRM. It's core features just like an MMO. So why do MMO's get a DRM pass?
EDIT: There's a reason why the developers were always stressing MMO like design in their talks about creating the game.
EDIT: There's a reason why the developers were always stressing MMO like design in their talks about creating the game.
You give MS too much credit. I personally believe that rumor is true.
Karsticles
Member
Right, they designed it like idiots.
Absoludacrous
Member
It's been enough time since the old games that sticking closer to the old formula wouldn't have been a big problem. It's not like this franchise has been getting whored out every year.
Not to mention there are other ways to approach creating some different. Perhaps in a way that makes their game playable.
Your computer could have easily done those computations... certainly for what's going on in your own individual city. It is a computer.
It's being offloaded to justify the game being always online.
Okay, I really like the game but I'm curious about something. If the server is doing a lot of the simulation, why can the game still function when you're disconnected?
Example, the other night I was in my city and I had the notification that I was disconnected from the server and it was trying to connect. For those whole 5 minutes I was disconnected, I could still play, and build, follow the Sims around if I choose. Getting my water and electricity from my friend's city still worked. I still saw his buses zooming around my city, too.
I am stunned that you can't see the deep deep online features in this game. It's as if you totally ignore things like
Paul Alexander
Member
Perhaps they should have designed so that it could also run on user's servers and not just EA's.
Assuming that this has nothing to do with DRM.
But, of course, it does. Or else they would have no reason to restrict it to just EA servers.
Remember they did build in safeguards so that the simulation could still function if a player was disconnected for a short period of time, but not for an extended period.
MaximusPrimus
Member
lol. this is bad. I think i'd re-buy FFXIV(not a realm reborn) again, before paying for this crrap.
I wonder how long it will take until someone reverse-engineers that lol
JakkuFurosu
Member
lol gold
TheNatural
My Member!
Uh oh.
HAHAHAHA
I want this to be real, but I doubt it.
Specialmias
Member
Oh lawl poor social networking peon at EA.
Goddamn
If someone went back in time and told me SimCity 5 would be worse than FFXIV vanilla I would've laughed. The absurd has become reality.
Hale-XF11
Member
loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
I cringed so hard I no longer have a neck
Metalmurphy
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It's not an official page.
Interfectum
Member
LOL please tell me that's real.
Glass Rebel
Member
Is it bad that I'm enjoying this? I love seeing stupid shit like this fall flat on its face and go up in flames.
No, we do understand the reasoning behind it. We just don't fucking like the reasoning behind it as consumers.
Very glad I didn't allow my love for SimCity games to get me conned into buying this.
On some level I find it very amusing, and I'm hopeful this may mean less always-online games int he future
...on the other hand, I paid $60+ for this and just want to be able to play my game whenever I want
I've been playing every night since launch for at least a few hours. I couldn't get on right when I bought it, but since then it's been really smooth. I guess I'm in the vast minority.
Hopefully this prompts Maxis to introduce a Non-DRM single-player portion. I have to imagine that would dramatically decrease the stress on the servers. Why can't EA just have it so that copies only connect to the servers at launch to verify the serial? I feel like that should at least be an option for single-player oriented gamers.
Hopefully this prompts Maxis to introduce a Non-DRM single-player portion. I have to imagine that would dramatically decrease the stress on the servers. Why can't EA just have it so that copies only connect to the servers at launch to verify the serial? I feel like that should at least be an option for single-player oriented gamers.
Diddy Kong
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I know that, it's just annoying how people here (and EA) are dancing around the fact it's always online for DRM purposes. What I don't understand is the argument that they intentionally crippled this game for multiplayer which has no place in the game to begin with.
Take me down to Simulation City, where the grass is green and DRM ain't pretty.
Take me home!
Just a <parameter: string> livin under the street
I'm a easy customer that's hard to treat
I'm your consumer so make me something I can beat
I'll play another time
Take it to the end of the <parameter: string>
Take me home!
Just a <parameter: string> livin under the street
I'm a easy customer that's hard to treat
I'm your consumer so make me something I can beat
I'll play another time
Take it to the end of the <parameter: string>
Just because you feel multiplayer has no place in a game doesn't make it so. Clearly the designers thought and felt strongly otherwise.
I fail to see why this is so hard to grasp. It's just like an MMO, this is the way they wanted SimCity to evolve. It's also why it wasn't specifically called SimCity 5. It's a new beginning and new vision. Just as World of Warcraft was a new vision for the Warcraft franchise.