Diddy Kong
Banned
It's the Nintendo curse
But you're assuming that the primary reason for this was piracy only. Where's the evidence to back that up? Other than just "lol EA"?Splitting hairs. Its a singleplayer game requiring online connection as a way to deter piracy. That decision is a form of drm.
I haven't played this new Sim City, but I was under the impression that it was an online-integrated world, with players interacting with each other.Splitting hairs. Its a singleplayer game requiring online connection as a way to deter piracy. That decision is a form of drm.
Exactly! No one understands this or everyone just assumes "well, I wanted to play offline". But it's been known since the game's announcement that this was an online only game.I haven't played this new Sim City, but I was under the impression that it was an online-integrated world, with players interacting with each other.
Isn't the game literally built around that concept? I'm not arguing, just asking for clarification.
Diablo III was nowhere near as bad as this. EU side was sorted after a day, and that was a worldwide release on the same day.
The issue is EA's utter incompetence running Origin.
But you're assuming that the primary reason for this was piracy only. Where's the evidence to back that up? Other than just "lol EA"?
All the interviews with the Maxis producers, designers and Creative Director Ocean Quigly have indicated that the primary reason for online only was gameplay. I assume though you won't take their word for it and assume they're lying right?
Exactly! No one understands this or everyone just assumes "well, I wanted to play offline". But it's been known since the game's announcement that this was an online only game.
The issue is EA's utter incompetence running Origin.
Exactly! No one understands this or everyone just assumes "well, I wanted to play offline". But it's been known since the game's announcement that this was an online only game.
The issue is EA's utter incompetence running Origin.
EA does count this as the third generation of gaming(since 3D's birth), right?It's the Nintendo curse
Exactly! No one understands this or everyone just assumes "well, I wanted to play offline". But it's been known since the game's announcement that this was an online only game.
The issue is EA's utter incompetence running Origin.
But you're assuming that the primary reason for this was piracy only. Where's the evidence to back that up? Other than just "lol EA"?
All the interviews with the Maxis producers, designers and Creative Director Ocean Quigly have indicated that the primary reason for online only was gameplay. I assume though you won't take their word for it and assume they're lying right?
Just..wow. I expected things to clear up after a few days. Server problems aren't unheard of, I have experienced many. But this sounds a little extreme. Disabling game features?
You'd like to think the decision makers behind this will be fired, but they never are.
So like, where is Metalmurphy downplaying this shit?
This seems very fair to me.It's not a valid excuse as it still doesn't make sense why I can't play in my own region offline by myself. Why can't they just keep the servers up for those who want to play with others, but give everyone else a single player offline option? SimCity has never ever been about multiplayer, there has to be a motive behind forcing multi into a franchise that really doesn't need it at all.
Xbox 720 with Origin support.I'm sure EA, and players, are scared of whatever they will release in March 2014. 2012 had the ME3 ending fiasco. 2013 had the shit online DRM of SimCity disaster. What will March 2014 have in store for us?
But you're assuming that the primary reason for this was piracy only. Where's the evidence to back that up? Other than just "lol EA"?
All the interviews with the Maxis producers, designers and Creative Director Ocean Quigly have indicated that the primary reason for online only was gameplay. I assume though you won't take their word for it and assume they're lying right?
The server problems are still prevalent?
Wow, this is why always-online DRM is fucking horseshit
there has not been much change, no. they've added additional servers (which are fresh, so your old cities won't carry over) but they're also having problems.The server problems are still prevalent?
Wow, this is why always-online DRM is fucking horsehit
Only slight improvements connection wise but that's all going to go away anyway once the weekend hits (it's also Spring Break for most of the west coast)
But you're assuming that the primary reason for this was piracy only. Where's the evidence to back that up? Other than just "lol EA"?
All the interviews with the Maxis producers, designers and Creative Director Ocean Quigly have indicated that the primary reason for online only was gameplay. I assume though you won't take their word for it and assume they're lying right?
I haven't played a SimCity game since SimCity 2000 when I was a kid, but even as someone with no vested interest in the franchise or even one who wants to purchase this game, this whole situation is making me fucking livid and changing my entire point of view.there has not been much change, no. they've added additional servers (which are fresh, so your old cities won't carry over) but they're also having problems.
so. yep. "SimCity servers are down. Attempting to reconnect."
Complete clusterfuck.
SimCity owners will probably be get a free game on Origin.
Rename Maxis EA Clown College
Now Amazon has stopped selling it maybe we should target other major retailers and ask them to stop selling it also.
good guy EA, makes always-online DRM look terrible so the industry goes away from it
amirite?
but in serious note is it possible to decouple the online off simcity? they removed cheetah speed from the game because it was causing extra load on their servers does that mean some of the calculations are being done server side?
The high-visibility of this screw-up is different from Diablo III as well. And I'm not saying D3 wasn't a massive, high-profile game, but SimCity really is trying to advertise to as many human beings as possible. The target demographic is everyone. I can't even remember when I've seen a title airing so many television commercials.
So when something this broadly appealing falls apart out of the gate, there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of people experiencing this particular brand of bullshit for the first time. If we're annoyed about this, imagine all those people who heretofore didn't even know a game could just *not work* for a week or more. It's a disaster.
Don't forget that they have to also pay for all their lawyers and lobbying efforts so that they can continue to get away with their appalling priorities.Lol, what's even worse is how likely it is EA put more funds into their marketing (and grossly overpaid marketing staff compared to other dev salaries) than into their server infrastructure.
Feeling sorry for people who bought the game,
So this might not be the thread to ask this in (don't really want to start a thread about this), and obviously the situation is not going to be the same what with the single-player experience shoehorned into multi-player not really applying, but is Destiny going to face the same kinds of issues? It's supposed to be only playable online, right?
Obviously the outrage over a primarily single-player experience being always online won't apply as much, with Destiny being designed around it, but I don't doubt there will be difficulties, with it being one of the first console games to do it. (PSO was like that too?)
I still see it at Amazon...