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crimsonheadGCN · Mar 28, 2012

Update 2:

Maxis is defending the always-online requirement and it looks like the Gamespy article about it requiring an internet connection at startup is not true:

SimCity dev Maxis insists always-on internet requirement is "worth it"

And while your city does not continue to work while you're offline, it will still be able to interact with other cities that are in reduced ways.

Update:

The game will not require an internet connection to play, but it requires an internet connection in order to start the game up:

Yes, you will have to register an Origin account in order to play, and yes, you must be online in order to start playing. EA has confirmed that you will not be kicked out if your connection is interrupted.

http://au.pc.gamespy.com/pc/sim-city-5/1221798p1.html

Only a slight improvement. It should either just require an internet connection when the game is first installed or it should require no connection at all.

Original:

Lead designer Stone Librande confirmed that SimCity would be an internet-dependent experience. Players will need to be online on Origin while playing, even if that wasn't the point of purchase. The always-on connection becomes necessary with the game's emphasis on multiplayer and regional impact, and the use of a global economy that all players can influence.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/simcity-requires-internet-connection-to-play-will-be-sold-outsi/

Also, there will not be mod support at launch:

"Right now we've got our work cut out for us to build the product up to the quality level it deserves as a SimCity," Quigley said. "Then after we ship, we'll make decisions about how we can and when exactly we'll support mods. But it's worth pointing out that the reason people are still playing SimCity 4 almost ten years later is because the modding community essentially re-created it and filled it with new content and fixed bugs and made it as much of a hobby as it is a game.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/28/simcity-will-not-support-mods-at-launch/

TheExodu5 · Mar 28, 2012

edit: I fully expect this to be revealed as a F2P microtransaction based game at some point.

666 · Mar 28, 2012

You should get the net, it's great.

Sephiroth503 · Mar 28, 2012

Derrick01 · Mar 28, 2012

I mean I knew it was going to require Origin, it's obvious at this point, but that doesn't stop me feeling like I was punched in the gut when I read it for each new game.

BigDug13 · Mar 28, 2012

This doesn't sound like the SimCity I remember. I'd rather pay $10-20 and not have a micro transaction filled Internet required game.

abunai · Mar 28, 2012

Well, guess I'm not buying that then. Shame.

Tylahedras · Mar 28, 2012

chickdigger802 · Mar 28, 2012

Meh.

If I have to, I'll just google an offline crack.

but I'm not seeing a scenario in which I'm internet less and I must play Simcity.

Dunan · Mar 28, 2012

Charge whatever price you want for the game, but let us pay once and then never have to communicate with you in any form again, unless we choose to.

DietRob · Mar 28, 2012

$2.99 for City Hall.
$.99 to rezone.
$.25 for roads.

I really hope I'm wrong but it's EA. Fuck.

Meier · Mar 28, 2012

This is a terrible concept for a game like SimCity which is perfect for killing time for an hour or so while out and about. I guess the requirements will be too steep to run on a laptop anyway..

IdreamofHIME · Mar 28, 2012

I dont think I've switched my computer on without being connected to the internet since 2004.

darkwing · Mar 28, 2012

who has a computer (fast enough to run SimCity) that is not connected to the net

Tim-E · Mar 28, 2012

TheExodu5 said:
edit: I fully expect this to be revealed as a F2P microtransaction based game at some point.

Pretty sure theyre already taking $60 preorders on Origin for it.

Azih · Mar 28, 2012

INFINITE SADNESS

Visualante2 · Mar 28, 2012

Saw it on RPS: https://www.facebook.com/SimCity?sk=wall

The only way they will listen.

archnemesis · Mar 28, 2012

Boycotting EA is getting easier with each new announcement.

snap0212 · Mar 28, 2012

IdreamofHIME said:
I dont think I've switched my computer on without being connected to the internet since 2004.

You not being connected is one problem. The other problem is that it doesn't work if they are not connected. It has happened in the past (Ubisoft) and I'm 100% sure it'll happen again.

Keyser Soze · Mar 28, 2012

NeoGAF requires an internet connection to post on...

...yet no one complains,

TheExodu5 · Mar 28, 2012

Tim-E said:
Pretty sure theyre already taking $60 preorders on Origin for it.

Alright, then paid microtransaction based game. Even worse.

inky · Mar 28, 2012

Ah Sim City... I had such plans for you and me...

chickdigger802 said:
but I'm not seeing a scenario in which I'm internet less and I must play Simcity.

Lucky you that don't live where I do, where I pay $50 a month for fiber that goes down whenever it feels like it.

StoppedInTracks · Mar 28, 2012

> Origin

All you need to know about this game.

Venfayth · Mar 28, 2012

Hahahaha origin. Oh man.

Valnen · Mar 28, 2012

That actually sounds really cool.

strafer · Mar 28, 2012

Preorder cancelled.

GoingGreen · Mar 28, 2012

Keyser Soze said:
NeoGAF requires an internet connection to post on...

...yet no one complains,

It's free.

Perkel · Mar 28, 2012

Guess i will have to buy game and download crack for it and after that unistal Origin.

Thanks EA for treating me as thief.

Dragon · Mar 28, 2012

Keyser Soze said:
NeoGAF requires an internet connection to post on...

...yet no one complains,

This analogy is like, easy mac requires a microwave but nobody complains. I don't see what you're getting at personally.

Also you suck EA.

Kem0sabe · Mar 28, 2012

Yet another game that went from "must buy" to not a chance in hell.

I´m still waiting for confirmation about Assassin´s Creed 3´s DRM, if it continues with the standard Ubisoft always on crap... i won´t touch it as well, the last AC games i suffered the indignity of having to download a "crack" to be able to play my legit copy of the game "DRM free", but not this time.

zomgbbqftw · Mar 28, 2012

Sephiroth503 said:
Ugh

Dude, I thought you were jvm for a minute there. Change the avatar!

outunderthestars · Mar 28, 2012

This worries me. What if I want to play the game ten years from now? Will EA still have servers running?

beelzebozo · Mar 28, 2012

no problem

Belgorim · Mar 28, 2012

As long as it is not microtransaction based, I will probably be happy with it (I'm assuming servers work etc etc.). I want to buy once and then play until an expansion though.

It will be interesting to see what the online features are though. I hope I can still play in some sort of "god-mode".

Gav47 · Mar 28, 2012

I'm ok with the constant connection thing but I'd like to know what happens if you lose connection, if it drops you back to the main menu or stops you from playing then I'm less ok with it.

Wazzim · Mar 28, 2012

Damn, there goes another purchase.

Keyser Soze said:
NeoGAF requires an internet connection to post on...

...yet no one complains,

I didn't pay for NeoGAF.

Thoraxes · Mar 28, 2012

Ugh, Sim City is so much fun on the go, and something like this ruins the time wasting capabilities it has and that I love.

Also Origin :/

out0v0rder · Mar 28, 2012

Well I guess thats that.

Turfster · Mar 28, 2012

Keyser Soze said:
NeoGAF requires an internet connection to post on...

...yet no one complains,

Remember how you felt when GAF was down for almost half a day recently?
Now imagine you just wanted to play a game you paid for over your lunch break or whatever.
Exactly.

alr1ght · Mar 28, 2012

TheExodu5 said:
edit: I fully expect this to be revealed as a F2P microtransaction based game at some point.

F2P without the free

Meier · Mar 28, 2012

outunderthestars said:
This worries me. What if I want to play the game ten years from now? Will EA still have servers running?

Good point. I've been on a SimCity 4 kick lately since Amazon had the digital version for $5 (easier than getting the physical one off my shelves and reinstalling..lol) and I probably would not be able to do that in today's EA world. Hopefully that just means they've put out another title in that time period though.

TheExodu5 · Mar 28, 2012

Keyser Soze said:
NeoGAF requires an internet connection to post on...

...yet no one complains,

NeoGAF requiers an Internet connection because it's physically impossible to post on an Internet message board without the Internet.

Sim City requires an internet connection for DRM.

Cheesemeister · Mar 28, 2012

I haven't played SimCity since the original on Super NES.

...And it looks like I'm not about to start again.

Large Professor · Mar 28, 2012

Visualante2 said:
Saw it on RPS: https://www.facebook.com/SimCity?sk=wall

The only way they will listen.

First time I hear of Sim City 2000 network edition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_2000#SimCity_2000_Gold.2FNetwork_Edition

PBalfredo · Mar 28, 2012

outunderthestars said:
This worries me. What if I want to play the game ten years from now? Will EA still have servers running?

This. I can go an dust off any of my old NES carts and play some 25 year old Mario. Will I be able to do the same 25 years later with all the digital download game's I'm buying today. Especially ones run by E "Shuts down servers of the last Madden game as soon as the new one comes out" A?

I've never understood why DD games need a constant internet connection. Couldn't I get my game verified as legit online once and be done with it? Why does it need to reaffirm that I bought the game every single time I play it? Are they afraid I'm going to buy the game, get it verified as legit, then immediately pirate it?

Elginer · Mar 28, 2012

I'm getting kinda tired of this crap...

Pachael · Mar 28, 2012

StoppedInTracks said:
> Origin

All you need to know about this game.

I expected this, but it still hurts.

Tylahedras · Mar 28, 2012

Keyser Soze said:
NeoGAF requires an internet connection to post on...

...yet no one complains,

500 error

Valnen · Mar 28, 2012

TheExodu5 said:
Sim City requires an internet connection for DRM.

And what sound like really cool gameplay features.

Blizzard · Mar 28, 2012

I don't like single-player games requiring an internet connection, and especially with the Origin connection, I suppose I shall pass this one by. Such is life, more time for other stuff!

Valnen said:
And what sound like really cool gameplay features.

I'd like to play without those features, or at least have the option to disable them.

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