Sim City

the_syco

ShaneU wrote: »

Germs come from any kind of pollution.

My city

Looks tiny. I would like to build a city, not some small town.

EA has killed SimCity

2smiggy

It does not look kind of small, is that the limit to a single city ? What are yere views on the game in general , worth getting ? my internet connection is reliable but it looks like they really reduced the size of the cities to lower the system requirements required to run it. Surely an option for larger cities will be added later ?

Adamcp898

Have they said if they're going to release a demo of this down the line?

Loughc

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Have they said if they're going to release a demo of this down the line?

Prob not as it's now released and considering the problems they're having with their servers and that fact the had a BETA test of the game as well.

Merger

I think the smaller towns will be more of a challenge!

VinLieger

Right so we have a few people for a boards region?
My first city isnt far from going under i reckon, expanded it way to fast with no good planning so ive learned alot for my next go

Merger

VinLieger wrote: »

Right so we have a few people for a boards region?
My first city isnt far from going under i reckon, expanded it way to fast with no good planning so ive learned alot for my next go

Yes Put me down for a space! I'm getting it Friday though!

Kirby

Sign me up. Friday for me. Decided to wait. Hopefully some of the kinks will be ironed out by then.

Loughc

Kirby wrote: »

Sign me up. Friday for me. Decided to wait. Hopefully some of the kinks will be ironed out by then.

+1 for this. Sign me up, Friday for me as well

Azza

I'm still undecided on this. Think I'm going hold off a little while for the kinks to be ironed out.

VinLieger

Ok ill setup a 16 person region, first come first served
Gonna need to add each other on origin as well so either send me a request my origin names same as here - VinLieger
Or post your origin name on here
Since the majority are probably not able to play till friday those of us who do have access will hold off starting our cities till then as well

Currently 7/16 spots taken
VinLieger
Merger
Kirby
Lockie1983
Newaglish
Youreadthat
Grizzly

Kirby

Kirby wrote: »

Hopefully some of the kinks will be ironed out by then.

Azza wrote: »

I'm going hold off a little while for the kinks to be ironed out.

Slutmonkey57b

ShaneU wrote: »

Polygon changed their review to an 8.0 because of the connection issues http://www.polygon.com/game/simcity-2013/2630

And also because they got caught out hyping pre-release buggy code, and numerous gameplay restrictions, which pr handlers assured them would be "fixed" by launch.

Oh and that they totally underestimated the user lashback against stupid drm restrictions masquerading as design choices.

And the nickel and diming with releasing already built features as dlc packs. Or forced Facebook integration.

Basically, all the usual things lazy game journos ignore whenever they're pampered and instructed to parrot the company's pr line.

Mc Love

Looking forward to get this. The city size is small but if you build a top end hospital - it benefits the whole region. If you look at Boston, it consists of loads of cities connected together, and that is what SC looks like to me anyway, all cities can benefit from the infrastructure in one and vice versa

nesf

From IGN:

This, by the way, is the third time around this 20-minute clock. Each time I think I'm getting close to playing, I'm booted back again. And this is after EA added a second server to both the US West and US East regions, both of which are at least as full as this one.

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/03/04/simcity-review-in-progress


Um, did they seriously release the game with only enough server coverage that when even doubled it would not handle launch day traffic? Seriously? I don't think EA/Maxis are that dumb surely. It's hardly a lack of cash with EA behind it, it's hardly intentional because of the reputation damage so wtf happened?

VinLieger

I havent had any trouble but probably because nobodies on the EU servers yet

Loughc

VinLieger wrote: »

I havent had any trouble but probably because nobodies on the EU servers yet

Expect that to change come Friday!

Mc Love

VL are you on VPN?

Kirby

nesf wrote: »

From IGN:



http://ie.ign.com/articles/2013/03/04/simcity-review-in-progress


Um, did they seriously release the game with only enough server coverage that when even doubled it would not handle launch day traffic? Seriously? I don't think EA/Maxis are that dumb surely. It's hardly a lack of cash with EA behind it, it's hardly intentional because of the reputation damage so wtf happened?

There is no real reputation damage. Thats the point. Not monetarily anyway.

Every year with fifa, the servers are an absolute mess for the first few weeks. Clubs, ranked, ultimate team etc. It's a disaster. And yet we still buy EA games. And Fifa is a franchise that nets them several hundred million dollars through micro transactions. Sim city is dwarfed by that sort of income by a factor of several hundred.

The bottom line is that financially, buying or even renting enough servers to cover the first week rush is a waste. They simply wait untill it calms down and count their money.

You can hardly blame them. If people spoke more with their wallets, practises would have to change. But they don't. I'll buy next years fifa and im buying SimCity. Speaks for itself.

VinLieger

Mc Love wrote: »

VL are you on VPN?

Yeah just to activate it and start origin and the game when i want to play, dont need to stay on the VPN while playing

syncosised

I managed to get the US version pretty easily yesterday. For anyone looking for a VPN to do this, try TunnelBear. The free version gives more than enough so you can get access.

I got my key from Green Man Gaming, while using TunnelBear to access it from the US. I happen to have a US Visa card, but I've heard that you can use one from anywhere. I got my key right away, then opened up Origin (while still connected to TunnelBear), and put it in there. Once the download began, I turned off TunnelBear. The download continues anyway. Once it's finished, you're good to go.

As others have mentioned, the EU servers are already up, so you can get going there right away. It probably will change on Friday when everyone else comes on though!

nesf

Kirby wrote: »

There is no real reputation damage. Thats the point. Not monetarily anyway.

Every year with fifa, the servers are an absolute mess for the first few weeks. Clubs, ranked, ultimate team etc. It's a disaster. And yet we still buy EA games. And Fifa is a franchise that nets them several hundred million dollars through micro transactions. Sim city is dwarfed by that sort of income by a factor of several hundred.

The bottom line is that financially, buying or even renting enough servers to cover the first week rush is a waste. They simply wait untill it calms down and count their money.

You can hardly blame them. If people spoke more with their wallets, practises would have to change. But they don't. I'll buy next years fifa and im buying SimCity. Speaks for itself.

So, what you're saying is that we can blame FIFA players for all this? Works for me.

Newaglish

I'm in from Friday if I can join the region!

edit: I'm either Newaglish or ptar86

Newaglish

Also: How are people using the EU servers already? I understand how you would get onto the US servers but how do you even get a product key? Will Green Man Gaming send them out early? Or can you use a US account to access EU servers?

youreadthat

The servers have geographic names but they are essentially the same thing and anyone can go on any server.

youreadthat

I'm up for the region play. I'm getting this as a gift on Friday (was my birthday the other day).

Origin name: nichollz

VinLieger

Newaglish wrote: »

Also: How are people using the EU servers already? I understand how you would get onto the US servers but how do you even get a product key? Will Green Man Gaming send them out early? Or can you use a US account to access EU servers?

I ordered off Gren Man and my key popped up yesterday. There is no US/EU version its all the same game just gets unlocked at different times depending on what geographical region origin thinks your in. And yeah the US EU sever thing no idea about that but guessing its just so the US guys dont get pissy when people start speaking a foreign language

grizzly

VinLieger wrote: »

Ok ill setup a 16 person region, first come first served

I'll be up for this. I'm grizgrizzly on Origin. Should we all aim for different specialisations?

Mc Love

Keep getting error:
This code has already been used

Any idea on what I should do?!

Merger

Anyone doing a live stream of their "Cities" I wouldn't mind seeing what people have done?! Or Even Mór photos! :P