New Sim City
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For the record, XBOX and PS officials have officially shot down the rumors of there being no game discs or being able to trade/buy used.
From a business standpoint, they'd be losing a lot of customers. From a practical standpoint, they won't be willing to throw in a big enough harddrive or offer enough cloud space if every game you had to play had to be loaded digitally.
Anyway, I'll be skipping EA this time around. Picked up a game from steam that's of the same genre, and best of all: It isn't made by EA.
From a business standpoint, they'd be losing a lot of customers. From a practical standpoint, they won't be willing to throw in a big enough harddrive or offer enough cloud space if every game you had to play had to be loaded digitally.
Anyway, I'll be skipping EA this time around. Picked up a game from steam that's of the same genre, and best of all: It isn't made by EA.
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After perusing around reddit, this is a full fledged shit-storm. EA is refusing refunds on digital copies on a game that is basically unplayable for a lot of people right now. This is crushing the developer's good name.
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I am not looking forward to them discontinuing the servers someday (as they did with Motor City Online) and all this DRM stuff is bogus. I read that the PS4 won't be backwards compatible nor will it support used/borrowed games. Do they really think this is going to make them money? I just finally ordered a PS3, and if that's the outlook on the future, then I'm sure my budget will only allow for select games. At least now I can borrow games from my brother.
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Maxis = subsidiary of Electronic Arts, circa 1997
Although Maxis did make the game, the overarching EA "philosophy" is stamped all over the game.
I just filled out my Amazon return form. I kept the game sealed and waited for the server problems to subside. They did. Now, all kinds of deeper issues* keep coming up. Fuck it. No game is worth this headache.
*Deeper Issues include ...
0 dependency logic on Industrial and Commercial zoning
AI logic says to take the shortest route at all times, which creates havoc for road planning
and crap like this ...
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crap like this too (where residential land isn't properly transforming)
finally ... there is no idea of sims with individual lives. This is a major flaw. If you follow a sim (a feature), you'll notice that they'll leave for work and go to the closest place of employment. When they leave work, they head to the closest home. If the place of employment is full, they go to the next place. If the closest home is full, they go to the next. It's impossible to improve traffic congestion when all of the destinations are random.
Although Maxis did make the game, the overarching EA "philosophy" is stamped all over the game.
I just filled out my Amazon return form. I kept the game sealed and waited for the server problems to subside. They did. Now, all kinds of deeper issues* keep coming up. Fuck it. No game is worth this headache.
*Deeper Issues include ...
0 dependency logic on Industrial and Commercial zoning
AI logic says to take the shortest route at all times, which creates havoc for road planning
and crap like this ...
HRXLUGw.gif
crap like this too (where residential land isn't properly transforming)
finally ... there is no idea of sims with individual lives. This is a major flaw. If you follow a sim (a feature), you'll notice that they'll leave for work and go to the closest place of employment. When they leave work, they head to the closest home. If the place of employment is full, they go to the next place. If the closest home is full, they go to the next. It's impossible to improve traffic congestion when all of the destinations are random.
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There has been a document released that there is movement in the offline gaming pool. A lot of people are pissed.
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