new "real" Sim City in 2013

[cody426]

Haljackey, nice video it really gives a good idea of the game.  I can't say I was dissapointed becuase I did not expect much from the game, but it really leaves a lot to be desired.  The city tiles are tiny, thats enough for me to not want to play it let alone the online part.  I was curious about it, but after watching your video I have completley lost interst.  Thanks for saving me the money!

[Diggis]

Thanks for that Hal, just confirmed I don't want any part of this. After having SG, Cal, CSX et al's items in my Plugins for so long, I could never settle for the graphics of this game.

[Grneyes]

There are definitely things I like about this game, the upgrading public services for one, without having to build a million schools/hospitals/PDs/FDs. Being able to upgrade roads sections at a time, not having to have water pipes, power poles, and all the data views and city specialization. But having to be online, at the mercy of a server and all the other stuff....no thanx. Would be so much nicer, since they've abandoned the "old" SimCity style to release all the source code so the SC4 communities can have full control of the game.

[Haljackey]

I forgot to ask, where did you get that shift window program and would it work with SC4?

Ah good question. Right here: http://www.grismar.net/shiftwindow/

Made a thread for it on ST if you have any questions/comments about using it for SC13: http://community.simtropolis.com/topic/54264-found-a-way-to-enable-windowed-fullscreen-mode/

Not sure if it will work for SC4, I play that windowed but with a fullscreen resolution no problem.

[Grneyes]

I forgot to ask, where did you get that shift window program and would it work with SC4?

Ah good question. Right here: http://www.grismar.net/shiftwindow/

Made a thread for it on ST if you have any questions/comments about using it for SC13: http://community.simtropolis.com/topic/54264-found-a-way-to-enable-windowed-fullscreen-mode/

Not sure if it will work for SC4, I play that windowed but with a fullscreen resolution no problem.

How do you do that? Mine is never full screen. It's very annoying.

[dragonshardz]

There's actually a better program out there called windowedborderlassgaming. It's a tiny little app that sits in your system tray - hit F3 while the windowed game is active and voila! Windowed fullscreen - and it does work with SC4, though on a multimonitor setup the edge scrolling can be a bit difficult on the dge that has another monitor next to it.

You can get it from this thread on the Steam forums.

Fixed your URL. - Diggis

[Haljackey]

Don't have the game? Don't worry, you're not missing much. This is what my game looks like today:



Later:




Although I did manage to play it a bit yesterday and it was actually stable for the first time. Decided to stream it and it attracted the attention of some big names including Dirk, the Simtropolis Webmaster.

View here if interested: http://www.twitch.tv/haljackey/b/374689107 (or youtube if you have issues: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Yl0lRNSH1j1bsYd3JFW4vX6FRPwDRtn)



Overall I bought the game as a kind of 'thank you' to Maxis for giving me access to the Dev. Beta and being serious about addressing the problems I indicated to them. I got the 'limited edition' which is a step below 'digital deluxe' which is a step below 'collectors edition'. (Oh, and there's a regular version too...)

Fun fact: That 1 and only highway interchange wouldn't be in the game if it wasn't for me... Hit them hard about that and they finally replaced the intersection with an interchange. Doesn't look that great, but at least it's there.

[NCGAIO]

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Definitely the new world of the games is insane ... to say the least.!

     ... your money    ...  and they 

[Shark7]

I am so glad I didn't waste my money on this fiasco.  Feel sorry for all you guys that did buy it and can't play it though. 

[metarvo]

Not to mention that EA's being downright adversarial about this whole thing IMHO.  Of course, there was all the tension over the beta.  In addition, I read in the NAM Dev. thread earlier that they're acting really funny about people uploading SC4 videos to Youtube.  I've also heard that SimCity 1 (SNES) has been removed from the Wii Virtual Console.  Did Nintendo choose to do this, or did EA force them to?  Is EA afraid of any SimCity game that might be better than SC 2013, ranging from Classic all the way up to SC4? 

[Diggis]

Not to mention that EA's being downright adversarial about this whole thing IMHO.  Of course, there was all the tension over the beta.  In addition, I read in the NAM Dev. thread earlier that they're acting really funny about people uploading SC4 videos to Youtube.  I've also heard that SimCity 1 (SNES) has been removed from the Wii Virtual Console.  Did Nintendo choose to do this, or did EA force them to?  Is EA afraid of any SimCity game that might be better than SC 2013, ranging from Classic all the way up to SC4? 

I think what you mean is: Have EA realised that all SimCity games are better than SC2013, from Classic all the way up to SC4?

[Serkanner]

I have changed my mind about buying Sc2013. The price tag of € 80,00 for the version which include the Euro buildingsets is waaaaay overpriced. That combined with the problems with the servers and the much too small city tiles turned me of badly. I'll give this a look a year or so from now. In the mean time I play EVE online and Simcity4.

[j-dub]

3/8/13, the first headliner on the Yahoo! home page:
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/simcity-launch-complete-disaster-201105322.html

[Grneyes]

Are the servers still down/busy? Has anyone been able to play at all today?

[M4346]

I saw this thing on the shelf yesterday. I bought The Sims 3 University Life Expansion Pack next to it instead.

[Haljackey]

Finally the servers are starting to become stable... for now.

Got a couple hours of play in tonight. Here's one of my best pics form the full game.

Click for full size!

[jdenm8]

Finally the servers are starting to become stable... for now.

Yeah, it's only five days too late and still not the full game.

[catty]

Even if they get all the new servers up and running and everything starts working properly re connecting online, I've been watching some youtube videos that have started to show up a lot of bugs and some very nasty problems with the traffic simulator, on top of which they still have the issue of all these kind of articles "SimCity debacle grows" that are now out there, that all their potential customers are likely to read

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10870214

And that's from one of the main papers in New Zealand.

-catty

[metarvo]

This is just like a row of dominoes.  One by one, they tumble down, and the rate of speed is increasing.  Now the media's against EA and Maxis, in addition to the players.  This isn't just about SimCity, either, although I perceive that it's the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.  I'm noticing a lot of built-up disappointment over Madden and other EA games being vented suddenly.  It looks like EA's already made a go at sinking the SimCity franchise, but I'm seriously starting to think that they'll sink with it at this rate.  With all of the refunds and make-good offers, coupled with curtailed sales, is Chapter 11 too far away?  Don't get me wrong; I'm not wishing that on them at all, but it's just a thought.  Is this Atari territory?

[jigsaw]

i dont think Chapter 11 is on the cards.. from looking around IMO the game sales were enormous. this game made them a lot of money already by the looks of it.

IMO it's reputation, PR and product problems that's going to hurt them. Maxis doesnt look like the sweet small company owned by the mean-angry bad EA.... they are just as sinister as their masters.

will there be an expansion/sequel to this game? most definately. but im not sure which way they will go with it. the next 12 months will give us some insight into that, and the future. IMO if the hate is relentless for 12 months, they will ditch it.

the next big eye-opener on the horizon we are all waiting to see is DLC and Modability. im starting to think they are looking at the LEX/STEX concept as marketplace, and as a juicy cash cow, instead of a showcase of creativity and sharing.