SimCity 4

[munzy76]

Originally posted by Cantankerous


The Sim City series doesn't really lend itself to any kind of multiplayer aspect. There's no competition per se with other cities and you can't invade them.

Multiplayer with one person controlling one city and another player controlling a neighboring city wouldn't be any more interesting than just playing single player. I guess you could negotiate deals to sell or buy power, water, etc., but that wouldn't really add anything to the game.

Think multiple people controlling one city...duking it out for valuable land and attracting shoppers to their stores. Monopoly Tycoon does this but I was looking for something a little more serious than that. There is also an online only game that has you playing versus other people. It was made by a Canadian company and then marketed by a French company. AFAIK it didn't do too well.

So, yes, multiplayer is possible, you just have to 'think outside the box'.

 

[Dell19]

That still doesn't mexplain how you would change Sim city to it. The first thing you would need to do is disable the ability to bulldoze your friends city. I can see how it would work up to a point i.e both building the same or rival cities but I doubt they would really compete that much.

 

[munzy76]

Maybe a zone of control where you can do anything you want in yours but you have to pay or beg the other person to do it in theirs. I don't know all the answers, I just know I would like to play a game like that but I am not going to make it myself....yet.

 

[Cantankerous]

Originally posted by munzy
So, yes, multiplayer is possible, you just have to 'think outside the box'.

Well munzy, now you're talking about a completely different game, which is fine if that's the kind of game you want. But such a game is not keeping within the "tradition" of the Sim City franchise.

I'm just saying that what you're describing would not be "Sim City".

 

[munzy76]

True, it might not be keeping within the 'tradition' but single player could still be 'traditional' and MP could be 'more'.

 

[Perfection]

Well in Sim City 2000 Network edition, you'd have to perchase land before devolping it.

 

[munzy76]

I never knew there was a SC2K Network Edition out. I will have to look for that. It isn't that I don't feel that the single player games aren't good, it is just that I like playing against other people.

 

[munzy76]

Cool I just read about the game. That is exactly what I was talking about! You can't say my ideas aren't traditional anymore sinc eit was in SC2K.
http://www.cdaccess.com/html/pc/sim2net.htm

 

[VinCaiden]

I loved SimCity and SimCity 2000 but I was very disappointed in SimCity 3000, it didn't have the same addictive quality as the other two, maybe it's cause of the shiny graphics.

 

[puglover]

FOUR MORE DAYS!! I read the Gamespot review and (if my parents approve) I'll probably have SC4 when it is released.

 

[Perfection]

I have it preordered, it will come any day now.

 

[GenMarshall]

There are rumors in other SimCity Forums that they had recived there copies of SC4

 

[WillJ]

Originally posted by Perfection
I have it preordered, it will come any day now.

Yep, I also have it preordered.

 

[Perfection]

Did you get the BONUS transportation pack?

 

[Franklyn]

Originally posted by puglover
(if my parents approve) I'll probably have SC4 ...

If your parents approve?!?
It's not like you're asking for Vice City, fer crying out loud.
If my son asked for it, I'd buy it for him. Of course, he'd have to wrestle me away from the PC. Fat chance of that, though.

 

[WillJ]

Originally posted by Perfection
Did you get the BONUS transportation pack?

No, I ordered it from amazon.com so that I could use a gift certificate. What does the special transportation do? Do you see it in the game?

 

[puglover]

Originally posted by Franklyn


If your parents approve?!?
It's not like you're asking for Vice City, fer crying out loud.
If my son asked for it, I'd buy it for him. Of course, he'd have to wrestle me away from the PC. Fat chance of that, though.

Not that it's got bad things in it. Just that I have a gigantic collection of games already. My CD holders are overflowing with games.

 

[Perfection]

Originally posted by WillJ
No, I ordered it from amazon.com so that I could use a gift certificate. What does the special transportation do? Do you see it in the game?

It gives you a greater variety of transportation on the street!

 

[damunzy]

They already have an add-on to the game before it even comes out? :?

Change your sig Dell, it isn't as impressive as the first 4k poster. (Read: ME)

 

[puglover]

Would'nt it be funny to load Civ 3 Cavalry, Fighter, Tank, etc. into SimCity and kill each other all over the city. It would be hillarious to see people walking around going about there business and across the street is a Spearman!