SimCity 5

[J-man]

I agree the cities are going to develop far quicker but if you are playing with multiple cities in a region and controlling them yourself I guess that would be the weeks and months aspects that we all knew in SC4

That's true but if you want to create a huge and sprawling metropolis that looks realistic you should probably stick with SC4.

Btw: I was surprised how well my computer could run the game, my XPS 420 is quite old and I could run it on max settings. However I should say that the graphics are not that great (could use some better AA) and my cities were small.

 

[PieceOfMind]

The cynic in me says the 1hr time limit is there to hide a problem, and that could just be slowdown as your city gets a decently high population. The more fine-grained simulation should make it much more resource intensive. However multi-threading will help a lot, especially in a game like this where there will be many tasks that can easily be run in parallel.

 

[AlpsStranger]

Well, I took the plunge to the tune of $80. Here's hoping it's good since the jackasses didn't let me in the beta

 

[Joecoolyo]

$80 What the hell did you buy??

The past 16 games I've bought haven't even added up to more than 50 dollars, I can't imagine spending 80 on a single game!

 

[cybrxkhan]

$80 What the hell did you buy??

The past 16 games I've bought haven't even added up to more than 50 dollars, I can't imagine spending 80 on a single game!

Game prices on release are getting jacked up higher and higher these days.

I remember when my dad bought my CivIII for $20 more than a decade ago, and I thought *that* was expensive! Then I remember the days when $50 was considered way overpriced.

And now SimCity 5 has set a new precedent, I think... I don't think many games these days are priced over $60.

 

[AlpsStranger]

$80 is the Digital Deluxe edition. It has the British, German, and French city widgets.

And I am a terrible person for supporting such a price point

 

[Maniacal]

For shame.

 

[cybrxkhan]

For shame.

Seconded.


But I myself, me and my friend (we both adore SimCity 4), we'll probably wait until it's at least 50% off (which might be never or at least a very long time), because frankly just $60 alone for the normal version is pushing it for me.

Man, I remember the good old days when $40 was considered expensive.

 

[civ_king]

Seconded.


But I myself, me and my friend (we both adore SimCity 4), we'll probably wait until it's at least 50% off (which might be never or at least a very long time), because frankly just $60 alone for the normal version is pushing it for me.

Man, I remember the good old days when $40 was considered expensive.

When I started paying my own way for games $50 was standard for a full game and $30 for expansion packs (US), then after a long while they went platinum (on Xbox anyway) and could be had new for $20ish. Last physical game I bought was TES IV: Oblivion GOTY fifth anniversary for $30, course it did have a $10 thing for Skyrim so $20 really and it had a nice metal case.


AlpsStranger, congratulations on supporting puppy kicking.

 

[AlpsStranger]

In fairness to EA I think a lot of things besides games have gotten more expensive in the same period.

EDIT: Though in fairness to you guys I don't think most things have gotten 3x more expensive. At the same time, I think the production cost for SimCity2013 is probably 10 times the production cost for SimCity 4.

 

[NBAfan]

I remember seeing SC4 for $80 at Target when it first came out.

 

[cybrxkhan]

I remember seeing SC4 for $80 at Target when it first came out.

Seriously?


I must have lived in a place where video games were cheap or something. Either that or my parents didn't take me shopping enough.

 

[peter grimes]

I'm on the fence with this one.

I only played SimCity 2000, and I loved it. At the time (~1997) it ran really laggy on my computer, but it was still worth it. I spent far too much time with the game

But I've heard a lot of bad things about the DRM requirements for SimCity5. I get that people are upset that the game is going to require constant pinging to the Maxis servers, but I'm not sure I feel as insulted by that as some people. After all, this is the direction everything is going in - for better and worse.

If given a choice between playing online or not playing at all, I'm leaning towards playing online. In a perfect world there would be an option for offline, as with Steam games.

Financially, the wife will flip if I spend $80 on a "video game" "Is not! It's a sim-u-la-tion!"

If the game were $50 on Steam, I'd do it on day 1. But since it's not, and it's not, I'm going to have to wait.

But I think I really like the art direction and overall production feel. Reminiscent of the model trains of my youth.

 

[Leonel]

$80 is the Digital Deluxe edition. It has the British, German, and French city widgets.

And I am a terrible person for supporting such a price point

Don't feel bad, I feel as much a sucker for putting down $60 for the game, knowing full well EA's reputation with Maxis games.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Game prices on release are getting jacked up higher and higher these days.

I remember when my dad bought my CivIII for $20 more than a decade ago, and I thought *that* was expensive! Then I remember the days when $50 was considered way overpriced.

And now SimCity 5 has set a new precedent, I think... I don't think many games these days are priced over $60.

Tell me about it! I still find games that are 50 dollars expensive, probably why I only buy stuff during the Steam sales for 75% off, or the rare 50% (Chivalry was worth it).

 

[AlpsStranger]

My hope is that it captures the more whimsical feel of, say, SimCity SNES and the original SimCity.

I would also enjoy a "crunchy" followup to the SimCity2000->3000->4 line, but this obviously isn't it.

The sheer personality of the SNES version still impresses after all this time.


Link to video.

My whole family ( Mom, Dad, Sisters, etc ) just about beat that cartridge to death back in the 'day.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Tell me about it! I still find games that are 50 dollars expensive, probably why I only buy stuff during the Steam sales for 75% off, or the rare 50% (Chivalry was worth it).

Same here. Not only am I a starving college student, most of the money I do earn has to go to medical bills, so I barely have any money left for fun, so what little I do I spend on steam sales (or other internet sales) that are usually 75% of 66% off (though occasionally I've gotten 50%, though I feel guilty about it). Unfortunately for the new SimCity I'm gonna have to wait a looooooooooong time before it drops down well enough.

 

[Joecoolyo]

I'm in the same boat cybrxkhan, same boat.

Though if it stays Origin exclusive I might not ever get it, which is even more disappointing considering how much I loved Sim City 4. Oh well...

 

[Maniacal]

Its not going to not be Origin exclusive because its all tied into the online crap.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Yeah I know

One can always dream though...