Sim City 5 Discussion

Simcity seems like a good game from this youtube video, I'll buy it in 6 months maybe.

Let's Play SimCity 2013 - Part 1 - YouTube

 

Like this (spoiler tags due to mild profanity):

Spoiler

I love Boston, but yeah, this is 100% true.

 

Sadly, we can't bulldoze the city and rebuild it in a more logical fashion. It's a great city, but it SUCKS to drive in.

 

LOL what? I don't even find that funny as it's the norm here in Britain. All our cities look like Boston in their road layout (and with roundabouts too!). Try driving our roads, you'd love it

That's what SimCity really needs - roundabouts!

 

*accidental double post oops*

 

Most American cities are laid out on grids. It's nice. Boston is the exception, not the rule, here. Also, it's funnier if you read the second half in a south Boston accent (culturally, an equivalent of south Boston might be something like Belfast). Boston, particularly south Boston, is pretty coarse culturally. Watch The Boondock Saints. It's everything you need to know.

Side-note: is that a krogan hang-gliding in your profile picture, or what?

 

Fun game...



When it actually works.

 

SimCity review: One week later, time doesn’t heal all wounds | Ars Technica

pretty good review, I wont buy this game until its actually complete, I really disliked the fact that there were no subways, now there is a large problem with connecting cities, and the AI problems that I knew already

To sum it up, tiny maps, transportation is a mess, warning system is broken, AI doesnt work, always on gameplay

It seems just way too rushed for me

 

Grids? Bah, booooring! Where's the individuality? Where's the uniqueness? Where's the challenge?
Hehe I kid, I kid.

My pic is of Songbird from Bioshock Infinite but yeah, I guess it does look a lot like a hang gliding Krogan - dammit now I won't be able to unsee that!

 

List of available games for your free download:
BF3
Bejeweled 3
Dead Space 3
Mass Effect 3
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
NFS Most Wanted
Plants vs. Zombies
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

 

who ever picks the last 2 are idiots ^^ and bejeweled

 

Some people don't have a choice if they posted their true age on Origin and are younger than the ESRB
Cause EA will add those automatically.

 

I'm not sure, but it seemed from the FAQ that you might be able to combine the cheaper ones?

I'm not sure if I want MOH or Dead Space 3. Leaning towards MOH at the moment.

 

It's between NFS:MW and DS3 for me. I liked the previous DS games. Haven't played a NFS game before but saw the good reviews.

Tricky one, this is.

 

isn't most wanted new? BF3 MS3?

 

Most Wanted came out 10/30/12.

 

so it is new and expensive...already have those games? or not interested?

 

Well, I tend to get bored with racing games pretty quickly. And I already own ME3 and BF3.

 

I'm curious as to whether or not SimCity's launch has something to do with this.

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello resigns, Larry Probst appointed Executive Chairman

 

If i were to buy the game now and activate it do you guys think I will receive the free game?

 

I doubt it. I suspect that the offer is only for people who preordered. People buying today know what they're getting into.

 

Actually, it's for anyone that registers their copy on or before March 25th.

 

Yes, it seems so, the email we received says you have to activate it before the 25th:

 

I actually ended up going with Most Wanted. Apparently MOHW was awful and DS3 just isn't my cup of tea.

 

I am torn between Dead Space 3 and Need For Speed Most Wanted...

 

Well guys I can confirm that you can buy it now and receive this offer. I went with MoH War fighter. I've heard good and bad from it, and I already have BF3. By the way, so far I am extremely addicted to Sim City. I have never played a Sim City game before, (They always looked too slow paced and boring, but this one definitely isn't) but I am loving this one.

 

it is as slow as you want to make it ^^

 

Really hope they create a larger area to build in the future the current areas are way to small IMO its really dissapointing :-(

 

So how do you register the game? Is it automatically registered when i play it or do i have to do something specific?

 

If you buy it through Origin, it should be automatically registered. If you buy a physical copy, you need to register it through Origin.

 

Is there any word on whether they will fix the agent ai? As it stands agents fill vacancies strictly on a first available basis. I.e. A sim leaving for work goes to the first open job regardless of where they went yesterday and, when they go home they go to the first open home. This is what causes crazy traffic etc.

If it gets fixed I'm very interested in this game, but not as is.

 

yea that whole concept of traffic with that design just sounds idiotic lol

 

There will be 45678 future DLCs. Each will add 1 more acre to city size, and each will need to be purchased separately for $60.

Knowing how it works, you can mitigate traffic by creating escapes, diagonal medium density roads that connect two high-density roads. These will only get used up by sims who reach the end of the industrial line and can't find a job, or by sims who got a job far away and take the most direct route home.

 

60 bucks for each DLC bahahahahaha someone please mod the DLC so it can be free for everyone