Did you guys hear about SimCity 5 which is in development? Looks like it isn't going be made by Maxis anymore...a Sim City without Will Wright??
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SimCity 5
Started by
DarthRevan
, Jun 08 2007 08:25 PM
16 replies to this topic
#3
Posted 08 June 2007 - 09:50 PM
I post on the SimTropolis.com message boards and they're pissed about SimCity 5.
They removed zoning, power plants, water pipes, etc. It's being developed by a studio best known for the mediocre Caesar IV. The graphics make it look fu-fu and childish.
Oh, and all buildings will be plopable and there's more of a focus on your citizens instead of civil engineering.
EA ruined yet ANOTHER game. I've been playing SC since 1993 and I WONT be buying this crap.
They removed zoning, power plants, water pipes, etc. It's being developed by a studio best known for the mediocre Caesar IV. The graphics make it look fu-fu and childish.
Oh, and all buildings will be plopable and there's more of a focus on your citizens instead of civil engineering.
EA ruined yet ANOTHER game. I've been playing SC since 1993 and I WONT be buying this crap.
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#5
Posted 09 June 2007 - 12:01 AM
Wow that sounds really lameI post on the SimTropolis.com message boards and they're pissed about SimCity 5.
They removed zoning, power plants, water pipes, etc. It's being developed by a studio best known for the mediocre Caesar IV. The graphics make it look fu-fu and childish.
Oh, and all buildings will be plopable and there's more of a focus on your citizens instead of civil engineering.
EA ruined yet ANOTHER game. I've been playing SC since 1993 and I WONT be buying this crap.
Man EA sucks
#6
Posted 09 June 2007 - 12:36 AM
I think I'm the only person who likes the idea of the series becoming simpler.
#7
Posted 09 June 2007 - 01:33 AM
I think I'm the only person who likes the idea of the series becoming simpler.
Yeah, I think you are. I know I like the complexity because it's fun to feel like you are actually managing a lot of stuff, although in reality mayors don't do diddly squat.
#8
Posted 09 June 2007 - 01:39 AM
I think I'm the only person who likes the idea of the series becoming simpler.
I was hoping SC5 wouldn't make the game less complex per se, but make it more manageable and accessible. SC4 had too many shiny features and not enough gameplay changes to really accommodate them.
But SimCity Societies (god I hate that name) is a lobotomy, not a simplification. EA and Tilted Mill removed EVERYTHING the series has been know for almost 20 years and replaced it with stupid ass "social engineering" concepts, clearly designed to appeal to a different playerbase...namely the people who like The Sims. Here's an idea: keep the social engineering to THE SIMS!!111~
My only hope is that SCS is merely an offshoot and EA eventually releases a true SimCity 5.
I still don't understand why EA would take one of the most venerable series in PC gaming, hand it off from Will Wright and his crew, and give it to a second-rate studio with no successful game to its name. I'd rather wait until after Spore and have Will design the damn thing.
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#9
Posted 09 June 2007 - 02:09 AM
I'm not a hardcore Sim City fan, and I only played my brother's copy of Sim City 4 for a few hours, which is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to the game being much more simple. I do like the series, I just don't have the time to really get into it. I'm pretty sure that I'm the type of person that EA is targeting with this game, not hard core Sim City fans.
Of course, I do hope you all get your real Sim City 5.
Of course, I do hope you all get your real Sim City 5.
#10
Posted 10 June 2007 - 01:28 AM
OT: Good people here at CAG. I'm used to interacting with far more IMMATURE people on other forums (take a look at slickdeals.net, for example).
Anyway, back on topic, my hope is that SimCity utilizes DX10. That would be awesome.
Anyway, back on topic, my hope is that SimCity utilizes DX10. That would be awesome.
#11
Posted 10 June 2007 - 02:04 AM
I still don't understand why EA would take one of the most venerable series in PC gaming, hand it off from Will Wright and his crew, and give it to a second-rate studio with no successful game to its name. I'd rather wait until after Spore and have Will design the damn thing.
Will was very hands off with Simcity 4 and wasn't on the design team at all, so chances are he wouldn't be doing a Simcity 5.
I called my lady friend last night and said my buddy had to beat off on my chest, she is kinda pissed at me, but it was the best idea I had all night, and I stand by it.
#12
Posted 10 June 2007 - 03:47 AM
Spore == the REAL Simcity 5.
More or less. It'll still be better.
cant wait for it
#13
Posted 11 June 2007 - 03:43 PM
I thought EA had publicly stated now that SCS is indeed an offshoot, and not SC5? Anyway, the Sim franchise has always been burdened with little offshoots. I don't mind another, as long as they don't kill the original series' game play for good in the process.
#14
Posted 11 June 2007 - 03:54 PM
Anyway, back on topic, my hope is that SimCity utilizes DX10. That would be awesome.
Uh, looking at the [url=http://www.1up.com/do/media?cId=3160082&sec=IMAGESscreenshots[/url], I'm pretty damn sure that SCS ain't using DX10.
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#15
Posted 11 June 2007 - 05:34 PM
The last SimCity game I played was 2000... I thought the game was too open ended -- I guess I need concrete goals... How was the more recent SimCities? Did they have any kind of campaign mode?
#16
Posted 11 June 2007 - 07:55 PM
I think I'm the only person who likes the idea of the series becoming simpler.
Simpler is fine, but they are takling it way too far.
#17
Posted 13 June 2007 - 04:12 AM
Spore == the REAL Simcity 5.
More or less. It'll still be better.
While I enjoyed SimCity 2K, 3K, and 4... the latter two just felt like continuations of 2K. All three were great games respectively, but I never devoted as many hours to 3K or 4 as I did to 2K.
Spore is the real 5.
