SimCity at E3 2012

[jdenm8 362]

Where did you hear there wasn't terraforming?

We don't even know if there isn't terraforming...

Kotaku's wrap-up on SC2013's presence at E3 made it perfectly clear that there was no Terraforming shown and there will be no Terraforming in the Retail release.

  Edited June 9, 2012 by jdenm8  

[meowza 230]

Oh yes, reticulating splines:

Kotaku's wrap-up on SC2013's presence at E3 made it perfectly clear that there was no Terraforming shown and there will be no Terraforming in the Retail release.

No, it's not perfectly clear.

Please quote your source. Discussion here:

  Edited June 9, 2012 by meowza  

[Dr.Rockso 0]

Am I correct to assume that SC2013 will only be released on PC and not on Mac? Hopefully I'm wrong, since I think EA would be making a mistake in that regard.

  Edited June 10, 2012 by Blue Lightning  
Cleaned up language

[jrm541992 17]

Am I correct to assume that SC2013 will only be released on PC and not on Mac? Hopefully I'm wrong, since I think EA would be making a mistake in that regard.

Why not dual-boot like everyone else?

[Ocram's Razr 963]

Hopefully, they will treat offices separately from shops.

[jdenm8 362]

No, it's not perfectly clear.

Please quote your source. Discussion here:

http://kotaku.com/5915191/sim-city-preview

"They did not terraform (there's no re-shaping of land in this game)"

[The_City_Builder 299]

No, it's not perfectly clear.

Please quote your source. Discussion here:

http://kotaku.com/59...im-city-preview

"They did not terraform (there's no re-shaping of land in this game)"

The way that's worded could mean anything from "They didn't terraform because it was an E3 demo" to "There's no terraforming at this point in the game's development,"

[Dr.Rockso 0]

I wouldn't be able to dual-boot Windows and play SC2013 due to my personal beliefs about operating systems.

  Edited June 10, 2012 by Blue Lightning  

[Vahr 341]

Keep it on topic people, this isn't "OS A is better than OS B"

[Posts have been cleaned up that are not reasonably on topic]

[kellyboywonder79 15]

One of the better interviews where they stray from the standard talking points a little bit:

[Ocram's Razr 963]

I wonder if his casual (Totally Radical) manner of speaking made the Maxis guys humor him enough to let down their guard and give him more exclusive news?

[wighty76 1]

From what I've seen, I'd give SimCity at E3 a solid...Meh. Maxis said that they would show why the online requirement was necessary at E3. This is what I was waiting to hear. I'm not worried about the simulation side (although I'm a bit worried that the cities look a tad small). I wanted to know why the always online "feature" was so great, and it seems the answer was "Because that's how we built it."

[mapboy 106]

From what I've seen, I'd give SimCity at E3 a solid...Meh. Maxis said that they would show why the online requirement was necessary at E3. This is what I was waiting to hear. I'm not worried about the simulation side (although I'm a bit worried that the cities look a tad small). I wanted to know why the always online "feature" was so great, and it seems the answer was "Because that's how we built it."

Well, they did show regional play..... but we couldn't see it. It was only shown at the event with no coverage.

[DCMetro34 576]

I am a big, big fan of the game so far, and really love the new direction of the Glassbox engine, and variety of the game. But, I am also an automata guy, and can't help but notice that there is a lot of repetitive automata in terms of civilian vehicles, maybe even more so than SimCity 4. Anyone else notice this in the E3 walkthrough, or am I fishing for a little too much variety?

[mapboy 106]

I am a big, big fan of the game so far, and really love the new direction of the Glassbox engine, and variety of the game. But, I am also an automata guy, and can't help but notice that there is a lot of repetitive automata in terms of civilian vehicles, maybe even more so than SimCity 4. Anyone else notice this in the E3 walkthrough, or am I fishing for a little too much variety?

Wait until the game's released. It's not finished yet, so there are obviously going to be things that aren't finished!