SimCity Social App for Facebook

[Trillian2003 33]

Has anyone started play the new SimCity social app on Facebook?

[КaZZ 203]

dont have facebook

[Mark Waybill 242]

My internet is too expensive to play games.

[InCommandOfCars 22]

Oh my god! Is it out now?!

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Yes, I play it and I find it fun!

[InCommandOfCars 22]

So fun! Annoyed that you can't built a power plant :/

[TheDinozRule 77]

This probably isn't related to simcity 5, but if this is EA's effort to encourage more players to play Simcity, it's obvious they failed. They released a beta version of Simcity Social, but so far it looks like crap. Energy? Limited Zoning and Road options? Inviting friends? No thanks, let's hope that this isn't how Simcity 5 will be.

[The_City_Builder 299]

This probably isn't related to simcity 5, but if this is EA's effort to encourage more players to play Simcity, it's obvious they failed. They released a beta version of Simcity Social, but so far it looks like crap. Energy? Limited Zoning and Road options? Inviting friends? No thanks, let's hope that this isn't how Simcity 5 will be.

Um...

1.) This is a free-to-play game on FACEBOOK. It's obviously not going to be similar to Sim City (5), which is a $60-$80 game being sold in retail.

2.) If you've ever played a Facebook game, you'd realize that 99.9% of city-building apps on facebook have energy, friend inviting, and so on.

3.) They did not fail. SimCity Social has gained the franchise much attention. Just look at how many fans they have, and the comments on their status updates.

Plus, it's actually a good app compared to games like CityVille and others.

  Edited June 26, 2012 by The_City_Builder  

[Halen Of Dania 350]

This probably isn't related to simcity 5, but if this is EA's effort to encourage more players to play Simcity, it's obvious they failed. They released a beta version of Simcity Social, but so far it looks like crap. Energy? Limited Zoning and Road options? Inviting friends? No thanks, let's hope that this isn't how Simcity 5 will be.

Um...

1.) This is a free-to-play game on FACEBOOK. It's obviously not going to be similar to Sim City (5), which is a $60-$80 game being sold in retail.

2.) If you've ever played a Facebook game, you'd realize that 99.9% of city-building apps on facebook have energy, friend inviting, and so on.

3.) They did not fail. SimCity Social has gained the franchise much attention. Just look at how many fans they have, and the comments on their status updates.

Plus, it's actually a good app compared to games like CityVille and others.

This probably isn't related to simcity 5, but if this is EA's effort to encourage more players to play Simcity, it's obvious they failed. They released a beta version of Simcity Social, but so far it looks like crap. Energy? Limited Zoning and Road options? Inviting friends? No thanks, let's hope that this isn't how Simcity 5 will be.

Um...

1.) This is a free-to-play game on FACEBOOK. It's obviously not going to be similar to Sim City (5), which is a $60-$80 game being sold in retail.

2.) If you've ever played a Facebook game, you'd realize that 99.9% of city-building apps on facebook have energy, friend inviting, and so on.

3.) They did not fail. SimCity Social has gained the franchise much attention. Just look at how many fans they have, and the comments on their status updates.

Plus, it's actually a good app compared to games like CityVille and others.

Agreed

[Ocram's Razr 964]

It certainly is better than CityVille in most regards.

[The_City_Builder 299]

I do wish they got rid of the energy bit though. It certainly is annoying waiting for it to refill.

[brynhyfryd 222]

Not a real FaceBook fan but was curious so thought I would give it a try.

Had a quick play and it was not to bad, Its just a shame that you are forced to share everything with friends. Got to level 5 and cannot proceed further without spending up to $100 to get the required energy and resources to continue. This is definitely NOT a free to play game and this certainly shows me the direction they are going with regards to the SC 2013 release.

Thanks EA but no thanks. I certainly don't like being ripped off.

[The_City_Builder 299]

I'm on level 10 and I haven't spent any money yet...

[mattyriddy 12]

I'm on level 10 and I haven't spent any money yet...

Same here.

Just have to wait for bars to refill.

  Edited June 26, 2012 by mattyriddy  

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Level 12 with about 6,000 population, no cash spent! I even bought some land!

  Edited June 27, 2012 by OcramSeattle  

[Charlie_Zane 963]

Level 17, population over 8,000. Playing for 2 1/2 days. And I havn't spent any money on it either!

It's better than what I thought it would have been

[meowza 230]

I didn't expect SCSocial to be posted on this section. Anyway...

Though despite the usual Facebook drama, the game is fun in its own right. It has very simple SC mechanics, with a few new aspects, such as a mild take of the new SC's resources. The style of growth really depends on the player's decisions and preferences. And I think it has Chris Tilton's music on some spots.

I only use FB for important matters. Flash game apps are usually just a one-time thing for me. Though after playing social (on a fresh account), I'm starting to feel that I might just get hooked. Let's see how far this can go.

As of now: 4k pop. >1 day play time. No $ paid.

[Crazy_Ivan80 35]

just started, not a dime payed, but I'll get stuck pretty fast since no of my friends plays this. Oh well

[jacksunny 741]

I'm currently waiting for it to load. For the amount of time it's taking, it better be good.

[Ndragonawa 37]

I might be crazy, but I kinda like it.

It's definitely not as mundane as CityVille, and the sound FX are nostalgic for me.

[cirugo 1,889]

not interested

[meowza 230]

Some interesting bits so far...

1. If you chop trees, you get more resources. You need resources to build specific structures.

2. Waterfront and the area around natural landmarks have more land value.

3. Civics' response time depends on distance and road layout.

4. And you need alien technology to build arcologies.

[jacksunny 741]

I like that you get more than one "diamond" after passing a level. In Cityville, you only got 1 "Cash" after getting to the next level. Because of this, it took forever to gather enough to buy something, especially if you were at a really high level.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

They stop giving out diamonds around level 10.

[colco2121 55]

And then, in the final version, they wil say "Buy diamonds for $3 dollars" and "To continue refilling energy, pay $5.00".

[jacksunny 741]

They stop giving out diamonds around level 10.

Well that's wonderful :|

And then, in the final version, they wil say "Buy diamonds for $3 dollars" and "To continue refilling energy, pay $5.00".

They will give the option to buy diamonds and energy, but they won't force you.

[The_City_Builder 299]

Okay, it's starting to get annoying. I have 2 friends that play this game, and I need 9 land permits to expand (to an area where I can't really build more than 6 houses...)

At least energy becomes less and less of a problem when leveling up, and I have 127k simoleons.

  Edited June 30, 2012 by The_City_Builder  

[Woulfe 1]

To all playing this on FB. what are your FB names, that way we can play together to get permits / etc

Makes things easier if folks playing are from here, that way we know we won't trash one another's

Cities, eh ?

[Ocram's Razr 964]

Here is my city currently at 15,935 population. I had to compress it to make it upload on YouTube (I made it 256 color then facebook automatically resized it).

[RABicle 9]

I think this game is trash and everything I hoped it wouldn't be. The long and short of it is that EA missed a golden opportunity to promote SimCity (2013) because they don't care about the value of their brands anymore.

  Edited July 4, 2012 by CaptCity  
Removed link to blog.