Metacritic user score 2.0 based on 1274 ratings

[Tramwhet 53]

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/simcity

 

I totally agree with this score, EA deserves this.

[LillySatou 117]

They've taken quite the beating on Metacritic, Amazon, and anywhere else where users can leave a game score. 

 

Even a Maxis dev agreed with a redditor that the SimCity launch is arguably the worst PC launch in gaming history.

[Tramwhet 53]

The problem is not only the launch.

[ZyreHD 1]

Maxis did good expect for game bugs. The major issue here is the fact that EA didn't have more servers at launch, nor have the ability to Pre-load.

I have faith in the game. Still need to wait for my copy and I know what is going on already so I'm prepared. ill give it a week or 2 before the issues are gone and some positive reviews are shown on Metacritic, Amazon that doesn't focus on ''Origin crap, Hate EA or Server issues''.

[Herdervriend 46]

Maxis is nothing to blame, it's all EA's fault like always.

 

Quite a low score, but yeah based on launch problems it's logic.

[dysonraf 37]

Reading the first ten 'negative' ratings on this page its interesting to see maybe one has actually played the launch game.  I take this rating with a pinch of salt... 

 

The critics rating of 82/100 seems far more reliable based on my playing of the betas.  Good but not great.

[Xenocity 343]

Again all you have to do on most sites is to make an account to rate the game.

Fanboys regularly make multiple accounts on sites to down rank products they hate.

 

Gaming fanboys are the worst when it comes to releases.

 

User scores shouldn't be taken seriously anymore (even users don't take them seriously).

[Shadely 63]

Xenocity, I couldn't disagree with

 

Again all you have to do on most sites is to make an account to rate the game.

Fanboys regularly make multiple accounts on sites to down rank products they hate.

 

Gaming fanboys are the worst when it comes to releases.

 

User scores shouldn't be taken seriously anymore (even users don't take them seriously).

I couldn't disagree with you more.

 

I've gotten the general impression from various forums that gamers do take the user score of Metacritic more seriously than that of the professional gaming 'journalist' whose integrity is often suspect. There may be some fanboys that create multiple accounts but if a game is good and PLAYABLE, those fanboys would be countered by the scores of gamers who do enjoy the game.  

[strandx 1]

The problem is not only the launch.

 

I'd have to disagree with this. The launch sucked, but having played the game for just five hours, I amazed at the depth of the simulation. The fact that I can watch my grade school finish each day at 3p.m, watch the 150 kids leave the school get into a school bus and watch that school bus drive to each of my bus stops to drop off kids, and then watch each of those kids walk to their respective homes is amazing. The game is filled to the brim with little simulations like this...I've never seen a simulation with this level of detail. 

[Xenocity 343]

Xenocity, I couldn't disagree with

 

Again all you have to do on most sites is to make an account to rate the game.

Fanboys regularly make multiple accounts on sites to down rank products they hate.

 

Gaming fanboys are the worst when it comes to releases.

 

User scores shouldn't be taken seriously anymore (even users don't take them seriously).

I couldn't disagree with you more.

 

I've gotten the general impression from various forums that gamers do take the user score of Metacritic more seriously than that of the professional gaming 'journalist' whose integrity is often suspect. There may be some fanboys that create multiple accounts but if a game is good and PLAYABLE, those fanboys would be countered by the scores of gamers who do enjoy the game.  

I was talking user score not review score.

Review score is better than Gamerankings which is why it is taken seriously.

 

Actualy now days fanboys are determined to make sure a game they don't like or  a company they don't like gets a mediocre or negative user score on most sites.

 

Fanboys are known for pettiness.

[reReticulated Spline 69]

Considering how other games that received similar response have fared, aka: enormous financial success, I guess we should congratulate Maxis! Well done guys!

[Shadely 63]

Xenocity, I couldn't disagree with

 

Again all you have to do on most sites is to make an account to rate the game.

Fanboys regularly make multiple accounts on sites to down rank products they hate.

 

Gaming fanboys are the worst when it comes to releases.

 

User scores shouldn't be taken seriously anymore (even users don't take them seriously).

I couldn't disagree with you more.

 

I've gotten the general impression from various forums that gamers do take the user score of Metacritic more seriously than that of the professional gaming 'journalist' whose integrity is often suspect. There may be some fanboys that create multiple accounts but if a game is good and PLAYABLE, those fanboys would be countered by the scores of gamers who do enjoy the game.  

I was talking user score not review score.

Review score is better than Gamerankings which is why it is taken seriously.

 

Actualy now days fanboys are determined to make sure a game they don't like or  a company they don't like gets a mediocre or negative user score on most sites.

 

Fanboys are known for pettiness.

Um, I know you were talking about user score?

 

I just don't agree with dismissing the user score as simply being the work of a horde of angry fanboys. 

[Xenocity 343]

 

Xenocity, I couldn't disagree with

 

Again all you have to do on most sites is to make an account to rate the game.

Fanboys regularly make multiple accounts on sites to down rank products they hate.

 

Gaming fanboys are the worst when it comes to releases.

 

User scores shouldn't be taken seriously anymore (even users don't take them seriously).

I couldn't disagree with you more.

 

I've gotten the general impression from various forums that gamers do take the user score of Metacritic more seriously than that of the professional gaming 'journalist' whose integrity is often suspect. There may be some fanboys that create multiple accounts but if a game is good and PLAYABLE, those fanboys would be countered by the scores of gamers who do enjoy the game.  

I was talking user score not review score.

Review score is better than Gamerankings which is why it is taken seriously.

 

Actualy now days fanboys are determined to make sure a game they don't like or  a company they don't like gets a mediocre or negative user score on most sites.

 

Fanboys are known for pettiness.

Um, I know you were talking about user score?

 

I just don't agree with dismissing the user score as simply being the work of a horde of angry fanboys. 

Welcome to the next gen, where hordes of Fanboys:

• Flood user scores on sites with negative ratings
• Raid forums of their "enemies"
• Hack games and companies to cause trouble
• Pirate games to "punish" companies
• Etc...

Fanboys get worse each passing generation.

[Shadely 63]

 

 

Xenocity, I couldn't disagree with

 

Again all you have to do on most sites is to make an account to rate the game.

Fanboys regularly make multiple accounts on sites to down rank products they hate.

 

Gaming fanboys are the worst when it comes to releases.

 

User scores shouldn't be taken seriously anymore (even users don't take them seriously).

I couldn't disagree with you more.

 

I've gotten the general impression from various forums that gamers do take the user score of Metacritic more seriously than that of the professional gaming 'journalist' whose integrity is often suspect. There may be some fanboys that create multiple accounts but if a game is good and PLAYABLE, those fanboys would be countered by the scores of gamers who do enjoy the game.  

I was talking user score not review score.

Review score is better than Gamerankings which is why it is taken seriously.

 

Actualy now days fanboys are determined to make sure a game they don't like or  a company they don't like gets a mediocre or negative user score on most sites.

 

Fanboys are known for pettiness.

Um, I know you were talking about user score?

 

I just don't agree with dismissing the user score as simply being the work of a horde of angry fanboys. 

Welcome to the next gen, where hordes of Fanboys:

• Flood user scores on sites with negative ratings
• Raid forums of their "enemies"
• Hack games and companies to cause trouble
• Pirate games to "punish" companies
• Etc...

Fanboys get worse each passing generation.

 It's an epidemic!! Fanboys will take over the world before we know it! 

[Camlon 50]

Welcome to the next gen, where hordes of Fanboys:

 

 

 

 

• Flood user scores on sites with negative ratings
• Raid forums of their "enemies"
• Hack games and companies to cause trouble
• Pirate games to "punish" companies
• Etc...

Fanboys get worse each passing generation.

 

 

You obviously hate the people you want to buy the game. 

 

And as pointed out before other games have successful launches. Tomb Rider just got released and they have a user score of 8.7, not 1.9. So, no, there is no universal rule that all games will receive horrible user-reviews in the start. 

 

Have you ever thought about this possibility? Sim City is recieving bad reviews, because it is a bad game. 

[Vorret 49]

 

 

Xenocity, I couldn't disagree with

 

Again all you have to do on most sites is to make an account to rate the game.

Fanboys regularly make multiple accounts on sites to down rank products they hate.

 

Gaming fanboys are the worst when it comes to releases.

 

User scores shouldn't be taken seriously anymore (even users don't take them seriously).

I couldn't disagree with you more.

 

I've gotten the general impression from various forums that gamers do take the user score of Metacritic more seriously than that of the professional gaming 'journalist' whose integrity is often suspect. There may be some fanboys that create multiple accounts but if a game is good and PLAYABLE, those fanboys would be countered by the scores of gamers who do enjoy the game.  

I was talking user score not review score.

Review score is better than Gamerankings which is why it is taken seriously.

 

Actualy now days fanboys are determined to make sure a game they don't like or  a company they don't like gets a mediocre or negative user score on most sites.

 

Fanboys are known for pettiness.

Um, I know you were talking about user score?

 

I just don't agree with dismissing the user score as simply being the work of a horde of angry fanboys. 

Welcome to the next gen, where hordes of Fanboys:

• Flood user scores on sites with negative ratings
• Raid forums of their "enemies"
• Hack games and companies to cause trouble
• Pirate games to "punish" companies
• Etc...

Fanboys get worse each passing generation.

 

They only do it to game that actually deserve it though, it's not "random attacks"

[Catchin22 299]

The ratings are all based on DRM and launch issues. Most all of those ratings are shallow fluff. It's not that DRM should not effect a games score, it should but I don't think hardly any of those rating it low have even played the game.


I've been one of the BIGGEST critics on this forum and I still have my gripes but this is a GREAT GAME! It's FUN, you will LOVE IT! Seriously! If I had to rate this game on 5 stars it would get 4.8-5, EA would get 1.

[Xenocity 343]

 

Welcome to the next gen, where hordes of Fanboys:

 

 

 

 

• Flood user scores on sites with negative ratings
• Raid forums of their "enemies"
• Hack games and companies to cause trouble
• Pirate games to "punish" companies
• Etc...

Fanboys get worse each passing generation.

 

 

You obviously hate the people you want to buy the game. 

 

And as pointed out before other games have successful launches. Tomb Rider just got released and they have a user score of 8.7, not 1.9. So, no, there is no universal rule that all games will receive horrible user-reviews in the start. 

 

Have you ever thought about this possibility? Sim City is recieving bad reviews, because it is a bad game. 

 

 

Welcome to the next gen, where hordes of Fanboys:

 

 

 

 

• Flood user scores on sites with negative ratings
• Raid forums of their "enemies"
• Hack games and companies to cause trouble
• Pirate games to "punish" companies
• Etc...

Fanboys get worse each passing generation.

 

 

You obviously hate the people you want to buy the game. 

 

And as pointed out before other games have successful launches. Tomb Rider just got released and they have a user score of 8.7, not 1.9. So, no, there is no universal rule that all games will receive horrible user-reviews in the start. 

 

Have you ever thought about this possibility? Sim City is recieving bad reviews, because it is a bad game. 

 

It is by no means a  bad game. Many people just hate it because it isn't Simcity 4.5

I mean the game is still has a better Metacritic review score than:

• Simcity 3000 Unlimited with stands at 77

If we use Gamerankings review system, the Simcity games are currently ranked as follows:

 

1. Simcity 4 - 85.09%
2. Simcity 3000 84.48
3. Simcity 4 Deluxe 83%
4. Simcity 79.83%

Simcity 2013 is currently the 4th best Simcity according to Gamerankings and the second best Simcity according to Metacritics.

I mean a good game is indeed subjective thus agreeing on what a good game is, is very rare.

 

 

 

 

Xenocity, I couldn't disagree with

 

Again all you have to do on most sites is to make an account to rate the game.

Fanboys regularly make multiple accounts on sites to down rank products they hate.

 

Gaming fanboys are the worst when it comes to releases.

 

User scores shouldn't be taken seriously anymore (even users don't take them seriously).

I couldn't disagree with you more.

 

I've gotten the general impression from various forums that gamers do take the user score of Metacritic more seriously than that of the professional gaming 'journalist' whose integrity is often suspect. There may be some fanboys that create multiple accounts but if a game is good and PLAYABLE, those fanboys would be countered by the scores of gamers who do enjoy the game.  

I was talking user score not review score.

Review score is better than Gamerankings which is why it is taken seriously.

 

Actualy now days fanboys are determined to make sure a game they don't like or  a company they don't like gets a mediocre or negative user score on most sites.

 

Fanboys are known for pettiness.

Um, I know you were talking about user score?

 

I just don't agree with dismissing the user score as simply being the work of a horde of angry fanboys. 

Welcome to the next gen, where hordes of Fanboys:

• Flood user scores on sites with negative ratings
• Raid forums of their "enemies"
• Hack games and companies to cause trouble
• Pirate games to "punish" companies
• Etc...

Fanboys get worse each passing generation.

 

They only do it to game that actually deserve it though, it's not "random attacks"

Actually forums are raiding more frequently than that because Fanboys must defend their "honor" and other stuff.

Games are regularly hacked because gamers want to win and cheat.

Pirates pirate everything regardless of quality because they feel entitled which in turn leads  to tighter DRM

 

Nintendo DS is currently the most pirated system of all time and most games sales collapsed due to piracy, causing developers to drop support for the system.

[Camlon 50]

It is by no means of a bad game. Many people just hate it because it isn't Simcity 4.5

I mean the game is still has Metacritic review score than:

• Simcity 3000 Unlimited with stands at 77

If we use Gamerankings review system, the Simcity games are currently ranked as follows:

 

1. Simcity 4 - 85.09%
2. Simcity 3000 84.48
3. Simcity 4 Deluxe 83%
4. Simcity 79.83%

Simcity 2013 is currently the 4th best Simcity according to Gamerankings and the second best Simcity according to Metacritics.

 

 

 

So now you are going to compare yourself to Sim City 3000 who got 9 reviews because back then people wrote reviews in newspapers?  And you know what the worst is, in a few weeks Sim City will be below SIm City 3000 too. 

 

And being last place on official reviews, even though you bought half of them is terrible. And user reviews are 1.9. Lets take a look at user rating 

 

Sim City 3000: 8.8

Sim City 4: 8.5

Sim City Societies; 4.4

Sim City 2013: 1.9

 

I mean a good game is indeed subjective thus agreeing on what a good game is, is very rare.

If a game recieves 1.9 in user reviews, then I think people have agreed it is a bad game. 

 

Tomb Rider was just released, they got 8.7 in reviews. If Sim City 2013 was a good game, then they could have gotten the same. 

[NBAFAN1 28]

Reading the first ten 'negative' ratings on this page its interesting to see maybe one has actually played the launch game.  I take this rating with a pinch of salt... 

 

The critics rating of 82/100 seems far more reliable based on my playing of the betas.  Good but not great.

Why do you even look the professional critic reviews?  A lot of the game news websites ads are paid for by the game companies.

[Xenocity 343]

EA must have killed your dog or something.

 

Every EA release get's hijacked by the EA hate train.

 

The previous Tomb Raider game was an awful game, thus users are happy that Square-Enix forced this reboot.

So they were so grateful they gave it high user reviews.

 

Mass Effect 3 has a 93 Metareview score with a user review 5.6 on Xbox 360.

There are 587 negative reviews because of the bad ending and EA hate!

 

All the negative user reviews are based on 4 main issues:

1. It's an EA game!
2. the DRM
3. The online modes
4. It's not Simcity 4.5

Most of the negative user reviews are people who haven't played or bought the game.

They are just people who wanted to jump on the EA hate bandwagon and joined the mob mentality.

 

Every EA game since 2002 gets slammed at release by gamers because it is an EA game, only for them to realize the games are decent (some are really good).

 

The EA hate cycle is in full swing, it will die down in a week or two.

Gamers will move on to hating Nintendo and WB for making Lego City: Undercover a Wii U exclusive.

Gamers will then move on to hating Criterion for basing the Wii U version of Need for Speed off of the PC build, making the Wii U version the best console version.

 

Then April comes and Gamers will move on to hating WB for Injustice fighting game and how their favorite super hero or villain is not portrayed the "right" way.

 

Then June comes and Gamers will be hating on Nintendo for releasing Animal Crosing: New Leaf on 3DS in NA, because they view Animal Crossing as a kiddy/"Casual" game.

 

Then a few days later Gamers get to hate companies for their E3 shows.

Etc...

[arcology 224]

EA must have killed your dog or something.

 

Every EA release get's hijacked by the EA hate train.

 

The previous Tomb Raider game was an awful game, thus users are happy that Square-Enix forced this reboot.

So they were so grateful they gave it high user reviews.

 

Mass Effect 3 has a 93 Metareview score with a user review 5.6 on Xbox 360.

There are 587 negative reviews because of the bad ending and EA hate!

 

All the negative user reviews are based on 4 main issues:

1. It's an EA game!
2. the DRM
3. The online modes
4. It's not Simcity 4.5

Most of the negative user reviews are people who haven't played or bought the game.

They are just people who wanted to jump on the EA hate bandwagon and joined the mob mentality.

 

Every EA game since 2002 gets slammed at release by gamers because it is an EA game, only for them to realize the games are decent (some are really good).

 

The EA hate cycle is in full swing, it will die down in a week or two.

Gamers will move on to hating Nintendo and WB for making Lego City: Undercover a Wii U exclusive.

Gamers will then move on to hating Criterion for basing the Wii U version of Need for Speed off of the PC build, making the Wii U version the best console version.

 

Then April comes and Gamers will move on to hating WB for Injustice fighting game and how their favorite super hero or villain is not portrayed the "right" way.

 

Then June comes and Gamers will be hating on Nintendo for releasing Animal Crosing: New Leaf on 3DS in NA, because they view Animal Crossing as a kiddy/"Casual" game.

 

Then a few days later Gamers get to hate companies for their E3 shows.

Etc...

 

You keep forgetting one fact - people WANTED this game and actually paid for it (not me - thank god!).  So, to just say, it is all about hate towards EA - well, now you see why - people are being told they will be banned if they dispute refund decisions by EA and they can't even play. 

 

I think these consumers would rather be playing a game than "bashing" EA.  They have better things to do with their time and money. 

[Xenocity 343]

EA must have killed your dog or something.

 

Every EA release get's hijacked by the EA hate train.

 

The previous Tomb Raider game was an awful game, thus users are happy that Square-Enix forced this reboot.

So they were so grateful they gave it high user reviews.

 

Mass Effect 3 has a 93 Metareview score with a user review 5.6 on Xbox 360.

There are 587 negative reviews because of the bad ending and EA hate!

 

All the negative user reviews are based on 4 main issues:

1. It's an EA game!
2. the DRM
3. The online modes
4. It's not Simcity 4.5

Most of the negative user reviews are people who haven't played or bought the game.

They are just people who wanted to jump on the EA hate bandwagon and joined the mob mentality.

 

Every EA game since 2002 gets slammed at release by gamers because it is an EA game, only for them to realize the games are decent (some are really good).

 

The EA hate cycle is in full swing, it will die down in a week or two.

Gamers will move on to hating Nintendo and WB for making Lego City: Undercover a Wii U exclusive.

Gamers will then move on to hating Criterion for basing the Wii U version of Need for Speed off of the PC build, making the Wii U version the best console version.

 

Then April comes and Gamers will move on to hating WB for Injustice fighting game and how their favorite super hero or villain is not portrayed the "right" way.

 

Then June comes and Gamers will be hating on Nintendo for releasing Animal Crosing: New Leaf on 3DS in NA, because they view Animal Crossing as a kiddy/"Casual" game.

 

Then a few days later Gamers get to hate companies for their E3 shows.

Etc...

 

You keep forgetting one fact - people WANTED this game and actually paid for it (not me - thank god!).  So, to just say, it is all about hate towards EA - well, now you see why - people are being told they will be banned if they dispute refund decisions by EA and they can't even play. 

 

I think these consumers would rather be playing a game than "bashing" EA.  They have better things to do with their time and money. 

Most of supposed consumers are mouthing off like they do at every new game (not just the EA ones).

This is how it is now days.

 

Every new game is accompanied with a backlash because the game isn't what gamers want or were expecting.

[nhgriffith 179]

If you already own the game, it doesn't matter what the user reviews are. Ignore them, and once the server issues get sorted out (it's getting better and better), play the game and make up your own mind.

If you decided 6 months ago that there's no possible way you'll ever purchase the game, it doesn't matter what the user reviews are. You weren't going to buy the game whether it got a 0 or a 100. Or whatever scale. You already made up your mind, so the rating doesn't matter.

If you are on the fence and are trying to get some information to help you decide whether or not to buy it, well even here, the user reviews on these website really aren't the best source on deciding whether or not to buy the game. Nor are these forums. If you want to really decide whether or not you'd enjoy the game, there's one place that will help you make up your mind. Not professional reviews, not user ratings that don't even require the rater to prove that he's actually played the game, nope. Head over to YouTube. Search for "SimCity." There are plenty, plenty, plenty of videos and "Let's Play" series already up for the new game.

Go to YouTube. Watch actual people actually play the actual game. If you find some good ones, you'll find people who are honest about the server issues they're having, people honest about any download or install issues they may have had, but I'd suggest taking these both with a grain of salt because these are primarily launch issues that quickly go away in time. Mostly, you get to see actual gameplay footage by people that aren't paid by EA to talk about how awesome the game is. You can see things that frustrate or annoy them, see things they like. You can see things that might not bother them, but would bother you. And if you get a really good one, you can ask for some specific feedback in a comment, and they'll address it in their next video.

If you're legitimately trying to decide whether or not to buy the game, don't waste your time with review sites, whether by journalists or users. Find some way to make up your own mind.

[mastorofpuppetz 199]

The problem is not only the launch.

THIS, even though all the attention is on the launch server issues, the game is very limited and we have lost a lot of ability and control over regions and cities compared to the last SC. A lot os wrong with this game.

EA must have killed your dog or something.

 

Every EA release get's hijacked by the EA hate train.

 

The previous Tomb Raider game was an awful game, thus users are happy that Square-Enix forced this reboot.

So they were so grateful they gave it high user reviews.

 

Mass Effect 3 has a 93 Metareview score with a user review 5.6 on Xbox 360.

There are 587 negative reviews because of the bad ending and EA hate!

 

All the negative user reviews are based on 4 main issues:

1. It's an EA game!
2. the DRM
3. The online modes
4. It's not Simcity 4.5

Most of the negative user reviews are people who haven't played or bought the game.

They are just people who wanted to jump on the EA hate bandwagon and joined the mob mentality.

 

Every EA game since 2002 gets slammed at release by gamers because it is an EA game, only for them to realize the games are decent (some are really good).

 

The EA hate cycle is in full swing, it will die down in a week or two.

Gamers will move on to hating Nintendo and WB for making Lego City: Undercover a Wii U exclusive.

Gamers will then move on to hating Criterion for basing the Wii U version of Need for Speed off of the PC build, making the Wii U version the best console version.

 

Then April comes and Gamers will move on to hating WB for Injustice fighting game and how their favorite super hero or villain is not portrayed the "right" way.

 

Then June comes and Gamers will be hating on Nintendo for releasing Animal Crosing: New Leaf on 3DS in NA, because they view Animal Crossing as a kiddy/"Casual" game.

 

Then a few days later Gamers get to hate companies for their E3 shows.

Etc...

Absolutely hogwash, most games do not get 2.0 user score or launches this bad. Most games get good user and critic cscores with a few exceptions check metacritic. The facts don;t support your blind defending of this mess. Most people are unhappy because they released a faulty product, and the game has many issues besides online features being broken (No control over regions, small towns not cities, etc...). Besides Me3 name 1 game that got bashed user scores? even me3 had near a 6 user score, 2.0 is a sign people are not happy with the decisions made. Games arer made for gamers, no one else.

 

EA must have killed your dog or something.

 

Every EA release get's hijacked by the EA hate train.

 

The previous Tomb Raider game was an awful game, thus users are happy that Square-Enix forced this reboot.

So they were so grateful they gave it high user reviews.

 

Mass Effect 3 has a 93 Metareview score with a user review 5.6 on Xbox 360.

There are 587 negative reviews because of the bad ending and EA hate!

 

All the negative user reviews are based on 4 main issues:

1. It's an EA game!
2. the DRM
3. The online modes
4. It's not Simcity 4.5

Most of the negative user reviews are people who haven't played or bought the game.

They are just people who wanted to jump on the EA hate bandwagon and joined the mob mentality.

 

Every EA game since 2002 gets slammed at release by gamers because it is an EA game, only for them to realize the games are decent (some are really good).

 

The EA hate cycle is in full swing, it will die down in a week or two.

Gamers will move on to hating Nintendo and WB for making Lego City: Undercover a Wii U exclusive.

Gamers will then move on to hating Criterion for basing the Wii U version of Need for Speed off of the PC build, making the Wii U version the best console version.

 

Then April comes and Gamers will move on to hating WB for Injustice fighting game and how their favorite super hero or villain is not portrayed the "right" way.

 

Then June comes and Gamers will be hating on Nintendo for releasing Animal Crosing: New Leaf on 3DS in NA, because they view Animal Crossing as a kiddy/"Casual" game.

 

Then a few days later Gamers get to hate companies for their E3 shows.

Etc...

 

You keep forgetting one fact - people WANTED this game and actually paid for it (not me - thank god!).  So, to just say, it is all about hate towards EA - well, now you see why - people are being told they will be banned if they dispute refund decisions by EA and they can't even play. 

 

I think these consumers would rather be playing a game than "bashing" EA.  They have better things to do with their time and money. 

Most of supposed consumers are mouthing off like they do at every new game (not just the EA ones).

This is how it is now days.

 

Every new game is accompanied with a backlash because the game isn't what gamers want or were expecting.

Funny because other then Diablo 3, and me3 ending most games on metacritc have grea user scores...The facts dotn support you're blindly defending ea. Every game by EA gets slammed? Funny metacritic, and amazon show otherwise.

[Jim14409 448]

Maxis is nothing to blame, it's all EA's fault like always.

 

Quite a low score, but yeah based on launch problems it's logic.

If Maxis were bought by EA are they not one and the same now? Maxis can do nothing without the approval and overseeing of EA and those Maxis people want to keep their jobs so they have become EA. To pretend otherwise seems to be fantasy to me.

[Vihzel 9]

Do people still not realize that Metacritic user ratings are meaningless? Mass Effect 3 has only a 4.7/10, which is completely unwarranted because the actual game is fantastic. 

[Camlon 50]

EA must have killed your dog or something.

I really don't care about the EA. I care about good games. If this game was good, I would have bought it. Shamefully it wasn't.

 

The previous Tomb Raider game was an awful game, thus users are happy that Square-Enix forced this reboot.

So they were so grateful they gave it high user reviews.

 

Mass Effect 3 has a 93 Metareview score with a user review 5.6 on Xbox 360.

 

Really, that is your argument? Mass Effect recieved low grade because people didn't like the direction they took the game. They dissapointed a lot of gamers. And hardly any of the reviews mention just the ending or EA hate. 

 

And even in that case they weren't even close to 1.9. 

 

All the negative user reviews are based on 4 main issues:

1. It's an EA game!
2. the DRM
3. The online modes
4. It's not Simcity 4.5

 

 

Some of the issues I found in the first reviews were about small city tiles, trade is done automatically, content has been cut out. Are all of those issues lumped into point 4? 

 

Amd what about server issues. You didn't even bother to mention that. Games should work when you buy it.

 

Most of the negative user reviews are people who haven't played or bought the game.

 

They are just people who wanted to jump on the EA hate bandwagon and joined the mob mentality.

 

 

Interesting how the reviews at amazon are worse. You are talking rubbish again. 

Every EA game since 2002 gets slammed at release by gamers because it is an EA game, only for them to realize the games are decent (some are really good).

 

The EA hate cycle is in full swing, it will die down in a week or two.

 

Sim City 4 was released in 2003. I looked at the user reviews. They were positive. How do you explain that when every game since 2002 by the EA get slammed on release.

 

And I looked at Sims 3. Also, got very high user scores when released.

 

You are just trying to make excuses for a bad game. It's simply pathetic.

[Districtopia 23]

 

 

 

Welcome to the next gen, where hordes of Fanboys:

 

 

 

 

• Flood user scores on sites with negative ratings
• Raid forums of their "enemies"
• Hack games and companies to cause trouble
• Pirate games to "punish" companies
• Etc...

Fanboys get worse each passing generation.

 

 

You obviously hate the people you want to buy the game. 

 

And as pointed out before other games have successful launches. Tomb Rider just got released and they have a user score of 8.7, not 1.9. So, no, there is no universal rule that all games will receive horrible user-reviews in the start. 

 

Have you ever thought about this possibility? Sim City is recieving bad reviews, because it is a bad game. 

It is by no means a  bad game. Many people just hate it because it isn't Simcity 4.5

I mean the game is still has a better Metacritic review score than:

• Simcity 3000 Unlimited with stands at 77

 

I don't think people hate it because it isn't Simcity 4.5, they "hate" it for one of two reasons:

 

1. The server issues that have plagued the launch and they haven't been able to get in to play the game to any degree of depth yet.

2. The game does, at first glance (I'll reserve total judgement until I'm able to play it more extensively) seem like a giant step backwards from Simcity 4 and Simcity 3000. With each previous version of Simcity I was able to jump in and figure out what was going on, I just had to learn the new features that were added or built on. With Simcity 2013 it seems like everything that made Simcity 4 one of the greatest computer games of all time (in my opinion) were taken away.

 

Like I said, I'm witholding total judgement until I can fairly make a call on this game, which won't come until they fix the servers, but right now it does appear as though it is a step backwards, and that's unfortunate....

 

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

One thing that always bothered me about Journalist Reviews is that they are not necessarily "fans" of the particular game they are judging in most cases. I doubt that there is such a thing as a "video game wiseman" that can just pick up any game and judge it for the fans of that particular genre. I've seen many video reviews where I can tell the commentator knew nothing about the game he or she was reviewing. It's just a job for them and the show must go on. Only someone who knows about a franchise and have some serious time in playing can give a reasonable review.

 

But that's just talking about the quality of a game's mechanics and what to expect while playing. Not being able to play after paying is universal and across the board though. It doesn't take a fan to see that something is wrong in that case.