Interview with Maxis Lead Designer Stone Librande

Well if they really want to make money, make a SC$ 2013 version and ask people to pay to register and download mods on website like this! HEllo! so easy!

WTF! always online?!?!?! No subways?!?! Small maps?!? Random and not-possible-to-turn-off disasters???!?! this game... is going to be a disaster...

Now I only have 2 hopes: 1) they are all fired

2) You guys mod the game to make it a SC4 with curve road and better zooming/graphincs;

Which among those are the most likely to happen?

Shut up.

1)Fire Maxis veterans with lots of experience?

Not going to happen.

2)We can't do that. The engine doesn't allow and we don't have the source code to fix possible bugs.

Want to hate? Atleast hate with class. And real facts.

"In past SimCity games every city ended up looking like a massive metropolis after a while. What has the team done to make sure this isn’t the case in the new SimCity?"

oh I guess this explains why none of the skyscrapers appear to be over 120m, and why you can have a towering downtown district with literally empty grass all around it. What happened to 'build out before you build up'?

I think because of the limitations (city size and whatnot), they *need* to keep cities from being massive metropolises, and this is the way they spin it like it's a good thing.

"Yeah, the game is missing some classic dynamics from past instalments but the opportunities to make this new platform something awesome are infinite.

You forgot to add IMPORTANT before dynamics. Also limiting mapsize is making oppertunities more finite than infanite -_-

Well if they really want to make money, make a SC$ 2013 version and ask people to pay to register and download mods on website like this! HEllo! so easy!

I seriously smell an online subscription comming, am not kidding.

Battello_ebbro, on , said:

Well if they really want to make money, make a SC$ 2013 version and ask people to pay to register and download mods on website like this! HEllo! so easy!

I seriously smell an online subscription comming, am not kidding.

I wouldnt worry about it by the time they implement this SC13 will be dead.

Decius, on , said:

Battello_ebbro, on , said:

Well if they really want to make money, make a SC$ 2013 version and ask people to pay to register and download mods on website like this! HEllo! so easy!

I seriously smell an online subscription comming, am not kidding.

I wouldnt worry about it by the time they implement this SC13 will be dead.

I'll disprove your negativity next years. History is on my side.

Battello_ebbro, on , said:

Well if they really want to make money, make a SC4 2013 version and ask people to pay to register and download mods on website like this! HEllo! so easy!

Battello_ebbro, on , said:

WTF! always online?!?!?! No subways?!?! Small maps?!? Random and not-possible-to-turn-off disasters???!?! this game... is going to be a disaster...

Now I only have 2 hopes: 1) they are all fired

2) You guys mod the game to make it a SC4 with curve road and better zooming/graphincs;

Which among those are the most likely to happen?

Shut up.

1)Fire Maxis veterans with lots of experience?

Not going to happen.

2)We can't do that. The engine doesn't allow and we don't have the source code to fix possible bugs.

Want to hate? Atleast hate with class. And real facts.

Come on I was just far too angry to recall my usual 'class' :-)

And always hating firing, furthermore Maxis is not the guilty EA orders and give guidelines which Maxis have then to execute..

But still I am really sad.. I was hoping SO MUCH to get a new and REAL Sim CIty..

wozzar, on , said:

Decius, on , said:

Battello_ebbro, on , said:

Well if they really want to make money, make a SC$ 2013 version and ask people to pay to register and download mods on website like this! HEllo! so easy!

I seriously smell an online subscription comming, am not kidding.

I wouldnt worry about it by the time they implement this SC13 will be dead.

I'll disprove your negativity next years. History is on my side.

I guess we will see if i am wrong next year.