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Who does this appeal to? I suppose it appeals to people who are interested in the dynamics of city societies and people who want to have an immersive experience in a virtual society without too much time-consuming micromanagement. Or perhaps also to people that want things to be simple yet relaxing and enjoyable. I'm an English Language Instructor with a highly stressful job dealing with 422 hyperactive Korean students (NOT a seven year-old, mind you) and I will say, at the risk of being flamed for having differing tastes from the more vocal individuals of this community, that this type of game really would appeal to me. That remains to be seen, of course. I'm hoping that the society aspect is really as interesting as advertised. This being said, I like a variety of things; if I wanted complexity, I'd play SimCity 4 (which I do occasionally), but I'd also like a game that is relaxing and not too difficult to get into. I HAVE played the previous SimCity games, by the way, my first being the original incarnation when it was on floppy disk.

Originally posted by: patriots_1228 now that more infos getting out the game sounds better than i thought. im not mad anymore! i just hope that they fix the graphics.but you must understand what this is like.browse around our community. This is a game that we love and to see it change so much is tough....quote> Yes, I've seen the works of your community members here. I've downloaded many of the fabulous Korean buildings here and I have the Network-Addon Mod installed. I've been playing SimCity since its first incarnation. : - )

First, let me express my respect for several members of this community for urging calm and restraint when posting comments and opinions on the TM community forums. I trust that these outbursts are simply anomalies and that the SimCity community is highly mature and respectful. I know that there has been a lot of heated discussion about displeasure with SCS and some extremely passionate angry remarks about "TM destroying SimCity." This is understandable given the immense devotion of the SimCity community, but I would like to kindly remind certain individuals that your community is not the only one that is being affected. There is also an active community at the TM forums and SCS concerns us as well as it means the following: 1) that we will be getting a new game after a curious period of secrecy [this is quite unusual for TM and is perhaps because they are in fact working with Maxis]; 2) with TM involved in this project, we are not getting our much-desired updates for Caesar IV or sequel to Children of the Nile. As a longtime member of the TM community (and also a beta tester for their games), I can say that they often engage in dialogue with fans. As you can see on our forums, they frequently monitor our forums and share comments with our community. Also, I think that it would be most productive if our two communities can hold dialogue with each other. Of course, we may have very differing opinions, but I think we can develop better understandings about what we like and what we expect. Our community is willing to engage with yours. : - ) I post as "Azeem" at the TM forums, by the way.

If it IS SimCity 5 then why isn't it called "SimCity 5"? I think that it is in actuality a spinoff rather than an actual fifth incarnation of SimCity. Spinoff games with different genres following certain franchises are not uncommon. This might be the mystery behind Chris Beatrice's comments. It could very well be that he meant that SCS is actually just a spinoff game and not the actual SC5.

That negative comment posted by one at my community (I'm referring to the TM community) was done by one person and only one person. We've opened a welcome thread for you SimCity fans at our forums and so far all some of you have done is attempt to lump all of us together and inundate our community with rants over one screenshot that likely isn't what the final version is going to be like. Also, don't act think you're the only ones being "victimized" here. There's also the TM fan community in this mix. I (and perhaps many other TM fans) have been really wanting an update of Caesar IV or a sequel to Children of the Nile. Because TM is occupied with working with this project now, we're not getting it. There is no reason for any animosity between our two communities.