There is a ton of controversy regarding SCS and I have an opinion as well. We are losing what SimCity was, for sure, to quote wikipedia "Societies will be a 'social engineering simulator' rather than a city-building simulator. " I completely think that by having TM do it, a company who has never done this game, we are going to take several steps back in progress. To me, the image I saw doesn't make a difference at all. Sure, I want decent graphics with another SC but what bugs me is losing the city building simulator part. That is what SimCity was. I don't consider this a sequel, because they are changing gameplay entirely. Perhaps, though, things will brighten up. They MAY heed our opinions, heck they should, they even mentioned that the hardcore games are the lifeblood of the gaming industry. If the game flops, and is really focused solely on the society part, I hope that sales become low and EA realizes their mistake. I would rather wait however many years for Maxis to do it than TM, not saying TM is a bad devlopper, just that they haven't made SimCity before.