Soviet779

*respectful expression of dissapointment*

Originally posted by: mentarman Originally posted by: Soviet779 Well no... we will know when its released, in a few weeks. Planet offer just ended and it really hasent been that long since cities XL's initial release so theres not been enough time to make any significant changes IMO. If cities XL actually came out in 2011 or close to the end of 2010 i would take it seriously but as it stands it seems like a cheap slap together to try and recoup some of the lost cash from the development of the original cities XL. quote> You haven't even seen it yet. No, I don't think it will be a whole new game but I don't think that's what's needed. I'm hoping it will be just a lot of good new features, things unlocked, etc. that will make this game what people wanted in the first place. Yes that may cost some extra $$$ over what was paid originally but that's life. Personally I would rather have this in the short term than the promise of a whole new game a year from now, which may or may not come to fruition. But then I am a fan of the game now so an improved version of it sounds great to me. Anyway, this is what people wanted, them to drop the PO and focus on soloplayer. Let's give them a chance. quote> Ive been a gamer for long enough to know what makes a difference and to turn this game into an actual city simulator with depth and some real simulation like what is in simcity 4 would take a lot more than a few weeks/months.

Originally posted by: kingdiz_55 Maybe CXL 2011 will be CXL improved in a BIG way. We'll never know.quote> Well no... we will know when its released, in a few weeks. Planet offer just ended and it really hasent been that long since cities XL's initial release so theres not been enough time to make any significant changes IMO. If cities XL actually came out in 2011 or close to the end of 2010 i would take it seriously but as it stands it seems like a cheap slap together to try and recoup some of the lost cash from the development of the original cities XL.

Originally posted by: Herdervriend Cities XL will fail, that is a fact. And nothing will stop it. Because simply, they ruined it for them selves. So this topic is actually useless, because nobody really cares anymore.quote> Yeah. no deep simulation = fail imo. The entire game would need a complete rewrite in order for me to buy it which wont happen.

Originally posted by: cheuk18me94It is off topic. Hope CXL 2011 can be SC5.quote> I hope that too, but i doubt it will turn out like that

Originally posted by: BravoGreenONE Good Riddance.

I doubt cities XL 2011 will require cities XL, most "expansion packs" these days are stand alone games, its better for everyone that way as it dosent limit the developers potential market to people who already own the original game and it dosent force people to buy an outdated game they dont want/need they can pick what they want. Noone can say for certain what will happen but its logical to assume that cities xl 2011 will be released as a large patch for those with cities XL for free or with a discount at least. This is just what ive seen happen with other games such as UT2003/UT2004.

Awesome! About time they killed off that abomination of an "MMO". I hope they listen to what people want this time with cities XL 2011 instead of going for the pot o gold that is a successful MMO.

Originally posted by: soltangris Yeah, the casual gamer doesn't buy a game because it was on E3, he buys it because he saw an ad, or deal, or a review, or a friend told him it was good. As far as I know E3 is intended as a show off for future products that are near release. The gaming companies go there to brag, and the sites like Gamespy get to publish hands-on articles and impressions and all that. CXL doesn't really need all of this, it needs content improvements. There are a lot of people out there (including many of this community) that are aware of the game, are plan on buying it once it improves. MC knows that. And rightly they're not wasting time and money to attend the convention.quote> The casual gamer dosent buy city builders to begin with, which is why MC shouldve made a game with a hell of a lot more depth.

Originally posted by: bluespottedhorse Based on the new reviews it looks like the rating is going up and that is a good thing. I'd have to agree since they added new fixes and patches including much needed bus mass transit. Can't wait for trains!quote> Yeah the user rating has dropped into the red on metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/citiesxl Looking good!

Interesting stuff OP, although i think SC4 is quite healthy after 6 years, sure its dying as theres no sign of a sequel or anything new but the games old, its had a good life.

Originally posted by: mrdazza_460 You make a good point Sainty Why do people think that, M C will not sell any more copies of the game than what they have now?, Why do people think that MC will not sell anymore PO subscription then what they have now? They seem to be using the number of subscription on what they have now and thinking the is the max they will every get. That might be true. But unless you can see the future you are only speculating, if you can see the future. Can you tell me the Oz lotto numbers for next week; I really won't a new Ferrari. quote> Most sales of a game are made in the first month, the trickle of sales afterwards dosent amount to much. Plus three other crippling factors: This is a PC game, Its a niche genre, Its not even a good game. All that just spells doom for cities XL.

Originally posted by: Cthuulhu The company that your enrolled with might be a good place to start.quote> Nah... its not. http://www.citiesxl.com/content/view/366/134/?lang=en Click "I would like to cancel my subscription to the Planet Offer. How can i do that?" Its extremely helpful ~sarcasm~

Originally posted by: CWLGAMER01 Hi City Planner: Let me explain a little more..... I dont think it is that MC has "disabled" your keyboard but more likely they do not have a "key binding" for that particular thing...... I have not looked but perhaps you can go to the options menu and see if you can set the bindings yourself..... not certain if you can. But really its more about the way the program handle this function and not so much that they have purposly set - it up to do that. Thanks for posting!quote> Media keys arent bound in game, this is either a problem with an incompatability between cities XL and the OP's version of windows (he didnt mention what it was) or its with windows itsself. Sounds like the problem resides with cities XL though since it works in all other games. Sorry i cant be more help OP, maybe just use the dial/buttons on your speakers until a fix is out? Maybe mess with the compatability modes and cities XL to see if they change anything.

Originally posted by: soltangris Commanderkai, you have definetily proven that you have a problem with communication. I think we all agreed already that it is exactly the communication that landed MC in the jam - they have failed to communicate that they're not making the successor of SC5. I (and others) keep stating it not only in my orriginal post, but also in the ensuing dialog. So.... you actually agree with me while hotheadedly disagreeing.... it's funny, really. Hoping that you'll spend more time in the future analising those posts that go deeper than pure expression of emotions, I conclude our dialog, and from now on I won't answer your posts anymore.quote> Even if cities XL wasent meant to be SC5 that still dosent change the fact that its a pretty lousy unfinished game. Its a game, its meant to be fun, its failed at that for the majority of people.