Attila464

Thought I'd share my experience as someone who recently got into CXL I recently got the new simcity and was thoroughly disappointing. It was just too easy. I could accept the game being easy if it let me be creative. It wont let me be creative either. You cant be very creative in a box thats so tiny an interchange covers a quarter of the map. I turned to mods but the custom content scene for the new simcity is still very very new and limited. Orion expands the city limits but does it in a very awkward way that makes it difficult to play, I'm just not willing to put up with it. After spending about a week with simcity i was incredibly frustrated. I was a bit tired of SC4 but the new simcity really wasn't what i hoped it would be. I had originally immediately dismissed Cities XL after the terrible trainwreck that was the release and one of the predecessors; City Life, but after browsing around steam and seeing CXL platinum on sale for 10 dollars i decided what the hell. This was a great decision. First impressions were kind of shitty. The UI is definitely not as polished as simcity, it doesnt look very nice, kind of clunky in practice. I immediately though i wasted 10 dollars. But then i started playing the game. Holy $%&^! it blows simcity out of the water. The maps are huge, area wise not sure how much bigger but it must be at least 10x bigger that simcity 2013s plots. The modding scene is well and alive, just go to xlnation. It just feels like theres much more depth and complexity to the game. Also the graphics go more for realism which i also appreciate. With some edited shaders the game can look incredible. The game defintely has some flaws. Its not a very efficient game and can tend to run badly on some systems when you approach large populations of 1mil+. I havent had the problem but many have. The UI isnt great either as i said. CXL i think is quite an excellent game when you judge it as a citybuilder. I think its certainly better than Simcity. Suprised it isnt more popular. TLDR: Game is still being played, modding is alive and well.

This really saddens me, when i heard that FINALLY a new simcity was in the works and that it actually showed potential to rekindle the serious i was so excited. After reading all of this im having bad memories from Cities XL, this EXACT conversation happened and the game failed. I genuinely hope the Maxis comes to their senses. I'm still buying the game, this issue aside everything they've shown so far looks spot on with what id like to see in a successor to SC4. But if Maxis doesnt pull its head out of its ass and really rethink this along with support for modders cant see this game succeeding

862 STEAK FTW BACON FTL

You can never prevent piracy people are talking about preventing piracy when all you can really do is delay it. A pirated version of crysis and spore were out even before the game, same for windows seven. Pirating is impossible to prevent. I don't feel sorry for companies that get pirated at all they will still make millions regardless of pirates. Assuming they make a good game. No games failure can be blamed on pirates there simply aren't that many pirates. In fact a way to tell how successful a game is by seeing how quickly it gets pirated, the more people like it the more attention and effort it will get to crack the game and pirate it. Bottom line damaging customer experience and relations so you can delay getting pirated for 1 week is a poor excuse in my book, it is their software they can do all they want but in the end its they who lose by damaging customer relations.

I would suggest getting region census mod so you can take pictures of your region without those planes or pesky menus.

Originally posted by: His Divine Hand Originally posted by: jsieczka If that is the case then what is the point of having people log in to begin with? The first screen should be a choice between single player or online play. Clicking single player loads the game, no online log in even if you are online. If you are online you should not be forced to log on to your site. quote> Actually, as this game is an MMO, and is meant to be played online, they should have just cut out the single player entirely, just like most MMO's do. Would have saved them the headache of dealing with people complaining that to play the complete MMO game (i.e. an online game) they have to subscribe for it. quote> But thats not what happened, they are advertising a singleplayer and an MMO and saying both are good, playable, full featured.

Originally posted by: LordOscar If that is the case then what is the point of having people log in to begin with?quote> Because they want to remind you that online mode is really, really cool,Last i checked enabling mass transit and giving you updates were almost requirements for city building games and games in general. and not that expensive ? Thats subjective, whats cheap for you may be expensive for others, and many that can afford it don't feel like paying 9 dollars monthly to get features that should have been included with the game. quote> Originally posted by: SimBurger Human beings are so funny. One guy is screaming he can't play at all without connecting to the internet. Turns out he didn't activate his product. Another guy is screaming that Monte Cristo "stole his money". Turns out he didn't even give it a couple days to ship to his front door yet. Others are just saying "Lame" and "Sucks". You guys kill me. Enjoy the newest and yes - improved - game since Sim City 4. Stop being impossible to please. See mass transit, updates, region play and AI. Your negativity is going to spread everywhere and a pretty cool game is going to get a bad rap. No different than negativity ruining the honeymoon with our amazing new president.Most peoples negativity is justifyed, 2 people that were making rather unfortunate mistakes on a forum that many haven't even heard of won't give the game a "bad rep." The games rep is completly up to the game to determine. quote> I can see both ways, but people need to understand both sides, just because some people made bad comments just bashing the product with no backup because they didn't read the thread doesn't define the whole group of people that feel like they have been duped and are dissapointed. Likewise those who just say the game is good and everyone is just crying don't define the group that like the game.

If only MC had taken a hint or 2 from their beta forums

Do we really need a new thread for every single "i bought the game"