FusionBunny

41% currently voted that the online pay to play element is unworthy of attention, I recently returned to SC4 deluxe version and I have to agree with the results so far, is it bad or are we so used to the sim city way of things that we are just not used to the idea? Personally I want to see how popular the game is before I even think of paying for something that might easily fade out when the other big games hit like AC2, MW2, Sims 3 WA, DAO and L4D2 and thats not including Diablo 3, SC2 and Cataclysm for 2010. Cities XL is really going to have to impress to get a massive (and staying put) community that can survive, Ultima Online is the best example of staying power, 10+ years and still they play...it's amazing LOL

I am considering getting CXL, and yes this IS Sim City 5...the one game that will damage EA big time Now single player sounds nice and all but I need help where multiplayer is concerned, seems to me that under wikipedia the Planet Offer should really be called Planet MP instead I need to know this - Can we team up with say 3-4 people and make a group and work on a city together while discussing ideas on how to make it better and what goes where and GEM's and any extra content that may be available over time....because from what I can tell Planet is nothing more than single player on a wider scale, loading screens and no true interactibility between cities that players online make, now I have to admit I am kinda bad with city making games so if I can't team up with others online so we can all make parts of the city our own then I see very little point in having an online mode at all, sounds like when TSO arrived...good idea in theory but totally sucked when it came to doing the right things that players demand...AKA needed in order to make a better game after launch. For those buying it's very simple - buy game - test single player - get sub - play online - get some GEM's - realize game is kinda lame - refuse to play for a good 6-12 months - demand GEM's be free, demand CC gets free as well (check over at sims 3 and you will know why CC should be free), and finally tell them to make Planet free since they obviously won't get enough players paying to make any real profit from the game. Group/Team building for one unique city together that can then link with other unique cities and trade etc - WITHOUT loading screens and WITH true interactions via trade, traffic and so forth.....give me that and I would be more than happy to try online for awhile, fail and I will stick with SP until you add such a useful feature into the game.