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Nice to see this post. Sad to hear abut the city size, but actually this only means that it won't be possible just yet, not never. Computingpower will improve, so in he future bigger cities might be available. As for ofline mode, good to hear it is beïng considered. There is one thing that worries me though, and that is that I have doubts about the honesty in this post, mainly because of this: " Some player requests, such as a tool to raise and lower roads, were straightforward challenges." This is clearly untro since Dirk allready confirmed this tool to be a part of the developers version when they visited the maxis studio. So if they are dishonest about this, then what value shold I hold the rest of the informatie to.

I'd say fool me once, shame on you, Fool me twice, shame on me, but I didn't fall for this scam the first time so they can do whatever they like for all I care.

"• Re-Enabled Feature: Region filters are now enabled on all SimCity servers. Players will be able to search for open games by Map Name, Sandbox Mode, and Abandoned Cities." Well, that should leave plenty of free spaces!

I couldn't be less interested in this even if I tried really hard....

Not as long as enough suckers continue to "play". And here is the problem. I just can't get my head around why people would actually be willing to pay monney for such a bad product. It's like going to a carrdealership and saying: "Hey, give me that 15 year old Ford over there with the rust and broken gearbox. I'll pay you full price for it!" Are people really this stupid?

Oh, and by €60 to buy, I obviously mean RENT!

A game costing over €60 to buy should not have DLC, PERIOD!!! There is NO excuse for this. Look at Cities in Motion 2. The games costs €20. For that you get a more complete and better programmed game. CiM1 had DLC and I suspect the new one will have it too, but at least you don't feel robbed after just having payed up €60 for a useless piece of crap this new Sim City is! And hey! After only spending €20 for a game and seeing some cool DLC content, you actually might feel like buying some of that stuff as a gamer, because.... And here it is EA/Maxis: my lesson in consumerbinding! ....... you might feel like you got a great deal recieving a featurepacked COMPLETED game for only €20, so you actually WANT to pay some extra because you feel that the developers deserve the extra monney and your appreciation!

And still I bet noone in that boardroom is waking up and seeing that online games really aren't the things the gamer wants....

I'm sold!! W/o a doubt one of the best sim-games I've seen lately. This feels like a great improvement on Transport Tycoon DL. Finally a game to be exited about again. Now he're hope that something like this will be outfitted with an excelent city simulator and I'll have found my ultimate game!

See EAxis, you wouldn't have to do this if you would just make an offline version of the game. Then you could just stop supporting it and abbandon the community (like you did in the past) without that community beïng deprived of the possibillity to actually play the broken game they payed for and attemt to improve it.

Looks very nice! Lots of detail!   One thing that just trikes me as a bit odd, though is the use of fences on sidewalks. Where I'm from you'll see that at some bussy crossings or bridges, but surely not in front of meters of houses by the street in a rural area. I wonder, is this something you do see a lot where you are from? Or is it just in the type of street and not so easy to control?

Do you still read these boards, Maxis? See what you get if you actually make a game while listening to the fanbase? You get praise! You didn't see that one comming, did ya?!?!

"to include several critical fixes for which you have asked us most" Ooh, well I've been asking most for an offline mode....

OOH wow, this is the game changer I was waiting for! Finally this game is comming together now that this important feature is added! I will most centainly be happy to put all my life savings into this game (and more) bevause of this great product improvement!

A very fair review which I am sure Maxis will not bother to do anything with...