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I hated that about SC4, I agree. I also didn't like having to fund the hospitals, I want private ones and more things owned by companies but to still have the other option aswell. The most awesome thing to me would be weather and climate. I want a thunderstorm or hurricanes and the ability to manage the disasters more deeply.

I have nothing against euro//med themed but thats something i could not stand about CitiesXL, I could not make an american style suburb at all. American cities have most of the tall buildings in the center not on the outside next to farms.

Id rather wait for a great game than settle for a Good game. One thing i really liked was the idea that there was going to be more SC4 expansion packs, I hope they have plenty of expansions in SC5.

That sounds awesome, Like including a "sattelite" view mode or something.

Weather/Climate Selection: The climate you choose will effect the flora and fauna your city has available and real temps, Rain, Snow, Hail. A wide selection of flora too make your city look as amazing as possible. Seamless regional gameplay where you can switch cities without loading times, The region will function like a county and you can govern that too. Like somone else said, A sims 3 add-in where you can import characters and use them as your mayor, Not really a huge deal but more realistic people. Special Economic Zones, Gated Communties with Homeowners associations. Buildings change according to season, Holidays and festivals that you can organize. Lots more ordinances and the ability to make custom ordinances. Disasters associated with the climate zone you live. Real Restaurants and retail stores (i don't think it would be hard to get permission from the companies) I would love to have a taco bell and a wal-mart in my city without downloading something. Things i don't want. Constant facebook sharing crap. A little is fine but not like the sims 3 where your sim pees themselves and it ask if you want to share. Huge tall apartment buildings being developed in the middle of single family areas or the middle of nowhere like cities XL. Cartoony Graphics of any kind whatsoever. European style buildings in an american suburban setting, Thats what i hated about cities XL, I could not make a realistic american city. All of you have great ideas.

OK this is definately a real conference that is happening in just a few days.... with three very big wig EA people presenting the session... How many EA games need a simulation engine? Speaker/s: Ocean Quigley (EA), Andrew Willmott (EA) and Dan Moskowitz (EA) Day / Time / Location: Wednesday 11:00-12:00 Room 3007, West Hall, 3rd Fl Track / Duration / Format / Audience Level: Programming / 60-Minute / Sponsored GDC Vault Recording: No Vault Recording Description: Join EA and one of their world class development studios as they give you a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the GlassBox Simulation Engine, the next-generation technology that is built from the ground up to power the next entry in one of their most beloved franchises. Eligible Passes: All Access Pass, Main Conference Pass Ocean Quigley (EA) Creative Director EA Andrew Willmott (EA) Chief Architect EA Dan Moskowitz (EA) Lead Gameplay Engineer EA Rats... I missed the earlybird registration for the conference... anyone got a spare $2100? Oh and I will need another $3000 or so for airfares up to San Fransisco from New Zealand, hotels, slushies... LOL, I really hope this turns out to be the sim city that we deserve and have been waiting on since forever, Its great that all of the maxis developers are going to be working on this, And i hope they take their time making this game the best of all previous titles.

This is almost certainly real, http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/13473480/Inside_the_GlassBox_%28Presented_by_EA%29 See this link. "DESCRIPTION: Join EA and one of their world class development studios as they give you a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the GlassBox Simulation Engine, the next-generation technology that is built from the ground up to power the next entry in one of their most beloved franchises." Most beloved? what else could that be? well i guess theirs alot of things but still, its cannot be a coincidence. This is almost a confirmation, I guess we will know for sure really soon. <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">