DamonT

And I can now confirm I will not be buying this game.

This very possibly could be a deal breaker for me. I like the concept of the online game play, but not the "required connection" part. As others have said what if my ISP is down? What if I wanted to play on my laptop while riding Amtrak? and the scariest of all: What if the EA/Origin Servers are down from DDOS, or a system outage? What if EA/Origin decide to shut down the servers, or even force you to buy a DLC or the next Gen simcity to have server access? Unless I can OWN the game I legally purchase, I highly doubt I will buy it.

I understand that the agent itself is a one time use. If though a specific sim, from a specific home works in a different job/location everyday you have NO way to plan your roads properly for a commute.

I have watched all of the tech demo videos for the simulations. After some thoughts I have some questions, and possibly concerns. 1) In the economic simulation it shows that the "agents" leave business (industrial/commercial) facilities each morning looking for workers in residential areas. My question is this: Does 'Joe Sim' get a different job each day or does it lock him to the first one assigned? This could effect traffic planning a ton if you decide to rezone or build a new business area closer and thus changing what agent would assign 'Joe Sim' Also once assigned what rules define when, how, and if a sim changes jobs? 2) In traffic I can see another issue. What rule determines what form of transportation is used? With out knowing this it will be almost impossible to plan a proper transit system using all forms from cars, tramways, buses, to trains.