Played the beta liked and disliked it on parts.
Most of the reason that I disliked is that this "one hour experience" didn't give me enough time to explore what is possible. I wanted to see as much as possible so I tried to make the city big. In hour I about covered 3/4 of the land and had about 17k inhabitants... mid rise buildings etc... but it was all rush... rush... rush... make money make it fast... of course i could have slowed down... but as mentioned above i want to see as much as possible and try as much features as possible... so in the end it felt like nothing at all. One hour is not enough to tour the game. Even if many features aren't available in the beta version. Which gave me the impression that a lot is hidden or to come... this spoils the fun given that you seem to just scratch the surface of the game.
To me the gaming experience of simcity is to run it on slow speed enjoying everything unfold... watch my sims, the buildings, ponder the stats etc... plan ahead for the next projects... all that was for me not possible in that beta... which is why I am very disapointed by the beta.
