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It would be an overreaction if this was an isolated incident, but most people see it in the context of the horrendous launch of an unfinished game by a company that has openly lied to its customers, then released 2 cringe-worthy advertising DLCs before fixing their broken product. For another game in another set of circumstances, this reaction wouldn't have happened. But in these particular circumstances it's entirely understandable.

Totally underwhelmed by these. Silliness has been a part of SimCity since the beginning, but these don't really have much character. They also don't do anything new. This game is starting to seem like SimFarmVille.

Why don't you like the idea of being able to turn off disasters in standard play?? They've been optional in every SimCity title since the first one. If they presented a genuine and satisfying gameplay challenge I would happily accept them, but they're don't. They're an unwelcome inconvenience over which the player has no control.

I'm interested in unlocking all of the disasters and seeing them once (although most have been disappointingly charmless compared to SC2000) - but beyond that they serve no purpose other than to frustrate. It's insane that the option to turn them off wasn't included from Day 1.

Love all of these ideas.

I'm still enjoying it, but my interest is waning slightly. The thing that keeps me coming back isn't the chance to try out different specializations (which frankly feel pretty similar for the most part), but to create cities with different personalities. I have 3 towns in my current region - one is a hardy industrial town with low wealth neighborhoods built around towering oil derricks, one is a carefully planned high-wealth city of culture, and the last is a tacky, crime-ridden, gambling hell-hole with roads and buildings slapped down any old place. All are entertaining in totally different ways, and I'm sure there are at least a few other types of town I can experiment with before I start feeling hungry for an expansion pack.

I totally agree, this is a real pain. It's not like it can even be patched since your hourly income is a projection of what will happen in the future, and income from specialization is variable dependent on the little delivery trucks, so can't be predicted. The curse of the glassbox engine strikes again.

I seem to remember that low-wealth residents would flock to your city in SC4 even if you only had one tile of industrial zoning - then they left in droves due to the lack of jobs. Is SC2013 so very different? You can pretty much zone all residential in both games, and in both cases you get a messed up city.

You have a terrible case of the thinkies.

My current city specializes in electronics and tourism. I have 2 trade depots clogged up with processors that only occasionally get sold, and tourism only seems to generate income if you host events, which are dependent on fickle tourists from neighboring cities. Both seem to be quite badly affected by traffic. I agree that the hourly cost of advanced services needs to be tweaked. But with so many other things that need to be fixed, I have to wonder how long we'll be waiting for this.

Hi all! I keep having the same problem over and over again, and I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed it or found a workaround. Basically, whenever I get to a population of 100,000 the city pretty much needs all of the advanced safety/utility buildings with various upgrades in order to keep the little sims happy. BUT, the running costs of these buildings leave me with a pretty big deficit. I try increasing taxes to cover the costs, but this causes people to leave my city in droves. I'm now in an infuriating cycle of switching off buildings to save money, building up my funds, cutting taxes, switching the buildings back on again, losing money, raising taxes, switching the buildings off, etc, etc, etc. My population fluctuates wildly between 50,000 and 100,000. It's like 50% of the population becomes outraged and leaves if I increase taxes by more than 1 percentage point. Essentially, the sims are not prepared to cover the cost of the services they're demanding. In theory I could subsidize these services with money from trade, but with a population of 100,000 the traffic is so bad (and the AI so unreliable) that my production chain can't be relied upon. Anyone else facing similar problems?

Well, I'm going to be constructive and not just use this thread as yet another opportunity to complain about the same old stuff. I'd like to see farm zoning added to the game, along with a farming specialization, livestock as a resource, and a theme that allows you to develop a more rural-looking community. They could add a giant slaughterhouse as a great work!

No! This is impossible! IMPOSSIBLE!!!!! :-D

When I first saw the list of free games on offer I was excited to see what I thought was an option to upgrade to the Digital Deluxe Edition. Alas, no - twas only SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition. Personally, I'm enjoying the game despite its flaws, and the chance to get some extra content for free would have satisfied me far more than any of the games on offer. The only reason I didn't buy it in the first place was that it seemed a little too pricey for what it gives you. It seems like this could have been an easy crowd-pleaser, and much cheaper for EA than giving away Dead Space 3. Anyone else feel the same?

I don't know if this will help, but the income from my mining/metals production chain dropped off drastically almost overnight. Eventually I worked out that a sudden surge in the density of my city had caused all the roads to become blocked up with traffic, so the trucks that were meant to export my resource out of the city couldn't get through. Maybe you could try checking whether the problem is linked to your traffic? It seems to be the root of all evil in this game.