Seems that there is a lot of unhappiness with SimCity launch. Folks don't like online playing only and even at that reported glitches in time coordination of users etc. Been looking at alternatives and it seems the Cities XL is most impressive and certainly most similar to SC. I see that Origin download from EA is also interested in providing all advantages of online login: to play with community, get automatic updates, share your accomplishments etc - but you can still play offline too. Though Origin does require online playing for some of the games they download, this is not the case with Cities XL at this time and the download is only $13. This seems like a no brainer to me .. but I am here to listen if anyone has any other information on the Origin offer that I don't know or understand - thanks
