CitiesXL demo available

Ilpalazzo · 09-10-09, 05:54 PM

http://www.citiesxl.com/index.php?op...860&Itemid=128

Teehee, finally! A new city sim style game. Sim City Society and anybody who liked it can go straight to hell!

Dowly · 09-10-09, 06:04 PM

Thanks for reminding me. Had forgotten all about this.

PS. Ow and yeh, SCS fans burn in hell.

Spike88 · 09-10-09, 06:37 PM

Simcity societies has fans?

NeonSamurai · 09-10-09, 08:55 PM

man are you guys crazy? sim city societies was like the best sim city game evah!!!1111!

And I'll ban anyone who says otherwise

Kidding of course

Ilpalazzo · 09-10-09, 11:38 PM

Pretty crappy demo. At least I got to play some of the game.

Just wanna ramble a bit. Personal nitpickery and whatnot. I'm mostly complaining about the demo and the game's presentation rather than the gameplay. That's a good thing

So far, I've had no real problems with the gameplay.

It's been a long time since I've played a demo. I gave up on em' because they almost always suck. This game's demo however, has done a smashing good job of reminding me why I don't play a demo anymore.

-Incredible! Multiplayer-only demos are where it's at. Having to create an account of some sort just to play a demo is fun fun fun.

-By Cracky! Blue and white everything reminds me of default XP theme (sucktastic). I hate it. This was actually something I wanted desperately to change in SimCity 4. I'm dead serious here. Please give me an option to change it to a darker theme.

-Fantastic! I can't quite describe it, but I get the lame sensation that I'm playing an MMO. The game starts up much like an mmo client. It updates and you login. Awesome. There's also some sort of create-a-character thing. THis threw me off. I seem to be playing the game as Gary Coleman? Anyway I pick a server and then stare in awe at the planet full of lines and dots. Then wonder wtf I should do and where I should do it. The planet almost seems like it's already taken! I don't see a way to close the chatbox of random requests and other text, so I just drag it off the screen (classic mmo strategy).

-Outstanding! At 1920x1080 the buttons are misaligned. I have to click so many pixels underneath what I mean to click on to do anything. At lower resolutions this doesn't seem to be a problem. This makes the game pretty much unplayable at my native res. It continues to be annoying because every time I start the game up the settings get reset. So I get to play the 'change res and turn on aa' minigame before playing the real game.

-Brilliant! This game doesn't seem to be using both cores of my processor...wtf? One core is 100% while the other does nothing. Doesn't seem to run very well either....

-Magnificent! Apparently only...10%(?) of the game is actually in the demo. I dunno about you guys but 10% of a game shouldn't be a working game eh? Great way to show off your frackin product. It's called a demo for a reason. It's supposed to demonstrate to me what the game will be like. At least, that's the way I always looked at demos.

-Tour de Force! Having a time limit (7 days) on your demo guarantees success for your product. It also guarantees that I have to go out of my way to make sure I gave it a fair chance.

-Magnanimous! When you try to exit they try to make you visit their website or whatever to pre-order the game. Standard demo bs. Also guarantees success (and annoyance).

+Awe-Inspiring! There is one thing they did right though. They included tutorials in the demo. This be the downfall of many a demo, but they actually came through with this. I gave up on many potential purchases in my time because the demo had no tutorial.

Anyway, as for the gameplay itself. It looks pretty damn promising. Yay!

mookiemookie · 09-14-09, 01:11 PM

Having played the demo and being turned off by the MMO aspect of it, the 7 day time limit, the buggy mouse pointer activity I experienced, and the monthly fee aspect, I think I'll pass on this game.

This post on reddit absolutely ripped the game, and if the stuff said here is true, I'm not touching this thing with a 10 foot pole: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comme...do_not_buy_it/

09-10-09, 05:54 PM	#1
Ilpalazzo Frogman Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 309 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	CitiesXL demo available http://www.citiesxl.com/index.php?op...860&Itemid=128 Teehee, finally! A new city sim style game. Sim City Society and anybody who liked it can go straight to hell!

09-10-09, 06:37 PM	#3
Spike88 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,052 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Simcity societies has fans? __________________

09-10-09, 08:55 PM	#4
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	man are you guys crazy? sim city societies was like the best sim city game evah!!!1111! And I'll ban anyone who says otherwise Kidding of course __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

09-14-09, 01:11 PM	#6
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Having played the demo and being turned off by the MMO aspect of it, the 7 day time limit, the buggy mouse pointer activity I experienced, and the monthly fee aspect, I think I'll pass on this game. This post on reddit absolutely ripped the game, and if the stuff said here is true, I'm not touching this thing with a 10 foot pole: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comme...do_not_buy_it/ __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

09-10-09, 06:04 PM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Thanks for reminding me. Had forgotten all about this. PS. Ow and yeh, SCS fans burn in hell.

09-10-09, 11:38 PM	#5
Ilpalazzo Frogman Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 309 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Pretty crappy demo. At least I got to play some of the game. Just wanna ramble a bit. Personal nitpickery and whatnot. I'm mostly complaining about the demo and the game's presentation rather than the gameplay. That's a good thing So far, I've had no real problems with the gameplay. It's been a long time since I've played a demo. I gave up on em' because they almost always suck. This game's demo however, has done a smashing good job of reminding me why I don't play a demo anymore. -Incredible! Multiplayer-only demos are where it's at. Having to create an account of some sort just to play a demo is fun fun fun. -By Cracky! Blue and white everything reminds me of default XP theme (sucktastic). I hate it. This was actually something I wanted desperately to change in SimCity 4. I'm dead serious here. Please give me an option to change it to a darker theme. -Fantastic! I can't quite describe it, but I get the lame sensation that I'm playing an MMO. The game starts up much like an mmo client. It updates and you login. Awesome. There's also some sort of create-a-character thing. THis threw me off. I seem to be playing the game as Gary Coleman? Anyway I pick a server and then stare in awe at the planet full of lines and dots. Then wonder wtf I should do and where I should do it. The planet almost seems like it's already taken! I don't see a way to close the chatbox of random requests and other text, so I just drag it off the screen (classic mmo strategy). -Outstanding! At 1920x1080 the buttons are misaligned. I have to click so many pixels underneath what I mean to click on to do anything. At lower resolutions this doesn't seem to be a problem. This makes the game pretty much unplayable at my native res. It continues to be annoying because every time I start the game up the settings get reset. So I get to play the 'change res and turn on aa' minigame before playing the real game. -Brilliant! This game doesn't seem to be using both cores of my processor...wtf? One core is 100% while the other does nothing. Doesn't seem to run very well either.... -Magnificent! Apparently only...10%(?) of the game is actually in the demo. I dunno about you guys but 10% of a game shouldn't be a working game eh? Great way to show off your frackin product. It's called a demo for a reason. It's supposed to demonstrate to me what the game will be like. At least, that's the way I always looked at demos. -Tour de Force! Having a time limit (7 days) on your demo guarantees success for your product. It also guarantees that I have to go out of my way to make sure I gave it a fair chance. -Magnanimous! When you try to exit they try to make you visit their website or whatever to pre-order the game. Standard demo bs. Also guarantees success (and annoyance). +Awe-Inspiring! There is one thing they did right though. They included tutorials in the demo. This be the downfall of many a demo, but they actually came through with this. I gave up on many potential purchases in my time because the demo had no tutorial. Anyway, as for the gameplay itself. It looks pretty damn promising. Yay!