RUMOR: SimCity 5 to be announced at GDC - Page 4

Skybird · 04-18-12, 05:57 PM

I think the game has been designed around the online scheme, so that they have a lame excuse for forcing players online. No longer follow security and online schemes the developement of games - it's the other way around: games' content get designed so that they follow said schemes, making them appear as if they were a necessary part of gaming.

Saw the same happening to chess programs by chessbase recently, the latest GUIs. The opening books are mandatorily accessed now at an online database. Before, the database was copied to the harddrive. They excuse it with how great it is that the database keeps track of how long people have analysed a given position so that players climb in a highscore list on how much time they have analysed a given position. Laughable. I'll stay with older Chessbase GUI, and if the need would arise, I would use free GUIs now. Chessbase is history for me. Which is a shame, visually their GUIs and boards are the most beautiful of all there are.

Anyway, I'm out of Sim City, of course. Every love affair must end one day.

EA also gets a full broadside here: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/0...deo-expensive/

Arclight · 04-20-12, 11:48 PM

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/20/maxi...not-simcity-5/

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Get Sam’s chat with Barry above, where it touches upon on the game’s new GlassBox engine, politics within the game and more.

It looks nice... If I ever snap and you see me wandering down the street, just .

Arclight · 04-25-12, 06:08 PM

And Now The Game: A SimCity Preview

Platapus · 04-25-12, 06:35 PM

Interesting trailer... until I saw the tiny words "images not representative of the game".

Arclight · 04-27-12, 12:32 PM

The art-work is not final yet, actual in-game looks a bit shoddy (only purely graphically) so they are really just saying it's still being worked on. (it's pre-alpha)

Maxis Factor: A SimCity Interview

I wants it... resolve... wavering...

mookiemookie · 10-04-12, 03:05 PM

10 minutes of SimCity gameplay:

mookiemookie · 10-15-12, 01:26 PM

I'm getting excited for this one.

Disasters: http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/1...y-destructive/

04-18-12, 05:57 PM	#46
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,694 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I think the game has been designed around the online scheme, so that they have a lame excuse for forcing players online. No longer follow security and online schemes the developement of games - it's the other way around: games' content get designed so that they follow said schemes, making them appear as if they were a necessary part of gaming. Saw the same happening to chess programs by chessbase recently, the latest GUIs. The opening books are mandatorily accessed now at an online database. Before, the database was copied to the harddrive. They excuse it with how great it is that the database keeps track of how long people have analysed a given position so that players climb in a highscore list on how much time they have analysed a given position. Laughable. I'll stay with older Chessbase GUI, and if the need would arise, I would use free GUIs now. Chessbase is history for me. Which is a shame, visually their GUIs and boards are the most beautiful of all there are. Anyway, I'm out of Sim City, of course. Every love affair must end one day. EA also gets a full broadside here: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/0...deo-expensive/ __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

04-25-12, 06:08 PM	#48
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	And Now The Game: A SimCity Preview __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

04-25-12, 06:35 PM	#49
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,388 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Interesting trailer... until I saw the tiny words "images not representative of the game". __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-27-12, 12:32 PM	#50
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	The art-work is not final yet, actual in-game looks a bit shoddy (only purely graphically) so they are really just saying it's still being worked on. (it's pre-alpha) Maxis Factor: A SimCity Interview I wants it... resolve... wavering... __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

10-04-12, 03:05 PM	#51
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	10 minutes of SimCity gameplay: __________________ 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.

10-15-12, 01:26 PM	#52
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I'm getting excited for this one. Disasters: http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/1...y-destructive/ __________________ 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.

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