SimCity (5, 2013, whatever)

[carlfatal]

I am a long term SimCity addicted, SimCity 4 is not a game, it is much more like this to me. I´ve customized my game so much, that i can build like i want, and the qualitiy of custom content is nothing to compare a lot of newer titles with.

Now this new game was coming out, and like i thought since the first informations about EA and Maxis: it is a casual gamer title, cheap looking and in no way a town planning simulation. Never EA asked our community and also we never were involved in any discussion. Maybe "hardcore fans" of this game were not anymore the people they want to sell this game. But then they stole the tramway for the new game from the NAM team, a team, they changed SimCity 4 to a serious simulation.

An if there was a big map in SImCity 4, tiles with 4 to 4 square kilometers, - now you have a map with at least 16 tiles, and everyone is maybe 2 to 2 square kilometers. But a real town has a size about 20 to 40 square km.

The buildings - sorry, i know some artists on simtropolis or SC4D they offer buildings or props in a quality, that it is a real shame to see, what EA has done here with this new game.

And at least: a MP only cause they want to stop illegal copying of the game? We played MP with SC4 also, and only a few are interested in this. The most players want to play alone, in a very personal customized style, they don´t need the new features. Also no player needs a highscore in a game, where you can play a town for years to give it the size and look you want to see. No serious player counts skyscrapers, but to build a real looking town with suburbs and nature and rural environment around...

So i decided against this new Sim Ville, how i say, if i talk about this game. I will stay with SimCity 4 for the next ten years. The picture shows one of my villages on a region i play since two years.


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