I was on the Beta for this SimCity, and I was sorely disappointed even then. I had to wait a full say to get in to play the game at all because all the servers were down. Not a good sign...
And then when I finally did get in, discovered all this "play for one hour" nonsense, which included the agonisingly slow and hand-holdy tutorial... I think that when I finally got to play I did so for about 10 minutes before realising the whole thing was deadly boring and quit. They didn't even let you fully test the game - half the stuff was disabled with a big banner that said "Not in Beta". Guess what it did after I quit? It sprang Internet Explorer on me with a page about pre-ordering the game for £45!
Beta my foot. It was clearly a marketing gimmick by EA that Maxis decided to dress up as a Beta so they could at least catch a few bugs in the process.
All this coming from a -fan- of the SC series. SC4 was Excellent. Not perfect, mind you, but compared to this pile of rubbish it was the gaming equivalent of an angelic choir.
And then when I finally did get in, discovered all this "play for one hour" nonsense, which included the agonisingly slow and hand-holdy tutorial... I think that when I finally got to play I did so for about 10 minutes before realising the whole thing was deadly boring and quit. They didn't even let you fully test the game - half the stuff was disabled with a big banner that said "Not in Beta". Guess what it did after I quit? It sprang Internet Explorer on me with a page about pre-ordering the game for £45!
Beta my foot. It was clearly a marketing gimmick by EA that Maxis decided to dress up as a Beta so they could at least catch a few bugs in the process.
All this coming from a -fan- of the SC series. SC4 was Excellent. Not perfect, mind you, but compared to this pile of rubbish it was the gaming equivalent of an angelic choir.