Such a shame. With this trend, at least the good news for me is my laptop will get a few more years out of it before I need to upgrade it. Maybe by then, games will be worth buying again.
New SimCity Will Require Always-On Internet - UPDATED
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Okay seriously even I'm starting to get a little annoyed by all of this "Welp, online connectivity, no way becauz Im protestin". Seriously, nice idea, but it won't mean diddly squat.
Personally I've had origin on my computer since ME3, and I can promise that if you have the kind of system you game on, it doesn't slow it down, and you won't even know it's there (Granted it's not set to auto-load with windows). As much as I hate it, and I agree with jimquisition, I'm not going to pass by what is probably a perfectly good game (I love SC4 and still play it weekly) because of it.
Personally I've had origin on my computer since ME3, and I can promise that if you have the kind of system you game on, it doesn't slow it down, and you won't even know it's there (Granted it's not set to auto-load with windows). As much as I hate it, and I agree with jimquisition, I'm not going to pass by what is probably a perfectly good game (I love SC4 and still play it weekly) because of it.
Hey, I'll take this as a positive. I won't need to buy a new computer to run this game because I won't be buying it.
Damn, and I was really looking forward to buying this. Oh well I guess I'll throw it on the pile of games I'll never touch alongside Diablo 3
I'm just waiting for the inevitable "but you're complaining online, this doesn't affect you!" argument I always get, because the other person hasn't considered my internet sometimes goes down for days at a time, usually once every two weeks.Rouzeki said:
I live in a well developed UK town to, I hate to think of what gamers in the EU have to deal with
But this isn't a question of Origin, which I have no problem with, but of requiring an always-on connection. If a game is going to dump me because my shitbag ISP pukes out on a near-daily basis, why am I going to spend money on it? Especially when I have zero intention of playing it online anyway.
I don't much care about SimCity, but I'm infuriated about Diablo 3, which I will not be buying because of the same idiotic requirement. It's interesting, though, that you don't hear anywhere near the same level of rage about Blizzard and Battle.net. Some people have legitimate, principled concerns about always-on DRM, but I think it's fair to say that others are a little more selective about where they point their anger.
It might be worth dropping a line to EA - a civil line - to protest this always-on nonsense and ask for the inclusion of a proper, offline single-player mode. It's still fairly early in the development process, so it might still be possible for minds to change. Worth a shot.
I don't much care about SimCity, but I'm infuriated about Diablo 3, which I will not be buying because of the same idiotic requirement. It's interesting, though, that you don't hear anywhere near the same level of rage about Blizzard and Battle.net. Some people have legitimate, principled concerns about always-on DRM, but I think it's fair to say that others are a little more selective about where they point their anger.
It might be worth dropping a line to EA - a civil line - to protest this always-on nonsense and ask for the inclusion of a proper, offline single-player mode. It's still fairly early in the development process, so it might still be possible for minds to change. Worth a shot.
...So... You've added a multiplayer "feature" no one was asking for that will make it incredibly hard for modders to actually work because presumably everyone who wants to see or interact with "your" version of SimCity is going to have to have the exact same versions of the exact same mods, a situation difficult enough to bring about with LAN-sized groups and virtually impossible to accomplish with Internet-sized groups.
You acknowledge that the mod community is all that's kept your franchise in gamers' minds at all, but you've basically announced your firm intention to kick that community to the curb.
But you're not idiots. Well, glad we cleared that up!
I'm going to go lie down in my cryogenic sleep chamber. Wake me when EA self-destructs or pulls its collective head out of its collective nether region.
I didn't buy BF3 because of Origin (i didn't care about mass effect), I won't buy the new SimCity because of Origin. BF2, BF2142, Spore, CnC4 and other other games left a bad taste in my mouth. It's not just because I don't want another piece of digital distribution software on my computer, it's because I don't care for EA's games any more either. Do pirates even bother anymore? I wouldn't waste the bandwidth on their rushed shit. I haven't seen anything recently that was compelling to buy. Battlefield 3 was close, but then I just went and played the other grey/brown modern shooter.
I also don't appreciate Blizzards always online DRM but I think you hear less complaining about it because there is no real fear that Blizzard will kill the servers in a couple of years. Atleast Blizzard does right by that.Andy Chalk said:
...we should discuss our mutual annoyance over this with some sort of beverage and snack. I went batty counterpointing that. s'all over my post history from last fall.dogstile said:
it just adds an unnecessary mess. to be fair, I've never played Sim City, so i don't know in what manner its normally been playable, but it sounds to me another option when the nets down just got clipped, and outright denied- ooh, I wonder how this ones gonna monetize to account for it!
This is good. Given that I can barely afford my mortgage, let alone games, when a company articulates clearly that they don't want me to buy their game (one I would probably have bought), it's a relief to my bank account.
And no, I will NOT be pirating it. I'll be very happy living without it.
And no, I will NOT be pirating it. I'll be very happy living without it.
Don't worry I live in an underdeveloped dutch Christian village. This is my connection .dogstile said:
Maybe Uk internet is just bad?
We got really good internet Connections over here and it has never stopped working in the 8 months i have been using it.
Which gives me a moral dillema my internet is beast so always on is no problem for me. On a technical level at least on a moral one i just dont know the answer.
Shoot, and I was really looking forward to this. Meh, guess we can't have it all.
I mean... lets face facts, say I wanted to play it single player like I always have, do they honestly expect me to buy it? The way this is going to work is now that ME3 has been released, I have no more use for EA. So, it sucks, I thought they had their hooks in me for one more title. I have had it with this stuff. I stopped playing all Ubisoft titles, and now it'll be EA. I know that I should hate Steam... but I don't. They at least offer an semi functional offline mode where none of the titles are restricted (barring online only games). They try to make gaming accessible for all people. EA and Ubisoft do not. I understand BF3 requiring Origin. I don't get SimCity.
Also, to continue this little tirade, I don't give a shit about adding social experiences to my gaming. Here is a useful statistic, 1/3 to 1/2 of all people are introverts. Meaning that adding a compulsory social experience to games won't attract those people. It will most likely drive them away, as it has done me. For me, and many like me, gaming is a way of not being in crowded environments but still having a good time. It's the same reason I had thousands of CD's before digital music players became common. I loved to listen to music all by myself. It was fun with other people as well, but when you really want to hear a song it becomes harder around other people.
And, to state the obvious, the people who will most likely have the least hindered experience is people who pirate the game. And that is just terrible.
I mean... lets face facts, say I wanted to play it single player like I always have, do they honestly expect me to buy it? The way this is going to work is now that ME3 has been released, I have no more use for EA. So, it sucks, I thought they had their hooks in me for one more title. I have had it with this stuff. I stopped playing all Ubisoft titles, and now it'll be EA. I know that I should hate Steam... but I don't. They at least offer an semi functional offline mode where none of the titles are restricted (barring online only games). They try to make gaming accessible for all people. EA and Ubisoft do not. I understand BF3 requiring Origin. I don't get SimCity.
Also, to continue this little tirade, I don't give a shit about adding social experiences to my gaming. Here is a useful statistic, 1/3 to 1/2 of all people are introverts. Meaning that adding a compulsory social experience to games won't attract those people. It will most likely drive them away, as it has done me. For me, and many like me, gaming is a way of not being in crowded environments but still having a good time. It's the same reason I had thousands of CD's before digital music players became common. I loved to listen to music all by myself. It was fun with other people as well, but when you really want to hear a song it becomes harder around other people.
And, to state the obvious, the people who will most likely have the least hindered experience is people who pirate the game. And that is just terrible.