Maxis Insider Tells RPS: SimCity Servers Not Necessary
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/12/simcity-server-not-necessary/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29
It took an "insider" for gaming sites to report something anyone with some knowledge of programming already knows.
I myself write a lot of complex agent-based simulation and it runs fast on my Core 2 Duo laptop. The level of simulation in SimCity (which actually proves to be broken and only pseudo-agent-based) is like kids's toy compared to other off-the-shelf simulation models. And EA claims it is so complex that it can only be run on EA's server. We all know it was bullshit from the beginning.
Yet what's sad is ALMOST NO MAINSTREAM GAMING SITE called out on that bullshit. It is truly a sad thing that the critical thinking ability in gaming journalism is gone.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/12/simcity-server-not-necessary/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29
It took an "insider" for gaming sites to report something anyone with some knowledge of programming already knows.
I myself write a lot of complex agent-based simulation and it runs fast on my Core 2 Duo laptop. The level of simulation in SimCity (which actually proves to be broken and only pseudo-agent-based) is like kids's toy compared to other off-the-shelf simulation models. And EA claims it is so complex that it can only be run on EA's server. We all know it was bullshit from the beginning.
Yet what's sad is ALMOST NO MAINSTREAM GAMING SITE called out on that bullshit. It is truly a sad thing that the critical thinking ability in gaming journalism is gone.