Sim City - A Smattering of Impressions

jomni · March 24, 2013, 08:30:38 PM

Quote from: Bison on March 24, 2013, 07:40:32 PM
Right. I got the deluxe one but I was thinking it was the limited edition. So many names for a game and it's DLC.

I got confused with the naming of the BF3 packs as well and wasted money because of ignorance.

JudgeDredd · March 25, 2013, 02:28:46 AM

Quote from: Grim.Reaper on March 24, 2013, 07:52:09 PM
If I buy now, it will be for the potential, plus my impulse nature:). Not really concerned about the issues since I think they will be addressed, just don't know if I would like this type of game or not.

lol - have you NEVER played a Sim City game before? I didn't know there were "Sim City" virgins out there!

Grim.Reaper · March 25, 2013, 04:37:23 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on March 25, 2013, 02:28:46 AM
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on March 24, 2013, 07:52:09 PM
If I buy now, it will be for the potential, plus my impulse nature:). Not really concerned about the issues since I think they will be addressed, just don't know if I would like this type of game or not.
lol - have you NEVER played a Sim City game before? I didn't know there were "Sim City" virgins out there!

Sadly true:). Not sure how I ever escaped playing a version but I have. Same with the sims, but I did try sim medieval:). But that lasted all of a couple of hours.

Bison · March 25, 2013, 07:54:54 AM

Sims, Sim Medieval are not Simcity.

JudgeDredd · March 25, 2013, 07:59:16 AM

^ true - BUT - they are giving it a very, very similar look.

I noticed the "smileys" that popup when things are going wrong (bad road system) or when thigs go right (building a school) and they are the very same icons they use in The Sims game

So whilst they are not the same games, there's definitely a "crossover"

Bison · March 25, 2013, 08:01:11 AM

Sure but I doubt we ever see a nude mod for Simcity.

Grim.Reaper · March 25, 2013, 05:05:05 PM

Quote from: Bison on March 25, 2013, 07:54:54 AM
Sims, Sim Medieval are not Simcity.

Yep, knew that....just saying anything sim related is not something I have played much:)

JudgeDredd · March 27, 2013, 09:57:10 AM

For all the people that are playing this - does the Fire Department ever put a fire out? Of all the videos I've seen, the Fire Department have been unable to rescue a fire situation!

Barthheart · March 27, 2013, 10:55:11 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on March 27, 2013, 09:57:10 AM
For all the people that are playing this - does the Fire Department ever put a fire out? Of all the videos I've seen, the Fire Department have been unable to rescue a fire situation!

Ummm.. yeah mine do all the time. It's rare that they get to one too late to save the building.

JudgeDredd · March 27, 2013, 11:10:38 AM

mmm. Maybe it's just the vids I've seen. I am watching one video where the guy is constantly saying he's ran out of space and has to keep building over things to create new buildings.

I have to say I like the look of the game.

Still not pulling the trigger though (yet).

Barthheart · March 27, 2013, 11:29:40 AM

It really depends on your traffic density. It sounds like your watching someone who has a traffic problem or not enough fire trucks.

It is a fun great looking game... but there are still some problems. Some of the info the alerts give directly contradicts the info in the tables you can look up... Traffic is a real bitch to handle. On the EA blog one of the designers talks about never using 4 way intersections to keep down traffic congestion.... never been to a city in real life with only 3 way intersections.... :P

I'm not sorry I bought it right away but if yer kinda on the fence, I'd wait 'til it's about the $20 range. By then most of the bugs should be worked out.

JudgeDredd · March 27, 2013, 11:43:57 AM

Yeah the videos I've seen have been having traffic issues.

Martok · April 01, 2013, 01:26:25 AM

Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation has done his review. ;D

JudgeDredd · April 01, 2013, 02:11:01 AM

Yahtzee "Are there any new features Sim City can offer me?"
EA "Well - there's a poo map"
Yahtzee "I beg your pardon?"
EA "We've got a special map that lets you see all the poo forming in big piles under peoples houses. Then you can build an outlet pipe and what all the poo speed away on a wee wee one way system"
Yahtzee "F***ing soooooold"

I don't put much weight on his reviews but they are fun.

jomni · April 01, 2013, 03:23:33 AM

Quote from: Barthheart on March 27, 2013, 11:29:40 AM
It really depends on your traffic density. It sounds like your watching someone who has a traffic problem or not enough fire trucks.

It is a fun great looking game... but there are still some problems. Some of the info the alerts give directly contradicts the info in the tables you can look up... Traffic is a real bitch to handle. On the EA blog one of the designers talks about never using 4 way intersections to keep down traffic congestion.... never been to a city in real life with only 3 way intersections.... :P

I'm not sorry I bought it right away but if yer kinda on the fence, I'd wait 'til it's about the $20 range. By then most of the bugs should be worked out.

I think three way intersection cause more traffic.