51 replies to this topic

[slornie]

This had better be good!

[Piglet]

I seriously can't $@$!*(( wait.

I want it now, ******! Is probably the only game I will really look forward to when ME3 is in my grabby hands tomorrow.

[Sean_Seanston]

Meh, looks interesting but it's EA so they'll probably screw it up with their shell of a Maxis.

Anyway, what's with the ****ing reuse of titles these days?

We had Twisted Metal, Mortal Kombat... Syndicate... now we have SimCity it seems (unless that's a working title).
Why not SimCity 5? Since that's actually more like what it is?

Or are we supposed to forget things that happened more than 5 years ago?

[Piglet]

There were things more than five years ago?! Surely you jest for I do not remember any of it!

We all know the lord created us one year ago, exactly!

[Sean_Seanston]

Piglet, on 11 March 2012 - 09:09 AM, said:

We all know the lord created us one year ago, exactly!

Ah yes... you have jogged my memory of that very event! How silly of me. Normalcy restored!

[Piglet]

Why isn't it 2013 yet?

[Matticus88]

GlassBox Engine Demo vid;



Edit: seems the 2nd video i had here was removed from youtube by the user who uploaded it, so i've removed it from my post.

Edited by Matticus88, 27 March 2012 - 12:02 PM.

[slornie]

Yeah, Glassbox looks really interesting.  

I hope they fix the traffic rules though, if you see when the cars take a turn at the junction in that first video they're in completely the wrong lane for the turn they make!

[Sean_Seanston]

So is this a prequel to SimCity 3000?

Badum, TISHHHHHHHHHHHH...

Still though, I suppose I am semi-interested in this. I certainly wouldn't place a bet on it not being **** and an affront to all that is SimCity, but I guess it MIGHT be good...

[Piglet]

I dusted off my old copy of Sim City 4



I can't wait for the new one.

[slornie]

Sean_Seanston, on 22 March 2012 - 06:25 PM, said:

Still though, I suppose I am semi-interested in this. I certainly wouldn't place a bet on it not being **** and an affront to all that is SimCity, but I guess it MIGHT be good...

On the plus side, this one is made by some of the same guys at Maxis as the previous incarnations (and NOT Tilted Mill who did Societies).

Here's a transcript of a Q/A they did on Reddit last week: Link

Edited by slornie, 22 March 2012 - 07:21 PM.

[Piglet]

Quote

16) teslasmash:
There's a lot of excitement about the Glass Box engine... was it designed to be a little more extensible than just Simcity? Perhaps with other future games in mind?
i.e. DICE's Frostbite engine is being used (or planned to be used) in other EA games. Was this in mind when developing Glass Box?

Maxis:
[Andrew] Definitely! In fact, it started off life as a general simulation engine we could use to revisit previous titles (SimAnt!), and explore new sim game ideas with. The idea to do a new SimCity came later. We have some ambitious plans here, but for now SimCity is the main focus.

There is still hope, people!

[Sean_Seanston]

slornie, on 22 March 2012 - 07:21 PM, said:

On the plus side, this one is made by some of the same guys at Maxis as the previous incarnations (and NOT Tilted Mill who did Societies).

Always a good thing...

Will Wright's completely gone from Maxis now though, right?

Then again, maybe in the later games he was more of a Sid-Meier-like figurehead with a vague "Creative [Something]" title, I dunno

Piglet, on 23 March 2012 - 04:50 AM, said:

There is still hope, people!

I wouldn't them finally making SimMars... that could potentially be nice.

Also, it's amazing to think: When this one is released next year, it'll have been 10 years since the last SimCity. Wow.
I played the original SimCity again on an Amiga emulator a few months ago. I used to enjoy it as a kid... might have been constantly using the shift+F-U-N-D cheat back then for more money though, so I'm not sure how far I ever actually legitimately got
What amazed me though is how simple it was then. I'd forgotten about all the things SimCity 2000 brought in. SimCity has no:
- Pipes
- Police/Fire Stations
- Schools etc.
- Hospitals
- Prisons

It's amazingly simple, and TBH it got boring for me very quickly. Doesn't hold up for me...

EDIT: Reading that Q&A now. Whenever they mention SimCity Societies, am I the only one who keeps picturing Yahtzee's review where he mentions how a statue in a cavern on the moon would be just as effective as placing it anywhere else?

EDIT2:

Quote

Maxis:
[Kip] We are going for a stylized look which has a mesmerizing charm about it. We are building a more accessible SimCity

Anyone else's heart sink a little? Accessible is usually a diplomatic way of saying: "Dumbing down to all ****"
Suppose it doesn't have to be though. It just almost always seems to be.

Edited by Sean_Seanston, 23 March 2012 - 06:06 AM.

[slornie]

To be fair, whenever they mention accessible its always tied with talk about the depth and quality of the simulation.  One of the other answers was this:

Quote

[Kip] Our goal for this SimCity is to deliver on a robust city simulation game but also make it easy to play and understand. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be “dumbed down”.

[Sean_Seanston]

It's just we've been lied to so many times by so many different people over the years

[slornie]

New SimCity Will Require Always-On Internet Connection

NOOOO!

That's just completely ruined it for me. Do not want.

Edited by slornie, 29 March 2012 - 12:25 PM.

[Erix]

Same. Won't buy this one.

[Piglet]

I am still on the bandwagon.

[Sean_Seanston]

Screw it, I have better things to do.

Probably

[The Archon]

slornie, on 29 March 2012 - 12:19 PM, said:

New SimCity Will Require Always-On Internet Connection

NOOOO!

That's just completely ruined it for me. Do not want.

I felt the same way when I saw the headline; didn't plan to buy it.  I still might not.  The reason, though, appears to be for an actual gameplay reason, where everybody's cities affect each other, or a world somewhere, or somesuch.  I guess we'll have to see how this one pans out.