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Kjesse · 01-19-2015, 10:04 PM

As a result of this thread being bumped, I checked out the SimCity 5 webpage yesterday and see that you can now try a demo of the full game. Cool, I wanted to buy the game in the first place but didn't because of the reviews. Its been a few years, maybe the patches have helped.

I have to sign up for an origin account, OK that's fine too, and download the game, then install, then it patches itself. This takes about a half hour plus, and I have BB100 and a fast computer. Fine.

Load the game up. Play the tutorial, takes about 20 minutes. Shut the game down, bed time.

The demo gives you 4 hours of play time, I had lots left to see if I'd buy the game.

The next day, I try to open the game, guess what? Game time expired!

Its possible I left Origin open but I know SimCity was shut down. Somehow the other 3 plus hours of game time evaportated, maybe in the background.

I spent more time installing and updating than playing, and the tutorial was painful. I'm so glad I generally refuse to buy EA games anymore.

EDIT: I will be wanting to try this Cities Skyline game it looks great.

01-19-2015, 10:04 PM	#2075
Kjesse Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Exp:	As a result of this thread being bumped, I checked out the SimCity 5 webpage yesterday and see that you can now try a demo of the full game. Cool, I wanted to buy the game in the first place but didn't because of the reviews. Its been a few years, maybe the patches have helped. I have to sign up for an origin account, OK that's fine too, and download the game, then install, then it patches itself. This takes about a half hour plus, and I have BB100 and a fast computer. Fine. Load the game up. Play the tutorial, takes about 20 minutes. Shut the game down, bed time. The demo gives you 4 hours of play time, I had lots left to see if I'd buy the game. The next day, I try to open the game, guess what? Game time expired! Its possible I left Origin open but I know SimCity was shut down. Somehow the other 3 plus hours of game time evaportated, maybe in the background. I spent more time installing and updating than playing, and the tutorial was painful. I'm so glad I generally refuse to buy EA games anymore. EDIT: I will be wanting to try this Cities Skyline game it looks great.