Sim City V

[Nehkara]

I have to say I disagree. I think people over-react to things like this. Yes, okay... the 1% of the time you don't have an internet connection you can't play.

That said, the depth and intricacy of the simulation and the gameplay look just amazing and something I have been waiting for in this genre since I was a kid.

Bring on SimCity!

Originally Posted by Brannigans Law

I remember when Sim City used to be fun. You could build a giant ass city on a huge map if you wanted with no internet connection. Now it's like anything else.. huge unnecessarily complicated bloatware garbage. I passed on the last SimCity looks like I'll be passing again. Bollocks.

What? Cities are smaller sure but just think of it a different way, make a 16-city PRIVATE region and build it such that your "City" is the interconnection of all of the smaller cities.

It sucks in some ways that you need a net connection but this is not a huge problem now and will become less and less of a problem as wireless internet becomes more ubiquitous.

I think calling a SimCity unnecessarily complicated is a little odd. Most Sim players crave depth of simulation. I think they are doing an amazing job with this aspect.

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

I love sandbox games, and the previous SimCity games are some of my favorite. But if they've really reduced the playability and fun for the sake of DRM they've lost me as a customer. There are so many good games out there, so there's no reason to put up with this B.S.

Sandbox games are wicked. This one will be too. If you don't want to play with others, just create a private region. By reducing playability you must mean the always-connected issue, because I think in many ways the new SimCity will be a lot more "playable" than others. I am REALLY looking forward to making my own region, regions with my niece and nephew, regions with my friends, regions with strangers... not to mention tons of different types of cities. DRM pisses me off but sometimes I think not playing games (of which you are a huge fan) because of DRM is cutting off your nose to spite your face.


Now, I have some concerns like the rest of you but I think this is essentially the game we have been waiting for, for a very long time.

[Nehkara]

Screenshots, enjoy:

Spoiler!

[Nehkara]

More screenshots!

Spoiler!

[Old Yeller]

I'm a little disappointed I didn't see a cow somewhere in the tornado.

[Regulator75]

I hope my laptop can handle this.

8 GB RAM, Intel i5, Win7 64 bit with a NVIDIA GeForce G 105M card.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

I hope my laptop can handle this.

8 GB RAM, Intel i5, Win7 64 bit with a NVIDIA GeForce G 105M card.

According to notebookcheck, you would have trouble running games from 3 years ago at 640x480 on low settings with that card.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.13790.0.html

If you are looking for a laptop upgrade that plays games well and won't break the bank, the Lenovo y580 is the best price/performance laptop available. At least until that deal is rescinded.

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

According to notebookcheck, you would have trouble running games from 3 years ago at 640x480 on low settings with that card.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.13790.0.html

If you are looking for a laptop upgrade that plays games well and won't break the bank, the Lenovo y580 is the best price/performance laptop available. At least until that deal is rescinded.

Not in the market for a new laptop... crap.
My current laptop has zero issues and isn't really designed for gaming, I was just hoping.

[Finny61]

Wow this game looks like a gem, cool screenshots. The police station beside the donut shop was a nice touch. I need to get started on saving for a desktop.

[Regulator75]

http://community.simtropolis.com/top...-requirements/

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better or Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better

Operating System:
Windows XP/Vista/7

RAM:
Windows XP: 1.5GB
Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB
PCs using a built-in graphical chipset are recommended to have 2GB RAM

Graphics Card:
ATI X1800 or better*
nVidia 7800 or better*
Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better*

DVD-ROM:
8x or better

Looks like my old desktop (higher-end way back when) should be able to run it (probably not at the high settings though). Whew.

nVidia 7950 GT 512 mb
Pentium E6600 2M Cache, 3.06 GHz, 1066 FSB

[Regorium]

Originally Posted by photon

So here's a question, what happens when you don't log into your city for a while.. regions depend on the city, if I take a vacation or get busy for 2 months and don't play I expect my game to be where I left it.. but sounds like this will be always on and I'll come back to find huge unemployment and garbage because the cities around me have changed.

Or are the other cities in your region simulated and not real people? Or maybe you have the choice of either?

You have the choice it seems like.

You can set your region to private and never interact with other people, or you can play exclusively with friends or join a public region.

Who knows what the public region is, whether you connect to it every time or what. It sounds really cool, but I'm a bit skeptical on how well their algorithms work.

Another thing is this:

Players will be able to specialize cities on certain industries, such as manufacturing, tourism, education, or others. Each of which have distinct appearances, simulation behavior, and economic strategies.[24][35] Players have the option to heavily specialize on one or build multiple specializations in any given city for diversity.

It SOUNDS like a button you press, like a skill tree where you specialize in a specific industry. That would be stupid, because I'd rather have my specialization be decided based on my planning decisions and policy decisions rather than clicking a button. If I wanted education, maybe I build a bunch of universities, tourism I'd have casinos and landmarks.

I dunno. Maybe someone that's in the beta can say something about it.

[Nehkara]

Solar Farm:

[Nehkara]

Population Data Layer:

[Old Yeller]

My job is statistics.... I'm such a stats geek I'm just going to stare at the data layers all game.

[TorqueDog]

I want this game so damned badly. I actually want to go play Sim City 4 right now just thinking about it.

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I want this game so damned badly. I actually want to go play Sim City 4 right now just thinking about it.

I want the concept of this game so damned badly. I'm really, really nervous about what EA & Maxis might manage to do to it.

I never recovered from the hype machine and subsequent psychological damage that was Spore, with respect to EA, Maxis, Wil Wright, etc.

[TorqueDog]

Agreed. Everything almost sounds too good to be true.

[photon]

Or the good stuff is going to be overshadowed by a few bad things that will make the game a no-go for the long time Sim City fans.

[PsYcNeT]

Well, even if Sim City is a bust, I've heard rumours that another Civ expansion will be coming out in Q3, so this year shouldn't be a total crapfest!

[CaptainCrunch]

They really need Sim Copter for a game like this where you can fly a helicopter over your city.

Or Sim Grand Theft Auto where you can drive a car through your city or start a crime/arson spree to test your law enforcement and fire fighting strategy.

[PsYcNeT]

I would be happy with a release SDK or Steam Workshop (on Origin...) so users could make that content themselves.