 Smith6612Premium,MVM
join:2008-02-01
North Tonawanda, NY
kudos:22
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| Downloads and the game I don't own a copy of the new SimCity Game, but I have older versions that only required the CD to initially launch the game. A few of my buddies however ordered the game and they saw the crunch while trying to get the game on launch day. They had difficulty getting the game to even unlock (apparently Deluxe edition folks had issues) but once the game unlocked, he got around 20MB/s on the download.
Now, playing the game has been another story. Servers constantly down, and the cities seem too small. Pretty much a disappointment as always with an EA Game lately considering the older games offered huge cities off the bat, and didn't need Internet access. |
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SukunaiPremium
join:2008-05-07
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Not surprised, not surprised at all.
Glad I have NOT fallen into the trap of wanting this.
I managed to locate a while back a title called Cities XL 2012. I think more people might want to check that out.
I can stomache a small bit of need to be online, but, with a Simcity game? No if I can't play offline, it is not worth anything at all to me. |
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| lost revinew For myself, If the game does not have an offline option now. I will never play it.
Ubisoft lost me as a customer after assassins creed.
Blizzard almost during wow and totally after Diablo 3.
I heard about the always online for the new Simcity and I already did not want to buy it. So now EA has lost me as a customer. When a single player game requires a always online connection. It is DRM and nothing more. |
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Re: Downloads and the game SimCity 2000 by Maxis.
That is all. |
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| I will not purchase any EA game with this technology... The last and only EA game I purchased with this technology was the last Command & Conquer. I got halfway through a mission and lost all progress because connectivity to EA failed. I stopped playing and took it back for in store credit then bought a non-EA game without that tech.
It also sucks not being able to play a single player game when travelling just because you dont have internet. This is rediculous and should have a law against preventing customers who legitimately purchased the game from playing it anytime they want. |
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 elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | reply to cpsycho
Re: lost revinew even more of an insult is lack of any kind of demo.... |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | I've said it before and I'll say it again. Everyone buys the new sim city is basically telling EA:
"I approve of invasive DRM.
I approve of always online connection requirements, even to play single-player.
I approve of not having access to the game I paid for after release.
I approve of how EA treats its customers.
Here's my money, please continue to do ALL OF THIS. " |
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| Stopped Buying EA Games I stopped buying EA games back when they started to install a rootkit on your PC. I never looked back after that. Now I try to buy most of my games from the small independent publishers. |
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Re: Downloads and the game I figured this would happen so I didn't buy... I'll wait 6 months for them to get their shit straight. |
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 Duramax08Win8 sucksPremium
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX | steam or nothin If its not on steam, im out. I dont need to keep track of different sources for my vidyagames.
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| Lame game companies... To begin with, people who pirate the games will not intend to buy it in the first place, so why the heck the implement this ways to screw the paying customer? Same thing with movies, people who pirate them will not go to theaters.
Also, it will probably cost them more in the end to pay to keep these servers up and running. |
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 diablo1892Say hello to my little friend
join:2011-04-21
Friendly, WV
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·Dialup USA, Inc.
·EarthLink
| Happy This is the reason why I don't buy these types. I Don't ever want these types of games, there just filled too much with clutter like this one.. If I would have bought this and played the same time the servers were loading slow, my connection would of died, I never would'v been able to even log in but if I were then I would be behind by a whole minute or even longer due to high latency. But I don't bother with this so I'm glad i did'nt pay for it and throw away my money.
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HT1000/ BeamID 32/ Power Max plan/ 4 pcs on a D-Link wired switch/ wireless D-Link router with password
Support only the gaming company's that matter the most, pay for something that actually is worth buying
or has a good reason for how much it's worth. |
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 SteimesI make internetsPremium
join:2002-01-08
Belle Vernon, PA
kudos:1 | reply to me1212
Re: I've said it before and I'll say it again. said by me1212:Everyone buys the new sim city is basically telling EA:
"I approve of invasive DRM.
I approve of always online connection requirements, even to play single-player.
I approve of not having access to the game I paid for after release.
I approve of how EA treats its customers.
Here's my money, please continue to do ALL OF THIS. "
I really want to play this game, but Diablo III burned me, never again will I go for an always on single player game like this that costs money.
If Blizzard could not get it right I knew EA had no chance.
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Re: Lame game companies... Hackers will just remove the always on part anyway. If a man can make it, a man can break it. |
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diablo1892Say hello to my little friend
join:2011-04-21
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Re: I've said it before and I'll say it again. said by me1212:Everyone who buys constant connection to servers is basically telling every game company:
"I approve of invasive DRM.
I approve of always online connection requirements, even to play single-player.
I approve of not having access to the game I paid for after release.
I approve of how EA treats its customers.
Here's my money, please continue to do ALL OF THIS. "
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HT1000/ BeamID 32/ Power Max plan/ 4 pcs on a D-Link wired switch/ wireless D-Link router with password
Support only the gaming company's that matter the most, pay for something that actually is worth buying
or has a good reason for how much it's worth. |
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diablo1892Say hello to my little friend
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Re: Lame game companies... said by Moostang:Hackers will just remove the always on part anyway. If a man can make it, a man can break it.
Well if its a popular game and they like it then yes. |
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Smith6612Premium,MVM
join:2008-02-01
North Tonawanda, NY
kudos:22 | reply to PapaMidnight
Re: Downloads and the game SimCity 2000 was da bomb. I found 3000 to be quite fun, too! |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to Duramax08
Re: steam or nothin Even GOG or HIB games? I don't think I could do that, I'd miss out on too much. Plus I can just add them to the steam library for easy access. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to m3nphls
Re: Lame game companies... said by m3nphls:Also, it will probably cost them more in the end to pay to keep these servers up and running.
I REALLY hope it does. But then when they take them down poof no more game for you EVER.
Have they cracked D3's yet? I have no interest in playing it but I'm curious. |
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slckusrPremium
join:2003-03-17
Maumee, OH
kudos:1 Reviews:
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| I bought it I got the game yesterday, Didnt get an email to download the game until after 4am (midnight release). Got off work 9a, downloaded it while i ran some errands got home played for 3 hours and the servers went down.
Ill let you know how today goes. |
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