Maxis: That's Rain on Your Leg [Dec 22, 2012, 12:22 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The SimCity Blog has a follow-up to recent outcry over plans to require an internet connection to play the upcoming SimCity revival (thanks GameSpot). Lucy Bradshaw explains to players how this will make the game "even more fun." Here's a bit:
Running the regional simulation on our servers is something we also use to support features that will make this SimCity even more fun. We use the Sim data to update worldwide leaderboards, where you get to see your city or mayoral standings as compared to the other cities in your region and between all of the regions in the world. And since SimCity is a live service, we're also using the data to create weekly global and local challenges for our players that keep the gameplay fresh and surprising.
We think this is the best SimCity ever and it wouldn’t be possible without the technology that powers our game. SimCity was designed to be connected from the ground up. We built the game around GlassBox, which takes the game to another level. And, we’ve given the player control over how to play. 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.
Prediction: even as people bitch and moan over the "always online" requirement, the game will sell well and soon after it's release the whole thing will be forgotten. "Yeah I'm pissed off over the online requirement, but not pissed off enough to not play it!"
This is the same bullshit as day one DLC: everyone hates the idea of it but publishers keep doing it because it sells really well. Games are changing. Either get over it or resign yourself to playing old games (you know, when they did things the "right way").
This is the same bullshit as day one DLC: everyone hates the idea of it but publishers keep doing it because it sells really well. Games are changing. Either get over it or resign yourself to playing old games (you know, when they did things the "right way").
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