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.
LOL, just for fun I was checking origin yesterday. The only simcity that they show on the front page is an $80 digital deluxe version.
Except maybe snuggle trucks. I checked the leaderboards on that once or twice and they looked legit.
Rhino wrote on Dec 22, 2012, 12:09:Plus, nearly EVERY SINGLE GAME I've seen with leaderboards has had hackers all at the top with impossible to beat scores. The very few that don't usually have to police them manually to remove hackers. I doubt they built the game from ground up to be hacker proof. And I doubt they will have someone whose entire job for the next 5 years is is to find cheaters and ban them and remove the scores from leaderboards.
Leaderboards are fine for some games; but given that each player will have their own priorities or objectives then there is no consistent method of measurement for any leaderboard. That guy over there has a population that's several hundred times my own? Fine, assuming that I'm even trying to make a high population city.
Except maybe snuggle trucks. I checked the leaderboards on that once or twice and they looked legit.
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