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.
RollinThundr wrote on Dec 22, 2012, 19:58:
Yet you all have no problem buying hundreds of titles on Steam only to be always online to play them.
Stop being a tool. This argument has been made ad nauseam, and you really should know by now how fucking retarded it is. When my ISP goes down (which sadly it does quite often, and typically for entire weekends at a time), I can run Steam in offline mode and play my games. (I can do the same with Uplay, but funny enough not with Origin, for whatever reason.)
When my ISP goes down, I won't be able to play SimCity. When EA's servers go down, I won't be able to play SimCity. When EA decides to pull the plug in 18-24 months, nobody will EVER be able to play SimCity again. To me, this is unacceptable.
If you have no problem with that, great. Buy the game, and I hope you enjoy it. But stop trying to dictate to others what they consider to be an issue. Last I checked, I didn't give you a power of attorney over my gaming decisions.
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