Beyondthegrave07 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for EA, it did. The new SimsCity game is official the worst, the absolute worst item on Amazon....EVER! I didn't buy this game but I had a friend who bought it who was extremely disappointed. EA has also announced that they will be offering free copies of Dead Space 3, Mass Effect 3, Plants vs Zombies, and other EA games to anyone who purchased this game. What are your thoughts about Simcity and/or EA? Is EA doomed to fail with the low-selling DS3 and now the SimCity monstrocity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteVega Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) I seen some let's play of it...what's so bad about it?It looks fine to me. Edit: Checked the reviews and saw the problems it has. Another EA controversy this year? Oh boy. Edited March 18, 2013 by EliteVega Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aranea Highwind Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Well i heard the game sucks because the servers are crap i don't think the game is bad even though i have never been into those types of games but they are forcing you to stay online all of the time to play a game that doesn't require such feature other devs should learn from Sim City to not repeat the same disaster like EA did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowGandalf Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I probably would've got SimCity, but then I found out it was essentially multiplayer only, and thought 'sod that'. Glad I avoided it now. EA really f'd up this one. I'll stick to Cities XL 2012. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daftprophet Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 What are your thoughts about Simcity and/or EA? Oh boy...I don't have enough time for this right now. They are pile of trash on so many levels... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteVega Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I wonder if I should still consider the new Army of Two game because of this, sad cause It looked like fun and been able to make my own mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_MovieMan29 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 It serves them right. Maybe now they won't have a choice but take their time and put out quality, because now this will start to effect their sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Mayus Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 While Sim City is supposed to be bad, I think the low scores have a lot more to do with certain websites than the actual game. Websites like reddit and 4chan (aka the pariah of the Internet) make it their goal to shit on anything Sony/EA/Apple and to praise anything Nintendo/Valve/Samsung. So it is why I tend to ignore user generate scores because they are hardly trustful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Let me start off by saying the game isn't what got rated so low. It was the always online DRM crap. I liked the game, but I can totally understand the instant DRM turn off. Imagine being given a pretty attractive lady, who was hyped up to be the hottest girl in the room, and you only get to have her for 20 minutes at a time, if she isn't busy with a bunch of other things. That being said EA claimed there was no quick fix to make the game offline. However, I believe some great feller on the internet found an easy quick fix in the code. I believe deleting a single two lines made the game completely playable offline. To me, this sounds a little shady on EA's part, but knowing their previous business history, it doesn't sound out of the ordinary. Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=525129 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkthur Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Is funny how they give free games when the DRM is supossed to avoid piracy and people playing the game for free Anyway, this is a big mistake for EA but I wont condemn them unless they keep pushing this system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1973456 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 While Sim City is supposed to be bad O___o Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I think this could be a great thing in the long run. Maybe, just maybe this will show EA how stupid this type of DRM is and eliminate it from all future games. Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Lilith Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It's so bad that it got the head of EA to resign. In an internal memo to EA staff, Riccitiello stated: My decision to leave EA is really all about my accountability for the shortcomings in our financial results this year. It currently looks like we will come in at the low end of, or slightly below, the financial guidance we issued to the Street, and we have fallen short of the internal operating plan we set one year ago. And for that, I am 100 percent accountable. Looks like someone at EA is finally owning up to the shit that they've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteVega Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 So he did step down over Simcity and the other stunts that got pulled?This is getting good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 It's so bad that it got the head of EA to resign. Looks like someone at EA is finally owning up to the shit that they've done. Nice of the man to actually own up to his mistakes, I certainly respect him for that. I just don't understand how he thought any of the ideas EA brought into play this year were ever a good idea. Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordfenton Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Problem with fan reviews is that it's the fans itself. Let me put this in quotes to prove my point While Sim City is supposed to be bad, I think the low scores have a lot more to do with certain websites than the actual game. Websites like reddit and 4chan (aka the pariah of the Internet) make it their goal to shit on anything Sony/EA/Apple and to praise anything Nintendo/Valve/Samsung. So it is why I tend to ignore user generate scores because they are hardly trustful. SimCity might be bad and such in the short run maybe good in the long run. These same websites and fans don't pressed the attack on Diablo 3 for it's DRM, Steam for it's DRM yes folks Steam does have DRM even if it's not like SimCity and Diablo 3 style and other games that requires you to connect to the internet. The Witcher 2 retail had DRM for the first month or so before it got patched out. Still don't believe the sites and review sites that changes their score *COUGH Polygon COUGH* to please their fans. These same fans attack companies that shouldn't be attacked and other companies that should be the worst of the year *COUGH Carnival Cruise Lines COUGH". If your a fan of SimCity than yeah but again my advice is I'd wait for further development and/or a price drop before buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lporiginalg Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I don't have a hard fast rule against buying a game published by EA (Mirror's Edge is still one of my favorite PS3 games of all time) but a game being published or developed by EA is a red flag for me and reason enough to wait several months after release before I even consider buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitsuneChaos Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 *shrugs* Bought the game at midnight of release; played it a bit the morning of (before work). Really liked whatever of it I did play, and honestly saw little I didn't. I still don't see what the big problem with it is, outside of the initial server issues. Having server issues with Defiance right now, but you don't see me grading it as a horrible game. =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memnoch Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I can understand why people aren't happy and guess what, when EA decide to close the servers, you will not be able to use the game ... That is a problem for me, as this is the only kind of game I can go back to 5 or 10 years later and enjoy (same goes for all of this kind of games) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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