SIM CITY Always Online Explained

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/20/maxis-explains-the-use-of-simcity-always-online-drm/

I don't normally like the whole Always Online thing, but for this case I think it's warranted.

It acts more like a Sim City MMO which will be great to play with friends.

Until I get a better internet connection than the one I have (speeds are good but disconnects frequently) I'll stick to SimCity 4.Toxic-Seahorse

[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"]Until I get a better internet connection than the one I have (speeds are good but disconnects frequently) I'll stick to SimCity 4.FelipeInside

The more i get excited about this game, the more disappointing things i read about it. Ugh.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"]Until I get a better internet connection than the one I have (speeds are good but disconnects frequently) I'll stick to SimCity 4.Toxic-Seahorse

I'll wait and see how it plays out. If EA whores SC5 like Sim 3 with regards to xpaks and DLC then I'll pass.bonafidetk

I'll admit I defended Blizzard for their always online DRM with Diablo 3. However, now seeing that it has yet to prevent what they said it was. Just like any DRM, it only hurts the legitmate customer. I won't be able to support always online DRM in the future as it won't prevent what the developers intend.

Not good enough to warrant an online connection being a requirement.SaltyMeatballs

Then they are ***** from the beginning, for designing it multiplayer from ground up or fail at modular programming. We aren't running weather/sea current/whatever-scientific simulation here. A single PC is enough to do number crunching for SP mode.

Then they are ***** from the beginning, for designing it multiplayer from ground up or fail at modular programming. We aren't running weather/sea current/whatever-scientific simulation here. A single PC is enough to do number crunching for SP mode.

Everiez

I could swallow all my hate of online-only for this title, but the thing is, even before I knew of the online only component, the game already seemed like a feature-cut Sim City 4 with a facelift judging from everything I saw and read. I'll be waiting for a lot of reviews before I throw any money at this.

I could swallow all my hate of online-only for this title, but the thing is, even before I knew of the online only component, the game already seemed like a feature-cut Sim City 4 with a facelift judging from everything I saw and read. I'll be waiting for a lot of reviews before I throw any money at this.

4th3ist

[QUOTE="4th3ist"]

I could swallow all my hate of online-only for this title, but the thing is, even before I knew of the online only component, the game already seemed like a feature-cut Sim City 4 with a facelift judging from everything I saw and read. I'll be waiting for a lot of reviews before I throw any money at this.

darksusperia

Couldn't they have an offline and online mode like 90% of the games out there? Those who choose offline wouldn't be able to trade with other cities, and wouldn't get simulated affect economies, weather, pollution, transfer crime etc... from EA's servers.flipin_jackass

then it was the wrong design decisionibegurpard

[QUOTE="flipin_jackass"]Couldn't they have an offline and online mode like 90% of the games out there? Those who choose offline wouldn't be able to trade with other cities, and wouldn't get simulated affect economies, weather, pollution, transfer crime etc... from EA's servers.FelipeInside

Diablo 3's entire system of quests and loot and random dungeons is run off of blizzard's servers, also unnecessary. It's the new DRM

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="flipin_jackass"]Couldn't they have an offline and online mode like 90% of the games out there? Those who choose offline wouldn't be able to trade with other cities, and wouldn't get simulated affect economies, weather, pollution, transfer crime etc... from EA's servers.wis3boi

Diablo 3's entire system of quests and loot and random dungeons is run off of blizzard's servers, also unnecessary. It's the new DRM

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Yes they could have done that, but according to the devs part of the simulation of the engine is hosted on EA's Servers.FelipeInside

Diablo 3's entire system of quests and loot and random dungeons is run off of blizzard's servers, also unnecessary. It's the new DRM

or the fact i kept lagging or getting disconnected while playing solo...and I couldn't play the game on vacation either

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="wis3boi"]

Diablo 3's entire system of quests and loot and random dungeons is run off of blizzard's servers, also unnecessary. It's the new DRM

wis3boi

or the fact i kept lagging or getting disconnected while playing solo...and I couldn't play the game on vacation either

Of course those things need to be improved on as well. (the disconnections were the first few days or week due to the influx)

I personally don't think Diablo3 needed the Always Online Connection, but Blizzard wanted it to work more like an MMO so that's why they went that way, so you could use ur character anywhere in the World etc etc.

Sim City on the other hand I think will benefit from the online factor. Obviously we have to wait and see how it actually works out.

I've been following this game with the info that keeps popping up in the forums here and it absolutely amazes me that this online feature is surprising so many people. Unless I missed something massive, reading earlier articles about how they wanted to develop the game gave no hint that there would be a single player portion for the game.

The thread in SW and this one to a lesser extent actually make me facepalm lol.

I've been following this game with the info that keeps popping up in the forums here and it absolutely amazes me that this online feature is surprising so many people. Unless I missed something massive, reading earlier articles about how they wanted to develop the game gave no hint that there would be a single player portion for the game.

The thread in SW and this one to a lesser extent actually make me facepalm lol.

slimjimbadboy

[QUOTE="slimjimbadboy"]

I've been following this game with the info that keeps popping up in the forums here and it absolutely amazes me that this online feature is surprising so many people. Unless I missed something massive, reading earlier articles about how they wanted to develop the game gave no hint that there would be a single player portion for the game.

The thread in SW and this one to a lesser extent actually make me facepalm lol.

FelipeInside

[QUOTE="flipin_jackass"]Couldn't they have an offline and online mode like 90% of the games out there? Those who choose offline wouldn't be able to trade with other cities, and wouldn't get simulated affect economies, weather, pollution, transfer crime etc... from EA's servers.FelipeInside

Are you really that gullible?

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="flipin_jackass"]Couldn't they have an offline and online mode like 90% of the games out there? Those who choose offline wouldn't be able to trade with other cities, and wouldn't get simulated affect economies, weather, pollution, transfer crime etc... from EA's servers.heytheredarlin

Are you really that gullible?

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="slimjimbadboy"]

I've been following this game with the info that keeps popping up in the forums here and it absolutely amazes me that this online feature is surprising so many people. Unless I missed something massive, reading earlier articles about how they wanted to develop the game gave no hint that there would be a single player portion for the game.

The thread in SW and this one to a lesser extent actually make me facepalm lol.

darksusperia

Loved the SimCity franchise, to this day I still remember buying a 4mb RAM pack so I could play Simcity 2000 on my Amiga A1200. However times change and EA really like to trash the hell out of franchises. The fact this game has no single player (the DRM disguised as a "feature" excludes this from being a single player game) means I will be skipping this. It seems like I won't be a lone either, Maxis did an AMA on Reddit and not a lot was discussed in that AMA other than "take your disguised DRM and shove it where the sun doesn't shine". This smells like Command and Conquer all over again.

Omg...how many stupid people on this forums...

90% of you have no clue about what a drm is...

NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS

HAVE NO CLUE WHY THIS DRM IS BAD/EVIL...

No one cares if you dont have a solid internet connection

And no one should care...if you have a problem, take it

with your internet provider...not with the game devs.

So many retards so freaking many...

Sucks, but its Simcity... I gotta try it

Not good enough to warrant an online connection being a requirement.SaltyMeatballs

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Yes they could have done that, but according to the devs part of the simulation of the engine is hosted on EA's Servers.FelipeInside

Diablo 3's entire system of quests and loot and random dungeons is run off of blizzard's servers, also unnecessary. It's the new DRM

And online only has yet to fix the botting and hacking. Blizzard is having to keep doing ban wave after ban wave, but the damage is done. The economy is already screwed.

Omg...how many stupid people on this forums...

90% of you have no clue about what a drm is...

NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS

HAVE NO CLUE WHY THIS DRM IS BAD/EVIL...

No one cares if you dont have a solid internet connection

And no one should care...if you have a problem, take it

with your internet provider...not with the game devs.

So many retards so freaking many...

rhazzy

A DRM that will be broken by those its meant to stop while leaving the legimate customers to suffer? Just look at Diablo 3.

[QUOTE="slimjimbadboy"]

I've been following this game with the info that keeps popping up in the forums here and it absolutely amazes me that this online feature is surprising so many people. Unless I missed something massive, reading earlier articles about how they wanted to develop the game gave no hint that there would be a single player portion for the game.

The thread in SW and this one to a lesser extent actually make me facepalm lol.

FelipeInside

Single player in the same fashion as logging into WoW and playing by yourself.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="slimjimbadboy"]

I've been following this game with the info that keeps popping up in the forums here and it absolutely amazes me that this online feature is surprising so many people. Unless I missed something massive, reading earlier articles about how they wanted to develop the game gave no hint that there would be a single player portion for the game.

The thread in SW and this one to a lesser extent actually make me facepalm lol.

slimjimbadboy

Single player in the same fashion as logging into WoW and playing by yourself.

Data caps stop me from playing games like this.. it'll be constantly sending and receiving data which eats up bandwidth. Shame.Rattlesnake_8

[QUOTE="Rattlesnake_8"]Data caps stop me from playing games like this.. it'll be constantly sending and receiving data which eats up bandwidth. Shame.Toxic-Seahorse

[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"][QUOTE="Rattlesnake_8"]Data caps stop me from playing games like this.. it'll be constantly sending and receiving data which eats up bandwidth. Shame.FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"] It doesn't look like it'd going to be as in-depth as Sim City 4 was, which is what makes Sim City games fun. I highly doubt this will be better than Sim City 4.Toxic-Seahorse

Always online doesn't bother me since there's an internet connection everywhere I play games. There's internet everywhere these days. The only problem I find with always online is the possibility of being unable to play the game when your internet is down or when their network is down. Diablo 3 is a good example. I personally didn't have as many issues as others seemed to with it but I'm well aware it can be a problem.

[QUOTE="Toxic-Seahorse"][QUOTE="Rattlesnake_8"]Data caps stop me from playing games like this.. it'll be constantly sending and receiving data which eats up bandwidth. Shame.FelipeInside