Simcity franchise is ruined
I played it with the new patch that is suppose to fix bugs(which by the way was horrible). The game engine seemed to eat my computer more than Crysis did. The framerate was way below Crysis. I was able to normalize the framerate to the point I could play with. Not exactly what I was hoping for.
The gameplay? It's not as bad as other people say they are, but they definitely need some major work. In the interview I believe they said according to the road we take, the city will change itself to fit your image, such as industrial type, arabian type, or whatever. Well those are all bluff. Instead, you get choices of themes of buildings you can choose from, and you simply build those. Nothing grows like it used to in previous simcity. There are no zones which the game will populate it with people and buildings. Instead, you build each and every building. Houses, factories, ice cream shop, you have to build it all. There is no feeling of watching the city grow. The city grows when you build those buildings. That's it. There are no city simulation here. It's like the old game called Simtown.
It's a total disappointment for those who were waiting for the new simcity we could all build our city on. It may look good for 10 years old kids who wants simcity in sandbox mode.