NowGamer: "Before we go into our SimCity review proper, it's worth pointing out - just in case you weren't already aware - that the game has had quite a number of launch issues.
Thanks, in large part, to the required always-on internet connection, SimCity is not a game for anyone who refuses to accept such an unnecessary and forced method of DRM.
To those people, SimCity is a 0/10 and absolutely shouldn't buy it. There's no guarantee the servers will become 100% smooth, nor even that the game will work once the servers are inevitably closed, whenever that may be."
Some games force online-only measures onto people. It sucks! Especially when some titles, like these seven, 100% didn't need it.
i meant what to gain from this knowledge, this list, whats the point of it why make it why should i know these games, sure yeah i do recall some games needing me to be online even to play single player but, why should i know this "seven times" thing
You are either sort of young or very old and have memory issues.
Besides the internet can go down for various reasons.
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of The Secret History of Mac Gaming, “Simulated.”
EA has something of a reputation when it comes to awkwardly handling much-loved franchises. Here are 7 that Screen Critics feel they ruined.
Need for Speed as well. Here's to hope that the new one will be a return to form for the franchise.
Dead Space was the worst ruining... micro transactions in a full price game, with co op that was mandatory to get all the story and access to certain areas. Sure Rock Band was oversaturated, and Burnout was basically killed off even though it sold a ton on PS3 back in the day.
I really liked Burnout and Need for speed and thought no one will able to destroy this game.....I was WRONG!
Call me crazy but I am having no issues with sim city and I love it. My only complaint is individual city size. Too small in my opinion.
Traffic jams (with no reason - cars just stuck - you have to delete the road). Every sim going to the same job - and going home to the same couple of houses. Cities working with ZERO industry and commerce. Pathfinding for both sims and vehicles broken. You can watch a car go around and around for days and get no where and do nothing. Inter city relationships not working. Unable to sell all your spare resources to other cities even though they have the cash to buy it and the ability to transport it (and the need) it just doesn;t work. Simoleons (cash) going "missing", servers rolling back for hours losing whole afternoons of city building.
The - Game able to work offline for UP TO AN HOUR at a time laying lie to Maxis nonsense about "most of the simulation being carried out server side" For individual cities...which is what 90% of players are interested in - this just is plainly and provably untrue.
Unplug your internet connection once you have started a game and I bet you get AT LEAST 20 minutes of play - many are getting 40-60 minutes with no internet - then a 2 second reconnect is all it takes to continue once the error occurs (you can safely unplug your internet connection again afterwards for another 20-60 minutes).
What is happening in that 2 seconds that "does all the work" Well clearly it doesn't. That 2 second burst of internet can barely be enough time for just checking you have an internet connection, synching a save file and letting you carry on. EVERYTHING IN INDIVIDUAL CITIES IS DONE ON YOUR LOCAL PC so why are Maxis lying about single player single city game not being possible when it clearly and provably IS!