SimCity
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Well, EA is doing pretty well with the Battlefield series.
Not without any issues though.
Even BF releases are buggy but BF3 was comparetively better over BF BC2 (a half baked cake as it was called during its release)
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theserpent
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Well, EA is doing pretty well with the Battlefield series.
Bro, agree..But realsing a 5-6 GB patch for no reason every 2-3 months ?
OMG! Such an amazing review, everyone should read it
*www.jonathancresswell.co.uk/2013/03/review-simcity/
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theserpent
Firecracker to the moon
^ The only DRM-Like thing I like is Steam, even though it has more issues, like Steam not turning on-leave it on for 30 mins it doesnt turn on and few other stuff, steam at least lets you play OFFLINE
Bhargav Simha
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I can assure you that more people bought the game( who otherwise would have pirated) than the number of guys who didnt coz it had DRM. Even though I hate the fact that it should be always connected to the internet, many of my friends who would have otherwise pirated it have bought the game.
However Diablo 1 and 2 were so famous in our circle oz of the piracy, even my firends who had little interest in gaming played it coz of the fact that every had the chance to install the pirated copy in their pc.
Diablo 3 was a hit for 2 reasons - A much awaited release from the franchisee, hype created all over.
It had issues of server unavailability, high priced (this is the most expensive game i bought till date 3.7K), always on DRM. But still the craze and hype for the game gave it the profits
It had issues of server unavailability, high priced (this is the most expensive game i bought till date 3.7K
), always on DRM. But still the craze and hype for the game gave it the profits
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theserpent
Firecracker to the moon
Umm guys dont go off topic
Bhargav Simha
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On topic... Would you love DLC packs for SimCity or not and why?
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theserpent
Firecracker to the moon
No ways..DLC are funding EA
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theserpent
Firecracker to the moon
Hmm true
arijitsinha
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I preordered from Flipkart, yesterday they sent a mail saying this game will be released in India on 8th(i.e today), then it will be shipped. After recieving the mail I canceled the preorder.
See.. allways online DRM is not an issue for not purchasing, atleast for me, I am not going for this because, I think many others also
1) The city capacity limit, its only 2 sqkm city. Just a week gameplay will fillup the land. And again if you want to expand, you have to pay EA..
2) At the day of launch users are getting que for 1-2 hours. They will definitely increase the number of servers but n case maintainance, you will not be able to play.
3) The initial price is high. after some days they will add some expansion again @ 1.5K.
Bhargav Simha
!mp@sse
So you would rather have EA launch a game and forget about it right, then close the studios which create the game?!!. You could do that without purchasing the DLC. Also EA is not only company offering DLC's, all games are and many games are weighed upon by the amout of DLC content available. Think about the Battlefeild 3 players who without DLCs would not enjoy the game so much. DLC is better than some games which make minor changes to the game play and sell at full price (ex: cod).
I can understand the hatred about the Day 1 DLC's (even that is not justified fully). What is wrong with DLC, they give the option for players to buy it or not. Also keep the game interesting for hardcore fans. Also keep the studios running coz many studios are running because of DLC.
Why do you hate EA so much, do they make bad games ? Or is it you dont want them to support the games by patching them or creating the DLC content?
I can understand the hatred about the Day 1 DLC's (even that is not justified fully). What is wrong with DLC, they give the option for players to buy it or not. Also keep the game interesting for hardcore fans. Also keep the studios running coz many studios are running because of DLC.
Why do you hate EA so much, do they make bad games ? Or is it you dont want them to support the games by patching them or creating the DLC content?
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theserpent
Firecracker to the moon
Agree,but if they make the expansion of citys A DLC, There will surely be more flame wars, mostly probably(85%) it will be a free update, which i doubt soo its EA
arijitsinha
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Okk.. compare the price of the dlcs by them with others. they all most sell every dlc equal to the price of the game.
AFAIK, EA is publishing Simcity, Maxis is the developer. They are not making, they are just introducing some **** thing in beautifull games.
AFAIK, EA is publishing Simcity, Maxis is the developer. They are not making, they are just introducing some **** thing in beautifull games.
Bhargav Simha
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1) There is no expansion option yet not even by paying. According to the Game designer, the limit was set to make the game function equally in different types of PC's. A Low end pc could not simulate a City more than 2km size, coz of the animations and amount of processing needed.
If there is an option to select the size of city before the game (based on the users pc) still some cities would be bigger and more self-sufficient than others, causing balance issues.
However you can create mutiple cities in a Region.
2) EA F***** up with the servers, they say that they didnt expect so much traffic which is non-sense considering the fact that Simcity the biggest games played by wider demographic. This happened with their games previously (Sims tapped-out etc) but they were still lazy.
3) DLCs are good, especially for hardcore fans, I know many people who play Simcity only (mostly due to the attention this genre got due to This game and Farmville). They would have nothing to play after an year if no DLC was released.
The publisher funds the games and not the Developer(Also Maxis is a subsidary of EA, like many of the studios), they pay everything from pre-production to distribution. If you dont like DLCs you dont have to purchase them. EA is the tag under which they sell the games, people from EA Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment (or DICE), BIOWARE, MAXIS or The Sims Studio are part of EA and they work for EA.
Also please tell me which other major franchise is selling DLC for less the $15 and by DLC I mean poper stuff not skins and sh**