dunt doo eet!

Why? Let me know why I shouldn't. The server issue is being fixed. From the research I've done, that was the main problem with the release of the game.

Since it's currently being fix/almost fixed the game runs so much smoother now, with being able to connect more.

The new SimCity game is not worth it.

See comment above ^^^^^^

Server issues may be fixed, but the problem is the game in general. It does not feel the same as SimCity 4. Also, with always Online-DRM, I don't feel like I bought the game, more like renting the game. If the servers goes bye bye in the future, basically, you wasted money on something that you thought you own. Game may have excellent quality and other stuff, but it will not beat SimCity 4.

Basically this.

Also, the AI is dumb. Your police and firetrucks wont do what they need to do, cause the pathfinding is nonexistent. Online DRM sucks. Origin sucks. They can choose at anytime to take the servers offline, meaning you DO NOT own the game, you are just borrowing it and playing it when they allow.

Yep. It should be called SimDRM.

The game, as has been stated zillions of times, was never meant to be like the old sim city games. That's why it's not called Sim City 5. It's called Sim City. A reboot.

Outside of the always online issue, and the whole "servers go away in the future" (which doesn't matter, because by the time that HAPPENS, you'll have moved on to a new game anyway, or at least most likely), I don't have any qualms with the game. At least not since I heard they're working on traffic and such.

Well once you get you should add me on origan (name: neopowerz)
add me and we can play simcity together somtime :3

I own the game, and instead of just saying "dont" I'll tell you reasons as to why you might not want to purchase it.


First off, a lot of people assumed this would be similar to the old Sim City titles. It's not, and if you watched, you know this.

Secondly, the way traffic works, as well as emergency vehicles, is kind of buggy, but they said thats going to be worked on in the next patch. Busses actually make things worse if you don't place them correctly. Try to keep them to highways, as well as on both sides for the same stop.

Thirdly, "sims" don't "live" in their homes. The agents travel from home to nearest open job, and return to nearest open home. This causes some areas of the city to be without a job, or without workers. But I found that building a city like so....


R R R R R R R R R R R
I I I I I I I I C C C C C
C C C C C I I I I I I I I <---- General idea assuming the wind is going in that direction <- <- <-
R R R R R R R R R R R

Eliminates that issue. Also, "tourists" will also follow this rule, going to the nearest commercial building or casino to spend their money, rather than traveling to said areas. So if you aim to build a tourist city, you need to keep that in mind, building the casino's further up near you city, or directly next to the rail station.

Keep in mind, that if you build mines/wells/etc and then a trade depot, if you have the trade depot set up on the same side of the road, but further up, the delivery truck will have to go all the way down, u-turn, drive all the way up, u-turn, and THEN drop it off. I also don't recommend a trade city in a city that only has ONE high way connection, as it gets REALLY clogged up.

All in all though, they're working on fixing things. I don't have huge issues with the game, once I figured out how to set things up, its fairly straight forward.

Don't, wait a bit for a price drop or them to fic things. For the reasons Rath says the game pretty much confines you to it's own mechanics.

You can't design a city how you'd like

Tourism is broken

The game continues on whether you try and do anything or not. Do a quick Google about the population inflation and absolute lack of flexibility. It's entirely possible to get a city of 200k with no businesses, no industry, and no other cities in the region.

How low though?

I can get it for $35 at the moment.

I wouldn't pay for it at all at this point. It's the first time that I can remember being so disappointed in a game that I regret buying it. There's no game here, just working around a system that's broken at every step. Wait until they make the game playable.

I shall wait then.

THanks :3

Also, Glassbox is a fucking lie, the online is entirely unnecessary, and EA dowsnt deserve people to reward their crap and lies by paying full price for their game.

Best example on how it is messed up http://www.pcgamesn.com/simcity/sim.....hout-exploding

I do bro! :D

You do what?

i pillage citys :D

I'm still lovin' SC4 but I may have to upgrade someday...

Don't buy it dude! Seriously! It's a waste of money and I heard a rumor that within a year or two they will shut down the servers for that game, making it unplayable. And plus the game is unplayable as is, citizens go to work, dissapear and a new citizen takes their place when they leave work. You can see 200 people enter one house/trailer, it is seriously not worth it. Pathfinding and emergency services are also completely screwed up and the cities are just awful looking. Oh hey you want to put 300,000 people into this city? Um, NOPE! No way, no how! Wanna transfer energy? The energy will never get there. I've watched numerous videos, so I think I'm gonna stick to Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition for the time being...

I would try Sim City 4. But I'm not going to change 500 different settings on my computer to get it to work with Windows 7.

Just get it on steam... you just have to change a few minor settings ._.

I too, have felt that pull, that urge to buy it. Despite the reported problems, and the creative liberties taken with the featured technology, I still want it. I promised myself I'd only buy it on the cheap, and that's the single thing still stopping me, haha.

So I can't say whether or not you should buy it, but I understand that feeling. *-*

;=;

Uh, if you want it - I already feel sorry for you - why not just save up some money, buy one less commission instead of asking people to give you money (art or no art)?

Because aliens

Just watch A Dose of Buckley- SimCity Launch video on Youtube. He has... a way of bringing things into perspective.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx6ESaxTDWQ here's the link :3

That was fucking awesome.

he's such an angry, funny man x3