SimCity Suffers Rough Launch, Gets Bombarded On Metacritic

I called it. This always online drm even on the single player portion of these games is bullshit and hurts legitimate customers.

And you are correct Diablo 3 had a huge outcry against this drm hurting legitimate players and now that they are releasing it on the consoles they arnt going to have it on the console version. But guess what, they aren't removing it from the pc version.

Microsoft better take a look this. Because if they decide to make the next XBOX always online they better reconsider it because its not a good idea.

I agree, and hope MS chooses a different route. Imagine if a group were able to do to XBL what anonymous did to the PSN, it would render the new generation xbox completely useless!

Yeah I know!! That brought PSN to a grinding halt, but the PS3 could still function without it. If the next XBOX requires always online and hackers got into it and hacked it, that would grind it to halt and cause a major issue. My previous comment got downvoted, I'm not trolling, I'm trying to prove a point here about always online.

I understand that a game that is unplayable deserves a low score, but as with Diablo 3, all the 0/10 scores doled out because of DRM are childish.

Still hilarious that this is happening to EA and their horrible Origin service.

Yeah, sucks that people refuse to give an adequate review because of the DRM. And it's sad really, D3 and simcity could really stand out if we removed those barriers. Instead, people really started to nitpick everything bad about the games like it would solve the DRM issue.

Sidenote, anyone remember Spore? Only played it a few times before being discouraged by the DRM. And i also recall it was one of the most pirated game of that year according to torrent freak. Wish EA would learn from that and sooner then later, cause piracy is slowly getting the upper hand. in the market.

Does a game you can't play deserve a 0? Maybe. Does a game you have to wait a while to play deserve a 0? Probably not.

Dude if you go out and purchase a game at $60 and don't get what you pay for, for whatever reason then yes you have full right to score a game a 0/10. It's your opinion...I gave you $60 bucks as agreed...I can't play the game that I paid for...You win, I lose, suck my balls...0/10! It's worse when you pre-order and not only do you get my $60 but also the interest it accrues from the time I pre-order to the time of release = You get $60+ and I get jack **** for 2-3 weeks past release. How would you feel if you bought the next xbox/ps4 and couldn't play any of the games for the 1st two weeks after you took it out of the box. What kind of score would that get? I get that it worked for some but those it worked for had to rate it 10/10 to offset the number of people that felt screwed over so...unless you are putting out 10/10 games don't do **** that screws the majority of your end users. Hopefully they learn from their mistakes the scores will be better for the next diablo in a decade or so. Those are the breaks

One last note...I wouldn't be so harsh if at release, those experiencing the issue were immediately refunded your money and given the option to purchase at a later date when the problem is fixed. But this isn't the case so I have no other option but to hope your product works as soon as you can get it to...hopefully in a couple of weeks if not less. My only option is then to **** on your review score...you keep the cash...I voice my opinion. Just so happens alot of other people felt the same way

Being upset because you can't play is irrelevant to how good or bad the game is. The purpose of a game rating is...to rate the game. If you can't play the game, that doesn't mean it deserves a 0/10. It means you shouldn't rate it yet because you haven't played the damn thing.

I understand people's frustration, but there's a reason some folks opt not to be "early adopters." There's a risk reward involved that some people don't want any part of.

I get what you are saying but hear me out...if you can't play the game you purchased there in lies your opinoin of the game. You are providing your review of a product you purchased based on your experience... or the lack there of. The risk/reward goes both ways...you have my money, all I am left with is this damn opinion which actually doesn't mean much unless a whole lot of people feel the same way in which the developer/publisher now has to suffer (in a different way) along with the individuals who purchased a product that was not provided as described.

SIMCOPTER 1 REPORTING HEAVY TRAFFIC!

Reticulating spines!

I literally can't play this game. I can play it once per boot but after that I'll click the play button in the launcher, the launcher closes, and nothing happens. I'd give it a 0/10 too in addition to the always online DRM and forced multiplayer.

I should've just got Tomb Raider this week. Everyone I asked said to get Tomb Raider but I didn't and now I regret it.

"because, you know, nobody uses Origin unless they have to"
aahhhhhahahaha, that killed me

Users, release the Kraken! I mean, the metacritic review...

I lol'd

EA is saying that users on Origin is increasing every day. That's because we don't have a choice! If they put their games back on Steam their user base would plummet the day that happens. I hate false statistics like that.

Also, while the online DRM is bad it prevents piracy. From what I hear Diablo 3 still hasn't been probably cracked yet.

You are wrong about that.

The Pirated D3 that is. People run emulated servers.

Guess they finally got through.

Yep, you can go download a free server emulator and a free cracked copy of D3 on TPB right now. SimCity will be cracked soon as well, if it hasn't been already. All DRM does is kick paying customers in the balls.

They lowered the score to *8* because the game is *broken*?!
What does it need to do to actually get a bad score? Burn your ****ing house down?

Burn your house down, kick your dog and impregnate a female in your direct family but not pay child support.

And not pay the bribe money.

You just described my uncle Mel

Hey, Uncle Mel is good people.

Well, SimCity isn't my cup of tea, but I was thinking of trying it. NOT NOW. This is a good leason about wait to see the game in action before you buy.

I understand how implementing multiplayer stuff might add some value, maybe even make the game better (in the eyes of some), but damnit, just have it as an option! Why not make a game where the 'best way to play' is online but you can also play offline if you can't get a connection?

Apparently a lot of the simulation of sims running around & traffic etc. is done on EA servers so that it can play on less powerful machines. How about if you have a powerful machine, you can do the processing yourself? Did they even consider that?

I really hope always online is not a trend for the industry. It's just plain bad for the consumer. The added benefits (surely there are some) are often lost because you can't play the game at all. When a company goes out of their way to pre-sell a game, the customer should be able to play from minute one! Where's the value for the consumer in a pre-sale if they have to wait hours or days just to be able to play?

Who never has to worry about the servers going offline? Pirates.
Who keeps the publisher in business? Not pirates.
DRM is like gun control; it's an attempt to squeeze a handful of water. The tighter one squeezes the more slips through.

Silly comparison. I can make a 1000 copies of software in an hour. I can't manufacture guns.

Firearms are far more durable. Properly maintained, a good rifle will easily outlive the people who made it and can be used and reused through generations. Further, the point is that both are ignoring the fundamental realities. DRM ignores that games are fundamentally software and software is, as you noted, easily reproduced. Any counter-theft systems engineered can be subverted, broken or plain ripped out. Even server-side calculation may be emulated using special tools. There is no scheme of DRM implemented to date which cannot be beaten. DRM hampers and makes more difficult legitimate uses of the product, rendering piracy more attractive to people looking to get a more functional product. This means efforts to decrease illegitimate use actually tend to increase it. Finally, gun control is completely at odds with the facts on violence and firearms in the world. It focuses on the tools to the willful ignorance of the deed and the perpetrator. It overlooks the causes of violent crime in the vain hope that cutting off one symptom will cure a disease. It also makes legitimate firearms ownership (which has a not-statistically negligable but altogether difficult to puzzle out effect on violent crime) more difficult and makes illegal ownership attractive to people who would otherwise not consider it.

Seriously , EA has to think twice about this practices... Cause the only option for me now to play is to wait for a pirated copy...
If your previous game on the franchise (SimCity4) made people play still 10 years after, how in the world you expect me to buy a game that forces me to connect to a server on single player?.
Do you think I don't know you'll shut down servers in 5 years time ?, let's say...
Anyways, skipping simcity and waiting for an alternative.
Wrong EA, wrong Firaxis, very very wrong...