kudoboi Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 played finish the first 1 hour ... i can say im having loads of fun with this.. makes me feel like im playing simcity 4 again. there are some bugs here and there though... the vehicles on the road isn't really smooth and there are some texture glitches when zooming in.. other than that its loads of fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Ohh my God I can't wait to play this game!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Actually Simcity Societies was SimCity 5.  This next one would be SimCity 6. Societies didn't exist. You can't force me to accept it as a Simcity game. But it had flowerboxes to let you know how happy the homeowners were.  f*ck, that game sucked balls. Thank goodness it was farmed out to the cheesy ass dev house responsible for sh*tting on the name. If it was developed by the Maxis/EA crew the SimCity franchise would have died then and there.  Oh and @kudoboi - you suck ....I would be killing to test out the beta - you lucky son of a bitch. My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 trip for me Maxis is like Rockstar: they don't make bad games (some of them may be not sooo good, but they are never bad) and this new Sim City will be great, I am sure!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 trip for me Maxis is like Rockstar: they don't make bad games (some of them may be not sooo good, but they are never bad) and this new Sim City will be great, I am sure!! Yeah. Maxis is great. And how can anyone not have a major amount of respect for Will Wright? I'm pretty sure he is the only rocket scientist who also happens to enjoy developing games. My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kudoboi Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 i made 4 cities so far. really having a blast.. sadly 75% of the buildings aren't available in beta so you can't build fancy hotels and stuff.. the 1 hour limit also kinda ruins the fun especially when my city is just about to get bigger but i can see why they implemented that. also it seems the vehicles on the road being sluggish isn't the games fault.. i found out that its my PC. the game uses ALOT of RAM and quite alot of GPU power too. looks like ill have to get a PC upgrade before this game comes out   my 4th city right before the 60 minute limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiophile Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Just got my code half an hour ago and pre-ordered the limited edition today. Â I didn't feel like spending $80 plus tax on the deluxe. Limited will have to do. Â Excited! I've been waiting for another SimCity for a long time. Intel i5-4590 3.3GHz | EVGA GTX 1080 SC 8GB | 16GB Corsair Vengeance RAM | MSI Z97 G-45Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD and Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD | Audioengine A2 Speakers Corsair K70 RGB Rapidfire | Corsair M65 Mouse | Fractal Design R5 Case | EVGA G2 850WAudio-Technica M50x Headphones and Sennheiser HD 558 | LG 34UC88 1440p Ultrawide Curved Monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OysterBarron Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 i made 4 cities so far. really having a blast.. sadly 75% of the buildings aren't available in beta so you can't build fancy hotels and stuff.. the 1 hour limit also kinda ruins the fun especially when my city is just about to get bigger but i can see why they implemented that. also it seems the vehicles on the road being sluggish isn't the games fault.. i found out that its my PC. the game uses ALOT of RAM and quite alot of GPU power too. looks like ill have to get a PC upgrade before this game comes out   my 4th city right before the 60 minute limit I really wish someone who can play simcity would actually upload a decent video to youtube. The ones I've seen leaves me wanting to punch them in the face for laying out there city so retarded!  Out of interest what specs you running and how does it play overall? Performance wise. What settings are configurable?  I'm so jealous right now wanna play so bad! But will be a relief to get my hands on it come release day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 kudoboi, no offense but you still suck . Thanks for the screen shot and all.  I really wish I had some beta time.   Oh and I just realized it isn't SimCity 5. It is actually just going back to the first name of SimCity. Kinda neat - I guess it is a reboot and maybe we will see a great future for the franchise.   My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Gypsy Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Just checked my junk mail, turns out i got accepted for the closed beta, downloading now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kudoboi Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 what a shame the beta ended. i made 18/19 cities in total though so that means i spent 18 hours on this itself. i seriously cannot wait for the full game to come out  pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 @ kudoboi - thanks for those screens. They look great.  Man, I can't wait. My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Gypsy Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Am i the only one who thinks it looks like sh*t visually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crokey Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Am i the only one who thinks it looks like sh*t visually? Nope, considering the wait and this idea that it needs to be connected all the time so some super-cloud-computer can crunch the data, it looks cartoony and not at all slick, sharp and basically eye porn as we should be expecting. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The official pics of the game look wonderful to me, but kudoboi's look low graphic... My The Sims graphic is better, I hope it was just a beta thing because I was hoping awesome graphics!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Gypsy Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Â The official pics of the game look wonderful to me, but kudoboi's look low graphic I turned the graphics settings up to the max on the beta and it still looked like sh*t. Â EDIT : Not only that but the grassy waste lands you are left with inbetween buildings are just straight unrealistic. Not even the option to fill the spaces up with gardens / tarmac / alley ways / car parks or something decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Cosmic Gypsy ohh so you also played beta?? I thought the graphics would be amazing like in this pic But maybe the graphics in beta were bad because it was a beta?? And is it true we have to play the game online, always?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Gypsy Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yeah i played the beta, to tell you the truth i don't think the graphics in that pic are amazing in the slightest. Looks worse than Cities XL. But yes i suppose that is pretty similar than the graphics on the beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crokey Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 And is it true we have to play the game online, always?? Apparently so, which to me is a lack of foresight by EA as not everyone has an 'always-on' connection and those who do may have usage caps or low speeds or when the internet is down for what ever reason you can't play the game, and you can't even take it with you on a laptop. Which for a game like Sim City would be a weapon of choice as it's the perfect style of computer and game to play when on the move as you can hop in and out when you like without missions etc to finish. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Cosmic Gypsy the pic is blur but I think it was intentional, funny thing is that this pic was small when I see it, when I posted it got bigger and it doesn't look so good anymore Did you like the game? Â Gareth Croke this is horrible!!! Internet here in my house is so unstable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Gypsy Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited)  Cosmic Gypsy the pic is blur but I think it was intentional, funny thing is that this pic was small when I see it, when I posted it got bigger and it doesn't look so good anymore Did you like the game?  Gareth Croke this is horrible!!! Internet here in my house is so unstable The game was ok, BIG let down for me to be honest, from the tiny plots of land you are provided, which aren't even the size of a decent town let alone a city, to the toy like graphics, to the grassy wastelands, there is NO farms or option for agricultural development, no elevated high way systems as far as i could tell (EDIT, actually i think i saw an elevated high way on one of the gameplay videos EA released..), no off ramps / clovers for 3 lane high ways as far as i could tell. It's all just a big let down to be honest. I can't even make an english / european looking city unless i pre order certain game packs from certain retailers, no terrace housing, no ability to individually plot particular house models along roads, no ability to create council estates / projects.. (Groups of of flats that look the same) Nothing.  Oh yeah, and i didn't get any weather changes while playing the beta, no rain, nothing. At least there is a day / night cycle. Edited January 28, 2013 by Cosmic Gypsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidamelo Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Cosmic Gypsy I guess they'll make a lot of expansion packs to add weather and farms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Gypsy Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Cosmic Gypsy I guess they'll make a lot of expansion packs to add weather and farms Well then they are c*ntish dick heads. We both know those things should be in the standard game. Atleast fill the big gaps inbetween cities with SOME farms. Because the country side looks sh*te also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I<3GTAV Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) I played the beta, the game didn't meet my expectations, but I still had fun. I really want larger plots, that's all I want. Edited January 29, 2013 by natethegreatforlife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Alright everyone...let's not all start freaking out yet. For all we know this beta was scaled down and geared towards testing the online infrastructure and software.  I'm forever and optimist, but I must agree some of the reports coming in from the beta are pretty scary.  My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OchyGTA Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Alright everyone...let's not all start freaking out yet. For all we know this beta was scaled down and geared towards testing the online infrastructure and software. I'm forever and optimist, but I must agree some of the reports coming in from the beta are pretty scary. To be honest, I wouldn't describe it as a beta at all from what I've read. It seems more to me like a limited demo. How are you supposed to test the game for bugs, glitches etc. when you are restricted to an hours playing time per city and where the majority of the game is locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Alright everyone...let's not all start freaking out yet. For all we know this beta was scaled down and geared towards testing the online infrastructure and software. I'm forever and optimist, but I must agree some of the reports coming in from the beta are pretty scary. To be honest, I wouldn't describe it as a beta at all from what I've read. It seems more to me like a limited demo. How are you supposed to test the game for bugs, glitches etc. when you are restricted to an hours playing time per city and where the majority of the game is locked. That is why I'm hoping it was a load test/backend test beta and not really a game test beta. I don't recall large scale (or any open betas) for the simcity games. I'm not even sure they did any for TheSims until the way later years when they started involving the community in the development. My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OchyGTA Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Alright everyone...let's not all start freaking out yet. For all we know this beta was scaled down and geared towards testing the online infrastructure and software. I'm forever and optimist, but I must agree some of the reports coming in from the beta are pretty scary. To be honest, I wouldn't describe it as a beta at all from what I've read. It seems more to me like a limited demo. How are you supposed to test the game for bugs, glitches etc. when you are restricted to an hours playing time per city and where the majority of the game is locked. That is why I'm hoping it was a load test/backend test beta and not really a game test beta. I don't recall large scale (or any open betas) for the simcity games. I'm not even sure they did any for TheSims until the way later years when they started involving the community in the development. I would hope you are right as well. The original Sim Cities are somewhat before my time so I wouldn't have any idea as to whether there were large scale gameplay betas for those games although I would be surprised if there were. I'm cautiously looking forward to this game but have no intention of buying it until I hear the reaction from the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA_stu Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 From the look of the visuals, I'm pretty disappointed. I miss the days of simcity4 and before when it was a more serious type of game, this looks like it's been dumbed down and they're going for style over substance. Like others have said, it looks cartoony. Â I want a proper city building simulator again. Â I'll withhold full judgement until it's actually released. But it doesn't look promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OysterBarron Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013  From the look of the visuals, I'm pretty disappointed. I miss the days of simcity4 and before when it was a more serious type of game, this looks like it's been dumbed down and they're going for style over substance. Like others have said, it looks cartoony. I want a proper city building simulator again.  I'll withhold full judgement until it's actually released. But it doesn't look promising. From what I have read the plot of land you start with in beta is not the biggest size you can have I also saw in one of the videos a circle plot of land. In terms of simulation this game whoops the arse off of the old games. Yeah the graphics look slightly cartoony but I'm pretty sure it can be overlooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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