Remember how EA and Maxis were saying that SimCity, the reboot of the classic city planning franchise, could only work online? How they stated that the game was built entirely around the online features, even in the face of hacks that showed the complete opposite?
Turns out they don't!
You lucky fans, you get something that had no reason to be missing in the first place, and it's absolutely free! I mean, you had to wait a year, and you got a completely broken mess of a product, and it's not like anyone cares anymore, but, hey, you know... "free."
This fiasco has been one fumble after another, a race to the bottom fueled by utter incompetence every step of the way. EA, Maxis, if you wanted an accurate simulation of city planning... well, I guess you succeeded. Congrats?
Turns out they don't!
SimCity BlogSIMCITY OFFLINE IS COMING!
I’ve wanted to say those words for quite some time, so my apologies that I didn’t take the time to say Happy New Year first.
Yes, Offline is coming as a free download with Update 10 to all SimCity players. When we launch it, all of your previously downloaded content will be available to you anytime, anywhere, without the need for an internet connection. We are in the late phases of wrapping up its development and while we want to get it into your hands as soon as possible, our priority is to make sure that it’s as polished as possible before we release it. So, until then… testing, testing and more testing. As one of the final steps, we’re putting Offline into the hands of some of our most hardcore players, the DevTesters. This group of volunteers is going to put Offline through its paces before we release it.
In Update 10, you can still play solo in Regions on your own, or in Multiplayer with people from around the world. What’s new is the Single Player Mode, which allows you to play the game Offline by yourself. And because your saved games in this mode are stored locally, you can save and load to your heart’s content. Our team will be delivering a follow-up blog that will outline the full details in the near future so stay tuned.
You lucky fans, you get something that had no reason to be missing in the first place, and it's absolutely free! I mean, you had to wait a year, and you got a completely broken mess of a product, and it's not like anyone cares anymore, but, hey, you know... "free."
This fiasco has been one fumble after another, a race to the bottom fueled by utter incompetence every step of the way. EA, Maxis, if you wanted an accurate simulation of city planning... well, I guess you succeeded. Congrats?