Out of interest, did they ever fix that? I might reinstall it if they have.
EA Refuse to Refund SimCity - Possible account ban if you take action
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http://kotaku.com/5989630/ea-will-give-a-free-pc-game-to-anyone-who-bought-simcity
Lol looks like they're worried xD
Lol looks like they're worried xD
To be fair, they do have the right to try to find a solution to your issue before they have to issue a refund.
Granted, in said situation you might've just reached a standstill where absolutely nothing happened and you were stuck with an unplayable copy but even so I think there's room to give them some benefit of doubt.
imo ea is notorious for buying out titles, ruining them and we end up arsed out... thanks EA ( pricks )
Looks like they do have one happy customer...
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*chuckles* EA's licking his own balls. Funny.Looks like they do have one happy customer...
can someone explain to me what is all the buzz about?
diablo 3 had the same problem when it was released
guildwars 2 had the same problem when it was released
hell im sure even wow had the same problem when it was released
does this game actually has a single player? i mean, diablo doesnt, guildwars doesnt...
there is a difference between playing alone to single player...
playing alone: while everything is saved on their servers where you can share and play with others by just checkboxing an option
single player: where the save is saved on your computer, no reason to share nor being connected to the internet
i have no problem with diablo being always online because thats the direction the developers chose, hell there is hardly a reason to play offline because the game pretty much sucks
on the other hand you have AC II always online drm that doesnt make any sense
diablo 3 had the same problem when it was released
guildwars 2 had the same problem when it was released
hell im sure even wow had the same problem when it was released
does this game actually has a single player? i mean, diablo doesnt, guildwars doesnt...
there is a difference between playing alone to single player...
playing alone: while everything is saved on their servers where you can share and play with others by just checkboxing an option
single player: where the save is saved on your computer, no reason to share nor being connected to the internet
i have no problem with diablo being always online because thats the direction the developers chose, hell there is hardly a reason to play offline because the game pretty much sucks
on the other hand you have AC II always online drm that doesnt make any sense
No offense but you basically just explained the obvious. People are upset about SimCity because it's an always-online single player game.
I mean I'm sure people were a bit upset with Guild Wars 2 and such but they NEED to be online because they're MMOs. Plus I think GW2 was resolved rather quickly.
People complained about Diablo III a lot though. People still do.
you didn't answer my question though, does the game still has single player or have they changed to a kind of "mmo", because that's what happened to diablo 3...
I'm pretty sure it's mostly single player and doesn't have anything MMO-ish like Diablo III. Correct me if I'm wrong, someone.
Diablo also had multiplayer feature, and blizzard at least been known with their capability to handle their online games.
Guildwars2 is MMORPG.
reading from the comment, Simcity doesn't have both, it's pure single player only with Cloud environment.
but I believe it's something they want to add in the future (you know... DLC for another $$$ to spent)
or adding small element with another $ to spent, I'm not surprised.
they bluntly said going to add Micro Transactions in their game.
I doubt someone will be able to pirate this game, just like diablo III
This is the best review so far (for me).
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3HI7AMO8MJ9PF/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R3HI7AMO8MJ9PF
Guildwars2 is MMORPG.
reading from the comment, Simcity doesn't have both, it's pure single player only with Cloud environment.
but I believe it's something they want to add in the future (you know... DLC for another $$$ to spent)
or adding small element with another $ to spent, I'm not surprised.
they bluntly said going to add Micro Transactions in their game.
I doubt someone will be able to pirate this game, just like diablo III
This is the best review so far (for me).
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3HI7AMO8MJ9PF/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R3HI7AMO8MJ9PF
I believe there is a multiplayer mode, but I'm pretty sure that single player mode is the "main feature". It's certainly not an MMO.
I guess I'm the odd one out?
Even though they had server problems, they'll fix it. It's not the end of the world, and they're even giving you a free game as compensation.
Also, many other games had a rough start, but a week from now, this problem should cease to ever exist again.
As for the always-online drm, I can see the problem that some people will have with it, but I'm in favor of that. I'm online 24/7 and the save file is 1 less thing I ever have to worry about. It also provides a good feeling that the global statistics are legitimate rather than hacked or modded unfairly.
I bought it even after reading all the hate comments, and I'm pretty happy with my purchase.
Even though they had server problems, they'll fix it. It's not the end of the world, and they're even giving you a free game as compensation.
Also, many other games had a rough start, but a week from now, this problem should cease to ever exist again.
As for the always-online drm, I can see the problem that some people will have with it, but I'm in favor of that. I'm online 24/7 and the save file is 1 less thing I ever have to worry about. It also provides a good feeling that the global statistics are legitimate rather than hacked or modded unfairly.
I bought it even after reading all the hate comments, and I'm pretty happy with my purchase.
Riiiight.
Am I the only person happy to see Origin kicking around? Sure, it hasn't been well-managed, and I'd have no intention of ever using it, but I think it's good to see a publisher with a massive ppol of resources try to compete with Valve. I doubt they could win, but competition is good for consumers; the better Origin gets (they have to get something right eventually, even if it's only by accident), the more incentive Valve has to make Steam that much better.
But everyone knows that gaming would be better with only one publisher, one console maker, and one distributor. Right? Because that works for every other industry! Monopolies are good!
This is actually the version I play on DOSbox.And this :
People should buy another old Simcity game like Simcity 4 (8€ on Amazon)...
And there is one word I can quote to sum all of this up.
Why the hell do you need to constantly be online to play offline? That makes no fucking sense.
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no they never did
Yes I can accept that you can give them the benefit of doubt for whatever problem they must be facing. It's a new engine and everything so these things happen.
But when you visit their forum, you see 10s of people saying the same thing. 'Contact support'-'we have received' then nothing.
Its like they are toying with the people. I can't complain cause I finished the game as I was getting 15-30 or so FPS and well it was quite playable to me. Great game destroyed by bugs like scrolls and fallout.
Fallout was terrible for me because I really liked it but it kept on crashing for me no matter what I did. Until I read someone say, 'I have tried everything and nothing works!'
Here's something their forum staff posted (4 months after release)
"Hey guys, am sorry to hear you are still having issues with your frame rates.
There are so many factors that can cause drops in FPS, it would require a full troubleshoot. If you can create a ticket, I will gladly help in any way that I can. PM me your ticket number after creating it."
That comparison chart is actually rather impressive. I think the most interesting one is calling a 2*2 km hamlet a 'city'. Seriously, it'd have to have several kilometer high skyscrapers to accomplish that. 
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