SimCity 5

[Omer Said]

Read on a dutch newsblog that EA is going to make an educational version of the new SimCity for use in schools. Very nice.

Lesson 1: "How a tornado destroys a city"

Seriously, it is very nice. Most live in cities, but have no idea how the things are going on municipitally. Actually they should use more video games in education, should'nt they?

 

[Tom]

Sim City beta EULA includes company-wide ban for unreported bugs

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Love ARS Technica

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Closed Beta just innstalled!

 

[Craig Stevenson]

Just downloaded, will take a look later.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Do you guys like it so far? Haven't got time to install it yet. Will do tomorrow I hope.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Haven't had time to try it actually, not looking too good by the reports on the Norwegian site gamer.no...

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Well, I'm not convinced about anything other than that I have no problems to stop playing and jumping to bed.

 

[Craig Stevenson]

I played the Tutorial last night, really like it so far, graphics are quite impressive, it feels more like The Sims than SimCity though, one dislike so far is the silly language the people speak in The Sims, why not English, even no speech at all would be better.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Well, I'm not convinced about anything other than that I have no problems to stop playing and jumping to bed.

Oh that aint good. Normally you can play the first week of SC a week non-stop without any sleep.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

As Eyghon says, it feels more The Sims-ish than SimCity.
And I really don't like the small sizes of the cities.

 

[Kazumi]

It's SC4 but:

GAF Plays: SimCity 4 (with mods)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46740626&postcount=1



People also say it benefits from a fast SSD because of its streaming.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

There´s no chance i could try the beta right? I haven´t signed up for any beta or gotten any beta keys (obviously)

But it sounded quite interesting designing a whole city by yourself.

 

[Craig Stevenson]

http://www.simcity.com/en_US/faq keep an eye on there, they're not accepting anyone else on the closed Beta but I would imagine there will be another opportunity before the game comes out in March.

If you haven't played any of the previous SimCity games give SC4 a go, it's only £10 on Steam.

On the subject of the new SC, who is going to be buying the Digital Deluxe Version at a whopping £64?, I couldn't justify that to myself let alone explain it to the Wife

 

[Craig Stevenson]

Best prices (UK) for Pre Order, so far Amazon for the Limited Edition @ £34.99 (£44 on Origin), anyone better that?

 

[Craig Stevenson]

Just played my allocated hour, probably a good job I ran out time, money plummeting, residents leaving in droves, no power, no money, still I did last the hour

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

I had no problems with anything O.o Though, I quitted after 45 minutes. I really hope for a new Beta-period, with some more stuff... I won't by it from what I played now...

 

[Linus Pettersson]

I just read about this game yesterday. Will buy it for sure. Loved Sim City 4. This new game should be a lot of fun, especially together with friends. My job is basically Sim City but in the real world, so I have the pressure to not fail any mission in the game

Too bad the cities looks very small.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Quite a price also. 80 euro for a deluxe and 60 euro for a normal version.

 

[Jax Humanhater]

I changed my mind; I'm not going to boycott EA anymore, because they have dropped most of the spyware features of Origin and I read their Agreement stating that I and EA forego filing lawsuits against one another.

Though, Origin has very expensive games and I may as well buy the hard copies.