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[IGN] SimCity Burning: A Warning to Microsoft, Sony, and All Publishers...

Started by Zinix, Mar 11 2013 02:03 AM

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#1 Zinix

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 02:03 AM

http://www.ign.com/a...ways-online-drm
 

It has been out for three days, and SimCity is broken. Seriously, unplayably broken. As a long-time fan who's been looking forward to this week for many years, this is a huge, frustrating disappointment. The worst part? The main issue isn't with the game itself, but an entirely unnecessary and completely avoidable always-online Digital Rights Management (DRM) system that's keeping millions of fans from playing the game they paid for, when they were told they'd be able to play it. If there is one good thing that comes of this disaster, let it be yet another lesson to publishers like EA and Activision/Blizzard, and platform owners Microsoft and Sony, who may be considering always-on DRM in next-gen consoles or PC games: don't even think about it. It's a pipe dream, and to attempt it is to invite an enthusiasm-draining catastrophe with every single game launch.

 

Wow.

Major respect for IGN, they are speaking the truth. 

Hope EA learns their lesson for this "experience". 

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 02:36 AM

Glad I didn't buy it day one. Man, I wish this would have been a buy able playable game....

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 04:46 AM

I just enjoy playing SimCity 2000


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Posted 11 March 2013 - 05:49 AM

The problem isn';t even the DRM.

It's EA only wanting to purchase so many servers.

 

The game itself is buggy as hell too.

Roads are laughable because if you don't laugh you rage hard

The terrain is horribly buggy pretty much any time you try to place anything substantial.

Thee's at least 5 bugs in regional/city view changing I've seen in the 6 hours I've been able to play it.

 

What did IGN give this game?

I'de give it a 4/10 if I was rating it.

6/10 if they fixed the servers by buying some.


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Posted 11 March 2013 - 08:06 AM

did anyone see the ridiculously bugged screenshots of underwater roads and houses in the middle of streets?


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Posted 11 March 2013 - 08:57 AM

So the game is defective? If so that sucks.


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Posted 12 March 2013 - 10:13 AM


ign switched their tune fast.


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Posted 13 March 2013 - 10:29 AM

DRM is a load of b****cks! EA suck, the gaming industry needs another crash so these stupid companies can be taken down a peg or two. Innovation is lost and the consumer dosn't matter anymore as long as their corporate pockets are filled, we the consumer are treated like sh!t now. A crash needs to happen, people need to speak with their wallets.


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Posted 13 March 2013 - 10:33 AM

So the game is defective? If so that sucks.

It's quite buggy.

About as buggy as every other recent game, nothing special.


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