Simcity 5 vibes

[mumblerit]

Anyone else remember the release of simcity 5?
Yes you could build things, yes you had traffic

But nothing actually 'worked'. It was a city painter at best.

Then entire features got patched out

Then everyone just moved on

[Zero, Dark Knight]

I member SC5.


I wish I didn't member SC5.

I want SC4 advanced... >:(

[Myrden]

Originally posted by Zero, Dark Knight:

I member SC5.


I wish I didn't member SC5.

I want SC4 advanced... >:(

Same.

SC5 was awful. You're blind if you can't see the potential of CS2 though, it's nowhere near as restrained as that abomination was.

SC4 advanced though <3 But to dream...

[Finaldest]

Yup. I would like to replay SC2013 again but the game is still not on steam. I really enjoyed the cities of tomorrow expansion for that game. If only the maps were bigger in the game things may have been different. Maybe EA could update the game now we have better hardware.

I am hopeful that EA might give us a new instalment for the 35th anniversary in 2024 as typically there is a roughly 10 year gap between releases. It would be great to see simcity back in the ring.

[mumblerit]

Originally posted by Myrden:

Originally posted by Zero, Dark Knight:

I member SC5.


I wish I didn't member SC5.

I want SC4 advanced... >:(

Same.

SC5 was awful. You're blind if you can't see the potential of CS2 though, it's nowhere near as restrained as that abomination was.

SC4 advanced though <3 But to dream...

Agree, the features arent dependent on the server side, so i think EVENTUALLY they will get CS2 where CS1 was, at least i hope.

[vlad755]

Yeah, I dodged the Simcity Societies bullet - it just gave off too much of a touchy-feely vibe - the whole social energies point system that I read about pre-release just wasn't what I was looking for in a city simulation. Thank goodness CS1 came out a few years later.

And while the CS2 XP progression system (cim "happiness") kind of starts to bleed over into that realm vice a straight population increase + net positive income progression system, I am not finding it so bad. So only a slight Simcity 5 vibe - not too bad.

Albeit for another thread, the whole money system is fracked - I have a net negative monthly income level yet my bank account keeps increasing because of subsidies...

[General T.Montana Tropic Thunder]

Back in the days the initial graphic quality at Sim City 5 launch was better than this game.
No need to compare nowadays, it was the personal launch impression back then.

Players screenshots of this game make me think back at early build test screenshots of Cities 1, a year before launch. Let's say a decade ago.

Anyways, wishing a nice time in games :)

[Strelok]

I have absolutely no idea why people are whining. The game is better than CS1 in basically every aspect, including performance. Really, no idea. At this point, with 100k, CS1 would be running at around 10FPS and simulation at minimum speed. Here I can still use the last speed. Not to mention the 20 minutes to load a save.

It's a huge game, there are several problems to be fixed. And that is expected. Bunch of kids.

[vlad755]

@Strelok: Ha-! I unfortunately remember all too well the ridiculous load times in CS1 for the saves of any decent size city. Do not miss that at all.