Simcity (2013): You shouldn't purchase this game! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!

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Beamed: Nov 26, 2010; Then you have a responsibility that no man has ever faced. You have your fear which could become reality, and you have Godzilla, which is reality.

The FAQ says the game is fun despite the earlier warnings. So, well: is it?

# ¿ May 1, 2013 21:28

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 09:30

Beamed: Nov 26, 2010; Then you have a responsibility that no man has ever faced. You have your fear which could become reality, and you have Godzilla, which is reality.

Back to the best Simcity then: 3000 Millenium Edition.

That's right, cue the haters :colbert:

# ¿ May 1, 2013 21:37

Beamed: Nov 26, 2010; Then you have a responsibility that no man has ever faced. You have your fear which could become reality, and you have Godzilla, which is reality.

Demiurge4 posted:

Most of that wealth is entirely Steam though, that's a massive revenue source and they only produce a few games now. It's actually really interesting to look at the history of Steam, they got to the market first as a new concept in order to push Counter Strike and the Half Life series and other companies like Stardock tried to get into it as well but failed. It could be argued that EA has failed as well as Origin is abysmal and only carries their own and a very small list of other titles but since Steam takes a healthy percentage of each sale EA are probably quite happy with it.

Wasn't Stardock pretty much the first company to really start pushing digital distribution? IIRC Steam came a little bit after and just completely crushed them. Would be happy to be corrected, because gently caress Brad Wardell.

I know there's still a few decent competing Digital Distributors - like GamersGate and GMG - but they actually use Steam themselves for half their games :v:

# ¿ Jun 25, 2013 00:17

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eXXon posted:

Quigley did a great job of selling the game and then absolving himself of any responsibility for it being a huge turd.

As opposed to?

# ¿ Jul 16, 2013 23:14

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KnifeWrench posted:

Disproportionately targeted? Maybe not. But I would argue they're definitely more victimized, due to their lack of social insulation and "real" celebrity.

This is true. Saying that the majority of people who play video games are death-threatening evil fucktards is a pretty gross exaggeration and doesn't do anyone good, though.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2013 08:00

Beamed: Nov 26, 2010; Then you have a responsibility that no man has ever faced. You have your fear which could become reality, and you have Godzilla, which is reality.

Does anyone know where I can find a good, unpack and play, Simcity 4 modpack? I tried adding NAM and CAM(I think those are the names) manually, but it just started CtDing randomly when I did so.

I'm basically going to treat this as the Simcity Megathread for obvious reasons.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2013 17:48

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xzzy posted:

Or you could try the actual SC4 thread.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3537338&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

Oh, I thought I saw that it had died; my mistake.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2013 18:20

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Eifert Posting posted:

I know people talk about this all the time but has literally anyone actually done that?

As much as I love them, Paradox kind of did it with a lot of their EU3 expansion features.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2014 04:58

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univbee posted:

Ubisoft officially distributed a NoCD-cracked EXE by RELOADED for Rainbox Six: New Vegas 2, IIRC because they couldn't figure out any other way to make a digitally distributed version of the game. I'm pretty sure they didn't pay RELOADED for his work.

Hahahaha. Can you imagine paying RELOADED?

# ¿ Jan 14, 2014 05:28

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Darkrenown posted:

This is hilariously untrue.

E: (Although it's not uncommon people suggest/make a mod doing something close to something we've had planned for months/years and then when we do it someone we've never seen before says "Cool, you used my idea!")

That may be the case, but I'm thinking along the lines of the unknown Trade Goods, regions being implemented right after MM, that kind of thing. I didn't even mean it as a mark against you guys.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2014 20:07

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Necroneocon posted:

This may be an odd question, but since you work for Paradox I have to ask:

How come all of your posts here always poo poo on your competitors? I don't get it. It's always a post on how this Matrix/Slitherine/Battlefront game is bad. Paradox makes great games. Sometimes they miss. Same with the other companies. It just makes you sound petty and really gives a bad rep for Paradox.

Are you talking about other threads as well? Don't be creepy.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2014 17:02

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cthulhoo posted:

I'm sure people do that on SA all the time, it's not even close to the most shocking thing I've read there.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2014 05:54

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Literally richer than he could conceivably know what to do with?

# ¿ Apr 10, 2014 03:42

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Baronjutter posted:

I can understand thinking it's a poo poo game and getting frustrated realizing they aren't listening to any of your reports, but a breakdown? It's not like he doesn't get paid if the game's poo poo on launch.

According to him the breakdown was due to the drinking and a breakup with his girlfriend more than beta-testing.

# ¿ May 16, 2014 20:58

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 09:30

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xzzy posted:

So some random joe tells a story they admit they have no actual proof happened, and finishes off by saying how great EA is because they provided a steady pay check.

Yeah that's a credible source.

Why doesn't everyone hate game companies the same way I hate game companies :argh:

# ¿ Mar 6, 2015 16:04

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