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[Dane]

Who's played the beta and what do they think? I can only play it late tonight.

[+TruckWEB]

The one hour limit sucks and there is almost no content. Most of the building are not available in this beta. But in one hour, I was able to build a small city and making money. Had a fire and police station, clinic, school.

Much easier to play than say, SimCity 4000. Allot better than Societies.

[Hurmoth]

I really want to try this game, but I've heard so many negative things about EA that I avoid them like the plague. Not here to bash the game, but I don't want to spend $60 on a game for EA to decide a year or two down the road that they're going to shut down the servers, especially if the game turns out to be unpopular.

[panacea]

Hurmoth, on 26 January 2013 - 18:18, said:

I really want to try this game, but I've heard so many negative things about EA that I avoid them like the plague. Not here to bash the game, but I don't want to spend $60 on a game for EA to decide a year or two down the road that they're going to shut down the servers, especially if the game turns out to be unpopular.

by that logic no single player game that can be finished in a day is worth ANYTHING

[+Crisp]

Hurmoth, on 26 January 2013 - 18:18, said:

I really want to try this game, but I've heard so many negative things about EA that I avoid them like the plague. Not here to bash the game, but I don't want to spend $60 on a game for EA to decide a year or two down the road that they're going to shut down the servers, especially if the game turns out to be unpopular.

Tip, don't buy from Origin... it's a rip off! Origin has SimCity priced for pre-order @ £65 here in the UK, while Amazon has the exact same copy, which you redeem on Origin for £30.

Lol EA.

I'm also sure play-sc will have it up just after release for a big discount, as they usually do with EA games.

From what I've seen so far of gameplay, the game itself is dumbed down. I'm personally going to wait on this one, might pirate it first and if I like it I'll buy it.

[PGHammer]

Crisp, on 26 January 2013 - 18:43, said:

Tip, don't buy from Origin... it's a rip off! Origin has SimCity priced for pre-order @ £65 here in the UK, while Amazon has the exact same copy, which you redeem on Origin for £30.

Lol EA.

I'm also sure play-sc will have it up just after release for a big discount, as they usually do with EA games.

From what I've seen so far of gameplay, the game itself is dumbed down. I'm personally going to wait on this one, might pirate it first and if I like it I'll buy it.

Also, what one-hour limit?

The FAQ plainly states NO limit at all. You may have been limited on Friday since the distribution to testers just kicked off that day (Friday was, after all, Day One).
Today is Day Two, and more testers (including Yours Truly) got our redeem codes - mine is installing as I type this. I'll be sharing what I can in a later post.

[ManMountain]

You are only permitted 1 hour construction time, after which your city resets and you have to begin again.

Crisp - I think I need stronger glasses but on Origin, SimCity Limited is £44.99 and on Amazon it's £34.99. But the Digital Deluxe version is an eye watering £64.99 on Origin only, I can't find that on Amazon.

Haven't had the time but my daughter has played the beta and enjoyed it but what's putting me off buying it is the always on DRM.

[Salutary7]

I played and would say the biggest problem is that there's no challenge. For the most part, you add roads and zoning and quickly begin filling up the map. As the city grows, you throw in some other buildings (usually the game indicates which ones you should build). It doesn't seem to matter if you play poorly, since it's not hard to have a profitable city.

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

missed out on the beta sign up....been working, so I missed out.

[MillionVoltss]

' Play Is Blocked At This Time '

[+Crisp]

MillionVoltss, on 26 January 2013 - 20:33, said:

' Play Is Blocked At This Time '

EA

[SMELTN]

I just seen the email that I was invited to closed beta and downloaded.. Will try this out

[Deranged]

I played through it. It's pretty decent for a demo (which is probably all this is anyway with all the 'not available in beta' bits.)

Definitely getting the final ver.

[Dane]

I just installed it, it says it put in into low because "depisite my graphics card being newer then what it needs, it will be slow"


well that is going to annoy me if I cant play it nicely. Next year with a new PC i wont have problems.

[PGHammer]

Dane, on 26 January 2013 - 23:02, said:

I just installed it, it says it put in into low because "depisite my graphics card being newer then what it needs, it will be slow"


well that is going to annoy me if I cant play it nicely. Next year with a new PC i wont have problems.

I got the same heads-up; however, I jacked the settings up from 1024x768 and medium-low to 1280x720 and all-medium and had no graphical problems (AMD HD5450 with the Catalyst 13.2 beta drivers).

Unless you have a portable PC, there are several GPU options to yank things up to maximize both this game *and* Crysis 3 - my favorite GPUs in this category are HD7850 2 GB (AMD) or GTX650 Ti 2 GB (nVidia), as neither requires more than a single 6-pin power connector in most cases OR costs even $200USD (online or even retail in most cases).