E3 2012: SimCity Multiplayer Examined: Why Maxis Chose Always-Online

[frigidhell]

2. No matter how well you play, if some one decides to be a douche and create their own "Sin City" next door and your carefully constructed and maintained city gets trashed with doof doof cars and yobbos ruining the joint - That may be "challenging" it also sounds downright annoying.

I agree. I' actually imagining my city to be all refined and in order, but true enough that when someone builds a city beside yours and don't actually think mind building a better one, you're doomed.

[Marius]

I imagine there'll always be benefits... like improved trade and revenue from neighbouring cities. So if they're douches, just use some of the extra money you get to buy more police.

[tHeSmUrF]

One of my main concerns with the new one is cheating or more to the point; lack of cheating. While I like micro managing my city for a while, eventually I would load up one of the trainers and pile up as much money as needed and go nuts. I would pause the game, plan out the entire city and then un-pause and watch my city evolve (and occasionally destroy something just for a bit more fun ). My concern is that with the multiplayer/connected cities Maxis will want to stop this “cheating” to make it fair.

I would have preferred a less “Sims” style of graphics but if the gameplay is good then I’m sure the graphics won’t matter.

[frigidhell]

"Maxis is going for more of a wider approach.." that's what really happening in SimCity. I would like to play this game exclusively but it seems like there's more fun when you work with other city owners.