SimCity Review
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"EA said that they might consider increasing the city sizes but we both know that's not gonna happen."
Oh, how right you were.
Honest review, straight answers, no biased bullshit, genuine review. You have yourself another subscriber mate!
I agree, only game reviewer who is funny, and gives an honest, no bull shit review.
My wifi cut out just as he said the servers suck
r/thathappened
Jake Marchbank which time?
I read your comment as soon as he mentioned it. Weird.
His wife cut out since Holly sucks.
I hate forced multiplayer so much because most of the time I just want to play by myself.
Sir Fiber how?
Lettuce yeah I know, I hate it when I can't just play with myself :(
EA: Ruining fantastic franchises since 2009.
What's up
IanTheSlayer64 Corporate greed mostly.
XD
+Piccolo Junior Plants vs zombies 2
Nuf said.
+Piccolo Junior They ran Simcity into the ground. SIM FUCKING CITY. I can't believe anybody still gives EA money after that.
So let's move on to City Skylines.
+LuriTV its a better game than simcity
I don't like it doesn't have ad-ons to building and that power lines have to waste space.
if you build up your city you can get rid of power lines and it has dlc and steamworkshop
Sorry i didn't play skylines very long.
Couldn't have agreed more
I routinely see this game in the $10 bin at Walmart. And every time I do, it's just as sweet.
+Meow You sweet, that sounds sticky XD
In Ireland, they still sell it for €40
It's not even in the bargain bin yet
+Stratcaster u should just tropics 5 it's. Amazing
+PigZ Neville
I love tropics 5
I know what you meant XD
Still too much for it
The major problem with companies making games like this as "always online" is that the online mode should be an option. Sim City has for years been a game that you could perform all tasks solo and it's fanbase has been willing to play the game that way, but this forced online multiplayer that breaks a concept that works perfectly offline is completely frustrating. Imagine if games like Civ, Command and Conquer, or even Animal Crossing required you to play online with other players just to complete it. Most people I know would not be willing to play those games for that very reason ( I know a friend of mine who is definitely upset about Sim City and hasn't tried playing it in months). Perhaps 2K and Firaxis may learn their lesson and in the next iteration we get this as an option, not as mandatory to play... but I highly doubt it.
Here's a list of games that should be always online:
Transgamer *any mmo because how the hell else would you play it? Nothing else though
Three words. Metal gear solid.
King Gaming What?
Transgamer Can`t agree with numer 0,0 and 0 on your list.
Transgamer tl;dr
Just get Cities Skylines at this point, it's Sim City 2013 teleported from another universe where it doesn't suck.
WesleyB Crowen Implying that there is a universe where EA isn't shit.
DarkeTribute Well to be perfectly fair, considering the potential of an infinite number of universes and thus an infinite number of possibilities, there does exist quite a number of universes where EA is a perfectly fine company... granted, these may also share the same Universes where Mojang bought out Microsoft and the Atari is the leading developing company of the gaming era, but you get the point.
***** Well the concept of the Multiverse implies both exist.
I prefer Universe XX45B3a7, personally - the Universe where Sony and Nintendo never split and became a Video Game superpower, with EA Games being bought out by them and as a branch of their company.
***** i like syu902i:;!jop.mpçüá118790 where katy perry and other shitty popstars dont exist there is no concept of money dorrito dust is a legalized gaming drug the word sniff means motorboating the album art for the dark side of the moon has an eye in the triangle giving hard proof illuminati exists and theyre are no bad video games but theres only one flaw perfection
PaxtheDreamer That`s not true. EA sucks so hard in our universe, even the very essence of existence for matter, time and space multiplied with infinite possibilities can`t imagine or create a entity of EA which doesn`t suck.
"Always Online" was a deal breaker for me then and is even more now. I refuse to play ANY game that requires an internet connection or more to the point, DRM.
+Zedius Melichor It has singleplayer (no internet required) mode now.
TheTechno Maniac2000
But it still requires EA's Origin crapware. It's too late. EA burnt their bridge with me and many others...
Zedius Melichor You can add an origin shortcut to something like steam, which is useful AND hilarious.
TheTechno Maniac2000
Yah, I don't like Steam either, and for the same reasons. GOG dot com is where I buy my digital games exclusively now. No DRM or online requirements.
Zedius Melichor How did "You can add an origin shortcut to something like steam which is useful AND hilarious" Imply I don't like Steam? I love Steam.
SimCity was one of the first games I ever played. I had seriously bad ADHD and I couldn't really get into other games. I had Ultima and the classic Nintendo games like Mario but as much as loved those games I would only do a few levels or get to a certain point before I had to stop and go run into a wall or something. I was a weird kid... but SimCity was the first game I played nonstop. I couldn't wait to get home and keep playing it. Why? Because it did something for me other games couldn't. Up until then I had seen all the typical point and click adventure, 2D side scrolling platformer, racer shooter or beat em up. But SimCity did more than just provide a fun game, it allowed us kids to go wild with our imagination. It allowed us to do something we all love, pretend. You could imagine that you were some paragon of happiness trying to make the perfect utopia, or you could be an evil villain creating worlds only to destroy them. Or maybe you wanted to try and make the city you lived in. You were the one creating the gameplay. It gave birth to my favorite genres simulations and sandbox games. It provoked you to think forward and plan out what you needed to do, hell it's almost educational (kinda) but in a good way. It completely changed the way we look at games.
SImCity was the reason I wrote my very first article. It was a top 10 list and it actually got a decent spread and now writing gaming articles is my job, which I'm very lucky and thankful to have. Maxis would go on to revolutionize the gaming industry... only to be taken down thanks to a publishing company that's infamous for being greedy, corrupt and full of idiots. Finding out Maxis had been shut down by EA (obviously because EA destroyed their most beloved franchise) after making their worst game ever actually makes sad. EA had been a publisher for Maxis for years, but there was a change to the industry 10 years ago. Publishers realized how important they are to gaming companies. They publish, fund, advertise and own the rights. So they decided to be in charge of projects and telling the development teams what to do. The reason was so they could oversee the game development to add in new ways to make money. Paid DLC and microtransaction (pay to win) were made popular by EA. They take a game and chop off content and pieces of it before it's released so they can sell those pieces later as DLC. They cut funding from the development and put that money into advertising, why? They don't care if the game sucks, they're more concerned with people buying the game and getting more money. Gameplay isn't as important as sales to them. They've ruined so many good games, franchises and companies. Basically what I'm trying to say is....
FUCK YOU EA
Slevin Reviews Nice story mate. Its really nice to see those personal stories from people., They are the best! Especially when a normal person write them and not some clickbaiting journalist!
Slevin Reviews When I first playing with PCs, Simcity is the first game that I ever played(along other classic Sim Games), them I got into Simcity 2000(too bad, I only played it's demo version as well it's GBA Port), Simcity 3000(my personal favorite so far), and Simcity 4(ever since I can't run this game on whatever computer that I use, I gave up and this makes me left Simcity franchise).
when I left Simcity franchise, I got into Command and Conquer franchise(another franchise that fell victim to EA games perhaps earlier than Simcity) where I got hooked into until Tiberian Twilight comes out(this makes me goes into Warhammer 40k due to death of C&C franchise as well Warhammer 40k is source material for Dawn of War 2(a game where EALA rips off it's gameplay mechanics for C&C4), and the cancellation of 2013 C&C are further kills C&C franchise where in that year, 2013 SImcity comes out). also as a former Simcity fan, I got myself hooked into Spore game(made by the same guy that gave us Simcity) where I like it since I love playing god as well Spore is a game where I (once) die for, not to mention I like it's villain: the Grox where having Oxygen-intolerant Carnivore as Always chaotic evil species is never a bad idea as well the Grox have ultra-advanced tech.
what's do you think about Simcity build it(Android game that I currently plays)?
Slevin Reviews you speak the truth. is there anywhere i can find your reviews? id be interested in hearing more of what you have to say.
Thanks for the nice comments, I'm actually thinking about going into videos soon. Or maybe I'll do both, articles aren't as popular as they once were. I'd still prefer writing but videos seem like they'll be fun to try. I'll be posting them on this channel soon. But really, thanks for positive remarks :)
Slevin Reviews Amen to that! EA needs some serious competition. Thanks for sharing your story! It actually makes it all the more real how greedy EA is.
I mean, I was a huge Sim fan (still kind of am), starting back from when I was visiting a friend's house and she showed me just how cool The Sims: Unleashed was :) From then on, I was really into the first and second games, their expansions, and their console/handheld counterparts...but that was when expansions actually had interesting concepts, game-changing content that could keep you entertained for hours, and pretty awesome soundtracks (seriously, I love music from the old Sims games).
As much as I love the third game, though, the expansions were...a little sub-par for me - for every awesome addition, there seemed to be flawed "tick" just sucking the fun out of it before very long. For instance, social groups in University Life are cool in theory until your Rebel Sim starts ranting for no reason...water taxis in Island Paradise are cool until one of them gets stuck and the game lags like crazy...the punishment freakin' system, in theory, sounds realistic, but it's freakin' flawed like freakin' crazy...and don't even get me started on Pets (I'm an animal lover and this one irritates me to know end). Also...Worlds...that's all I'm saying about that.
Anyway, once I heard about all the stuff they took away from the franchise for The Sims 4, I was a bit heartbroken. I heard the game is okay, but I played a free trial version of it, and I'm sorry, but it's nothing like the old games used to be. I mean, it's more akin to one of the console titles with the crude humor and such, but not one of the PC games. I just can't justify it for the price it is.
Like I said, EA needs some serious competition, and thankfully, Sim City now has some with Skylines (that game ROCKS!).
(Sorry for the lengthy post...I kinda got carried away....)
In an era where game worlds are getting bigger and bigger and more unlimited, they should have laughed the guy who proposed putting the SimCity game in a box right out of the room. This game feels more like a more advanced cow-clicker than a game released in modern times.
The goal of turning every basic game concept into some kind of Warcraftian MMO is worth it, to their minds. And they learned nothing from this failure, they didn't even consider it a mistake.
This is why I torrented Sim City. Just download a patch that takes out the "always online" feature and find a way to be able to host a game with your friends. It makes for a much better and overall smoother experience. I don't normally promote torrenting, but for this game, I found that the torrent copy was actually a better product then the actual released game.
Why just not make it Sim City Online then.
so god dmn true
cool :)
+Murutattack - Gaming Testers Wasn't there a SimCity online once?
Offline's finally here.
Finally.
Thank fucking god.
Damn, Its been AN ENTIRE YEAR.
Personally, I liked the offline mode it had before, with the expansion of your work area, more complex and creative infrastructure, and the ability to save at will.
...Wait. I'm thinking of the Super NES version, aren't I...
Ryusuta
All of that is true except for the expansion thing. Did you ever even play this one?
*****
Never played it myself, but that's what I usually hear. Everyone seems to love that one.
Why not just play City Skylines
city skylines was not out when this vid was made
City Skylines was made specifically because this game was bad.
***** mods are a thing bruh
***** Hey look it's a troll that sucks at his job.
Whenyouwerereadingthislongname Istoleyourtaco Give me back my taco!!!
They turned it into a facebook game essentially... sigh.
GOG recently gave me a free copy of SimCity 2000 as part of a sale thing, so I might as well dive back into that one soon. That's the one I remember from my childhood, anyway.
I didn't know you watched ProJared, Lewis
Guys, if you want the definitive SimCity games, go play SimCity 2000 and SimCity 4.
Simcity 3000 so much fun
***** you don't give SC3 too much credit, the game don't suck, it's actually an improvement over SC2 because almost everything made it's way to this version, however there are some things that I miss from SC2, the arcology towers are gone, waterfall are gone and so the hydro electric power, stadiums were replaced with sport parks and there is no blazing fires that consume the city neither monsters, floods or airplane crashes, but in return we got neightbors to make deals with, more ordinances, different terrains and buldings sets, landmarks, a better interface, you can create your own buildings, terrains and scenarios, terraforming is better overall and bigger maps among other things, and the most important, tons and tons of fun
SC2 has it's charm, I still play it but SC3 is the one I spend most of the time playing. Now, for SC4, well, I haven't played too much, just the tutorial to see the new things and changes but I will play it soon, That region thing is simple awesome.
I don't wan't to force you to play SC3 or SC4, but you can at least try them with a more open mind, if you still don't like them, well, theres nothing to do about it, it your opinion and I respect it
Urban_Shadow_001 Thanks you, SC3 was the game I was introduced to, and fell in love with. SC4 was nice upgrade as now you could do driving missions, plus build massive citys with a whole array of transit options. Overall the series has really "grown up" but Maxis really screwed up with Simcity but we all know that was EA's doing not theirs. Hope the next one takes what was good with Simcity (roads building, graphics) and bring back some from the older games as well (bigger area, transforming, massive region to play with)
I think they can do it with this one, however they started the game backwards, they worked on the last thing of the game and now they make their way to the first thing they should worked to begin with, for example, the whole concept of working with other cities started with SC3, expanded on SC4 and exploited on SC5, they could design the game for single-player in a offline mode and it would be just fine, then they develop the multiplayer aspect of the game, wich is the same concept of the region play of SC4 but this time other people control the cities. That's the way it should be done, but they did it the other way around.
People are asking for bigger maps now and I can bet you anything that once we got the maps we are going to complain about not having a god mod to terraform our own regions and when they give us that, we're going to complain about not having enough cities in the region because they are going to limit it to 4 or 6 cities per regions and so on and so forth
SimCity 2013 is a game that needs A LOT of polish; the more they get to the core gameplay the better
V340E419 i loved that game to
Man, that Multiplayer honestly sounds like a great idea. Too bad it was forced upon you and not a side mode.
Lol, its 2019, I wonder if they ever expanded the size
Its 2020 idiot
*big brain*
@@turtle2678 that says a year ago idiot
@@turtle2678 are you stupid can you not read
@@turtle2678 brain
Or play Cities: Skylines.
Was never a fan of yours, but this is such a great video I went to watch your other reviews and I'm a big fan now. Thanks a lot!
DON'T DO IT! IT'S PERMANENT!
I have no idea why, but I find that the funniest line ever.
Mr. Divery r u referring to tattoos or teen pregnancy
8BitsGiven I'm pretty sure that pregnancies are not permanent. If your pregnancy lasts more than 9 months, you should probably see a doctor.
***** then what ur saying is that im fat and not just pregnant 4 10 years???
You know, an offline single player game mode where you manage different cities all focused on different aspects (education, resource production, etc...) that you have to make interact and cooperate together actually sounds like a good idea, and would even justify the cities' small size... But having it be a multiplayer-only thing kinda kills it.
Agree.
*EVERYONE! PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!*
The SimCity servers are much better now, I own the game, and have not had ONE connection issue, they have also enabled singleplayer mode, where you do not need a stable internet connection, and your friends aren't able to join you, useful for lonely dwarves. (Meant as an expression)
It's been over a year, and there are still problems with this game... It's getting better, but it's still (in Jared's ratings system) prolly only a 4.5/10. It still hasn't been fixed enough to earn that ever-illusive 6/10 that Jared promised.
To be honest, I'm not one bit surprised.
Every single EA games lately contain load of problem since launch and very slow to fix it up, maybe the dev team been force to making DLC instead of fixing their own game.
FreedomFighterEx Actually, with EA games, usually the fixes are in the fucking DLC. That's how it's been with the Sims 3, you can't play it unless you have the expansion packs, because the game crushing bugs from the Sims 3 are only fixed on the expansion packs.
PrehistoricBiiirds? "Play testing? Who the hell needs play testing? Just put it in the stores. If fans want to play it so bad, they can pay for our bug fixes."
Loren Helgeson
Yeah you are kinda right. The graphics are great, but there is some elements from SimCity 4 I miss, such as the things he mentioned and the fact that you could drive in a car by yourself :D. But still, I clearly prefer this game than SimCity Sociaty, that game sucks AS HELL!! It might be fun the first time you play it. I enjoyed it the first week I had it, but one of the main issues is you can turn the building you can place (and yes, you have to place every single building yourself) but you can only place the roads in only FOUR directions!
Man I just absolutely adore you're reviews
Since this video's comment section has become a "Bobfest" I decided to do the best that I can by clearing this up a bit...
Google launched their own social networking site named Google Plus (Google+), and nobody wanted to have a Facebook and a Google+ account simultaneously.
RUclips wanted to have better content and more bandwidth so viewers can enjoy HD videos without having to sit through immense buffering times. RUclips didn't have the necessary storage and networks to maintain the constantly growing community of content developers and accounts.
Google sought for a method to drag people to their social networking site, and RUclips needed a larger database for managing the streaming of over 10 million videos worldwide. Google has international databases that RUclips will be anticipated to occupy, and developers for RUclips bargained by connecting the Google+ site with RUclips accounts.
Even after bugging us to integrate our accounts, only a few people did. RUclips developers then restricted channel comments to Google+ users, that didn't help much in attracting users to Google+.
Recently the RUclips developers limited video comments to Google+ users, and now the number of people using Google+ is soaring due to this forced integration and undesirable limitations to those who have not integrated their accounts by now.
This isn't something that everybody agreed on, or even considered, but there's nothing that "Bob" is capable of doing when it comes to changing the mind of the RUclips developers. You will have a greater chance of proposing an easier-to-understand method for managing the integrated accounts. (Without cluttering our pages with links and promotions).
The integration was inevitable, all we can do now is suggest a better method of integrating RUclips and Google without the ASCII "Bob" comments.
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_SimCity 4_… ah, the memories and ever-present threat of crashing. Seriously, it's over a decade old and I'm still having technical problems with it. It must be my computer or something, 'cause it tends to do that with every one of the Sims games I own, all the way back to the original's Deluxe Edition.
And I ended up giving up on my shoddy CD's and "invalid" activation code, so I bought the game again on Steam. It's still fun, although the modules you can add onto buildings and plumbing infrastructure being linked to the roads in this new one really would be appreciated. (Sure, I could manually lay down pipes in the same pattern as roads, but that's rather inefficient given their coverage.) Also, Jared mentioned not being able to place a park in the middle of high-wealth housing. While things like that can be done in _SimCity 4_, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work because the game says "Nope, mayor [Gameactive], you gotta have a road connection." That occasionally happens on outer-corner patches of Industrial zones that were laid out in standard form.
Nah, its not just your computer. Simcity 4 has some inherent code issues and memory leak problems. There are some fan made fixes but I don't think any of them completely fix the issue unfortunately. Just increase the time between crashes.
Craig Mullins
Oh, phew, so I'm not the only one. Out of all the games I've played on my PC, only EA games crash like that. So I've started setting a timer that goes off every five minutes and saving every time it does, plus I installed a Saver mod for _The Sims 3_ that does it automatically. Saving in of itself seems to help delay the inevitable more than what I'd expect from any third-party mods.
I love SimCity too. The music are good, there is some cool features in it. The only problem is it is so hard to get money. I had to use cheats to get money
Pogohg
The tutorials make it look so easy, but the constant nagging of your advisers to expand your fire/police network, address very minor pollution problems, and a few other complaints makes it so you want to address them… and then you'll be lucky if you don't have to double your tax rates to get back into the green/black. Or, you could be like me and download a "Money Park" mod that sends your expenses into the negative billions… I found that so funny, but it really works!
Reducing funding on utilities, by the way, isn't the way I'd go since it causes them to degrade faster. I'd try my best to unlock Solar Power Plants as soon as possible since they're clean and provide more energy than the "starter" variety of power plants.
*****
Well, good for you. Just be careful, though; it may just start crashing out of the blue someday, so prepare yourself!
I'd never paid attention to this game, but my first impression: "they simplified things", and now I'm already angry.
YOU NEED ROADS FOR PARKS?! The game is all ABOUT freedom! EA, what the hell?
Okay, the modules are cool.
MY goal was always to increase density, no missions needed.
WOW. THAT'S TINY. Like, the size of the CRAP^2 mobile app.
No terraforming...
ALWAYS ONLINE? CO-OP PLAY?! I don't play Simcity to be SOCIAL, I play it because I'm a pathetic recluse! Simcity was NEVER a social game, it's for geeks, not the lowest common denominator who doesn't understand management enough to play without utter simplification!
Mining the coal is a neat concept, but would work better if you DID have a bigger map. Then you could have industrial, commercial, residential, and extraction zones.
WAIT. Airports and solar plants aren't just BUILDINGS?
Disasters being permanent ruins half the point...
I DEFINITELY hate this.
+ProbeVoyages In Cities Skylines, Modules are replaced by the amount of money we spends on departments
extracting resources in Cities: Skylines done by District specialization
and Space Elevator and Fusion Power Plant in Cities Skylines are just like International Airport and Solar Farm in Simcity 2013 respectively
So, what are you saying? Are you siding with me or against me? Just a little confused.
ProbeVoyages
What I say is: Cities Skylines and I'm not (Totally) against you here
I heard there was a hard population cap or something along those lines. Does it at least have zones?
ProbeVoyages
it has Zones, and we can makes biggest city ever
Fifa players know the pain
Screw Simcity 2013, Simcity 4 is better and also in Simcity 4 you got money monthly instead of spend all your money and wait 12 months
Binging and enjoying, Nth day of watching. Still enjoy the Reviews and let's play even if I was rewatching it again. Also I am quite fond of this game but from the Windows 98, not sure about the version.
Sim City (2013) was a crappy always-online reboot that everybody hated, not to be confused with any of the Maxis Classics.
EA is the 2010s version of LJN
"More systematic and less creative"
EA's newer games in a nutshell
Always mind boggling to me why developers don't hire youtubers to improve their game. Clearly they've discovered problems & solutions that the devs didnt.
Damn I can’t believe proJared lost 200k subs
I never liked those guys anyway.
I loved EA back then , but since the DLC's and other things like that came , EA became greedy and always searching to tear money out of you by selling an uncompleted game that you must complete with DLC's. The best example is , Sims 3, you buy the game for 30 to 50 bucks, get stuck with a little to do , and a few furnitures. How do you get more things to do ? Buy an expansion pack that cost around 10 to 20 bucks each, and there's a lots of thems ! And even in game , they are constantly blasting you with awesome stuff that you can buy but you can't because you don't have money or don't have more money to put in this money sucking game. I hope the gaming market isn't going for that option of DLC's and uncompleted games. I yes , I'll stick to my old video games. It's not hard to make a game that is fun and that didn't need Online , Skyrim is a great game for example, yes there is DLC's , but the don't feel necessary , I don't have them , and I still have a lot of fun and hours of gameplay without them , and i'm not considering buying them. I hope multiplayer and Online only games is the future , because it'll be aweful in my opinion.
To be honest, you needed to buy expansions packs for the Sims since the first one came out..it's just how that game is run, and I'm okay with that as I have been used to it since the beginning, I expect it.
SimCity? More like SimShitty! :D
Do you watch Boogie/Francis?
ocarinagirl7 No. What's that?
He's a youtuber
ocarinagirl7 k
+Faiz Shoaib Or Jim Sterling?
Hey ProJared! Have you seen Cities: Skylines? Will you review it?
its practically simcity on facebook, always online, horrible, laggy
"because he didn't know how to use a hospital"
lost my shit
Imagine a kaiju game when u build I city with all these defenses too survive Godzilla, Gigan, King ghidora, Rodan etc and the hardest defense unit too unlock is ultraman and ultraseven
EDIT: ultraman should be given at tutorial so beginners can realistically win ultraseven should be a hard unlockable tho
that sounds freaking great
*slams table* get this man a dev team
Cities XL is waaaaay better than Sim City ..... shame :(
Cities XL is a really great game. I played it while SIm City was having issues and had lots of fun.
It feels a bit clunky compared to the new SimCity but it doesn't have always online drm which makes it 10000x better...
Sergeeeek Yeah I personally prefer SimCity still.
PokéCenter you could pirate it earlier btw. So their drm didn't work anyway.
I built this PC in anticipation of Sim City, glad I didn't purchase.
>>Don't buy it until it's fixed.
>>Game's still bjorked all to hell. (Mostly by design.)
Congrats all you people who bought and preordered. You're the reason EA keeps pooping out horrible nostalgia-riding games and aren't held accountable when they leave a game to pine for the fjords.
Sans reviewers. ProJared is always awesome.
i thought it was going to be good
Dominic Mercurio Just gonna say, EA gave everyone who preordered the game a free game, and not some old ass $5 game, one of the options was Dead Space 3 >.>
CDK93 and for those who had that alredy ?
ROBDEWAND or don't give a shit about another AAA game they have no interest in. Giving any game away, when the game you want is shit, doesn't make it a good deal.
I want to buy an apple. The apple is rotten and still full price, but that is okay right, they are offering a very tasty grape for free if you purchase the rotten apple. Is this a good deal? Exactly.
Fuck you EA.
Sim City was one of my favorite games, and one of the first builder/simulation type games I ever played. The first ever was Utopia for the Intelivision, but being on such a primitive console, it was rather limited, but Sim City, being on the Amiga, was not.
Then a decade later, I got Sim City 2000 for the PC and it was an improvement over the original. It took what was good about the original and made it better. Added new features that made me feel even more in control of a city. Then came Sim City 3000 which added to the improvements of 2000.
Finally came Sim City 4, which is my favorite of the franchise by far. It still had some issues, to be sure, but they were so minor that I really didn't care. I figured some day they'd release a Sim City 5 and fix those issues, following the pattern of expanding on existing features, fixing and fine tuning them to be ever better, adding cool new features that make the game even more fun, and fix the issues that take a little something away from the game.
But nope, we got "Sim City" instead. I'm glad I never got that thing, it's not even worthy of being a part of the Sim City franchise. IMO it oversimplifies things, and loses the city building simulation aspect that made the franchise so memorable and popular.
+Jason Ross and what's about Simcity BuildIt(it's basically Dungeon Keeper Mobile reskin)?
+Jason Ross and what's about Simcity BuildIt(it's basically Dungeon Keeper Mobile reskin)?
+Zakaria Shalih I've never heard of it, but if it's anything like EA's mobile $wreckage$ of dungeon keeper, it's probably horrible. I have played the original DOS version of DK, and also the alpha/beta versions of a new game inspired by DK, which is very good, it's called Dwelvers and I definitely recommend checking it out if you're a fan of the 'Keeper franchise.
EA killed SimCity, EA killed Sims with Sims 4 (not as bad but disappointing) and unfortunately EA will probably kill Star Wars Battlefront
One thing I wanted from the new Battlefront is a solid single-player mode.
+James the Noble Knight lol
+Abraham 123 I don't feel dissapointed with The sims 4. I guess it's because it's the only i played, but it serves me pretty well. There are so many things to do..
+willingsas Yeah if it were the only Sims game it'd be great but Sims 3 is clearly superior and with a sequel you expect an improvement
Abraham 123 It's supposed to be easy to learn and user friendly. I love the graphics in this one, not because they look better but they seem to catch better with the personality of the game.
Sims 3's graphics look like they wanted realism but also cartoony things; it looks weird.
There are many improvements. I can't remember all but the sims A.I is much, much better, for example, you can't kill sims in the pool by removing the ladder anymore, they get out.
The build mode was re-maked if im not mistaken, and by my opinion it's better. It's simple, it works, and there's a lot of stuff to work with.
There's the camera and some seem to hate it, well, there's and option for that too. You can enable sims 3 camera and problem solved.
Can't rotate objects? With the sims 3 camera that's a thing too.
I don't think there's any problem with the game, all of the sims 3 functions are there, and it's good.
hey, who noticed that the cities have Final Fantasy VI names? "Narshe", "Figaro" and "Albrook"....
+LuizroXD HP I notised. Rather cool, isn't it?
I thought I clicked jareds final fantasy video so I was going to dismiss that comment as stupid because the game sucked but then I scrolled up to read the title of the video and I agree with you completely!
Emily Buccella what!?
I really wanted to like this game so badly, but EA got its greedy hands on it and that was the end of that.
EA has made me lose faith in all AAA titles and is why I don't buy them anymore.
I only buy Indie games now, or those from smaller devs. I don't buy EA anymore. So disappointed.
Holifeno The only things I happen to buy from "AAA" developers are Nintendo games, mainly because they're almost guaranteed to not absolutely suck. This is also why I don't refer to Nintendo as "AAA" developers.
Alexander Krueger so theyre "AA" devs in your opinion then (yes thats the actual term)
T.M.S. Killer Stonaxe hmm, good to know... thanks!
Global Warming Skeptic so not even gta 5 pc
you single handedly helped me NOT buy this game. :P thank u sir. you saved me money! that makes you a saint. I used that money to feed my children
:D
I know this comment is 3 months old, but if you're still interested in a SimCity like game, I heard Cities: Skylines is pretty awesome, and costs about half as much.
I like that the roads also provide sewer and power, the quests are really nice and the modular system is awesome! Whish CS had this!!
I completely agree with all the shortcomings you mentioned. And beyond those, there are also some glaring issues with how traffic works, and some of the specialties. Traffic always want to take the shortest, not most efficient route, so traffic often becomes a huge problem in bigger cities. Some of the specialties are too easy to generate cash with, so you can too easily have a near unlimited amount of cash. Which really doesn't matter anyway since the cities are so small!
Did this game ever get fixed?
+Drake Blake just go and play Cities Skylines much better and they are still making it better :3
yeah the always online drm was removed but play cities skylines bc it's hell of a lot better
lol didn't they said that it's not possible to run it offline, because thats the way the engine works?... oh that would mean EA lied... what a surprise :D
It's possible it was true at the time and they changed the engine to accommodate it. But...yeah this is EA.
I have SimCity 2000 Vintage Edtion on my laptop. No joke.
The game is at 50% discount on origishit... still not gonna buy lol.
$25...that's a rip off
Vyse195 Yeah, I'd buy it for
***** I think I actually got my SimCity for free, but I barely play it. I couldn't play it once because of Origin screwing up OR something else screwing up.
*****
I got this game for 20 bucks on Amazon a few days ago and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. I personally don't have a problem with the DRM but I can understand why people were upset about it. The servers are working perfectly so far. The gameplay is awesome. My only problem so far are some glitches. For example, a fire started across the street from my fire department and the fire fighters took forever to respond and when they finally did, they drove up and down the street twice until reaching the house which by the time was too late to be saved. Other than that, don't be discouraged by the DRM (unless it actually affects you) and server issues. I would give it an 8.5/10. The glitches are frustrating and the cities are kinda small.
Gotta love that EA is going with the "Always Online" "Games As A Service" model AGAIN after the debacle with Simcity here with a brand new IP. They don't know when to quit.
I would not mind a follow up video about this. See if the game was fixed.
Internet works. That's it. But all the internet problems were a main problem so that would raise the score to a 7-ish
They also added in a single player mode, so the multiplayer is no longer forced upon you.
Simcity - Limited Edition, how apt.
Its not really offline mode. You still have to login to EA first, set it to offline after you have started Simcity. So that is not truely offline.
But you can start it without being online. So it's basically an offline mode.
InfinityCraft It's offline if I can play it without connectivity. Airports and hotels that charge for connectivity, even international flights these days can charge oodles for connectivity. If I can't play it without ponying up cash to these 3rd parties, it isn't offline.
SimCity 3000 Unlimited is still my favorite. It had the best music too.
Im watching the end when he talks about when will it be fixed and the whole time im thinking about the whole battlefield 4 dilema
at the end "should you buy it? NO. not right now." 1 year later. offline announced! a few weeks later. offline released! everyone "it is still a shitty game!" me "meh"
Me: YAY I CAN PLAY IT AGAIN :3
I Don't Find Much Wrong With Simcity Except... Eugh... The City Size... MAXIS/EA MAKE AN OPTION OF THE SIZE!
Ciaran Brickles If they did that and made cities have more resources then it would go from 6.5/10 to 9.8/10.
I feel like Sim City 4 was the best...
SimVillage... still waiting for them to "fix" this game. Maybe then it's worth 5,-.
7:23- DRAINAGE ELI! I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!
haha i love ur backround theme while explaining the perma damage to a city it was so perfect Lol
Going to buy it on steam
simcity 5 isnt on steam. only on orign
^ Because EA owns Origin and they don't want competition XD
Just bootleg it.
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IainStudios Where I've looked where'd you find a working one that's not the nos team offline one
Sim city 4 was the ultimate..
NOT!
Your right. I still play it today.
I never got to play SimCity, because I couldn't (obviously) connect, and my physical copy was broken. And then I lost my account.
0/10 Do not buy
I prefer not being able to terraform, because it forces me to add variety to the city without losing efficiency. In SimCity 2000, for example, or Cities Skylines, the most efficient way of building a city is always the most bland.
I just bought it yesterday. For the most part, it looks like they fixed the server issues. The only problem I had was with my own internet connection which dropped out mid-game, but I was still playing as I scrambled to get reconnected. Like Jared said, it stumps creativity considerably, but it's still a pretty fun city-builder.
Now simcity has single player
still sucks
The last decent game EA released was Desert Strike on the SEGA mega drive.
+Ronbo Fett Edgy alert
+Ronbo Fett So not even The Sims or Mass Effect were any good?
+Ronbo Fett Eh... Command & Conquer Generals was a blast to play, and Tiberium Wars is considered to be very good as well.
Don't get me wrong, though. EA wins no awards in my book!
City skylines is better, more like the original sim cities.
But it looks shit
Not to mention this game is the reason EA shut down Maxis (So no more Spore sequel or expansions ): )
+Fire Hedgehog EA are the malaria of the gaming industry.
+Fire Hedgehog Well dammit, now we'll never get Spore 2.
Yeah, cause fuck EA up the ass so hard
I know this is old, but I love your Final Fantasy 3/6 town names
never trust EA
buy cities skylines instead
Clearly... God I love you Jared, you make me laugh... which is rare.
Awesome review Jared! Been on the fence for Simcity for a few weeks (wife is a big fan), but this pretty much sealed it for me. Will wait for a few more months. Either way, your review was well thought out and really explained everything (better than GT or IGN).
They fixed this game and released as Cities Skylines under the name Paradox Studios.
When I heard a new SimCity was coming out, I dug out my copy of SimCity 4. Added the mods the community has been making for the last 10 years, and... wow, it just blows away whatever they released this year.
It actually feels like I'm building a city and I have to commit myself, and I see it grow.
I think they should have given two options for if you want other cities in the region: The online with your friends idea, or you can add other cities into the region via online download or adding them in through save files.
It is very easy to make a self sufficient city. I've solo a built a great work several times, with just 1 city in the region. Just spec electronics and you will have all the money you need exporting TVs. Use recycling to gather alloys and import plastics. To easily upgrade your electronics HQ, store 6000 processors and sell all of them when 12:00AM hits so you can upgade your HQ to start producing TVs.
In case you are wondering, Simcity already fixed the servers, has offline singleplayer, has mods and has an expansion pack called "Cities of Tomorrow" that lets you have more population and services. The new highway system totally rocks and I would highly recommend any old Simcity fan like me to buy it. I would give it a 8/10, mainly because of the city size :(
I'd recommend playing Cities XL if you're looking for a hardcore city planning game. Far more challenge and fun than SimCity IMHO.
Great review. Its good to see someone finally give a balanced review of positive and negatives (there maybe some reviewers out there that I have missed). It's also good to see genuine feelings about the games features, like your frustration at the server quality for example. Much better reviews then most out there. Got yourself another subscriber!
Any chance of another "update" episode for the expansion? No? Didn't think so.
“Look good or have the best numbers” is actually kind of accurate for real life city planning.
I found this review lacking, mainly because he didn't mention the BIGGEST FLAW IN THE GAME... traffic. There's one, max two routes out of your city, and there's nothing you can do to change that. once your city starts growing large, suddenly you have a traffic jam, which causes major issues. If your city is based around gambling or sales? You can't get gamblers in, and you can't get your goods out. If your city has a powerplant that needs you to bring in materials? Hah, forget that shit.
SimCity 2000 was the only SimCity as far as i'm concerned. loved that game.
***** SimCity 4 was actually pretty good optimizing the features of SimCity 2000. It was not a true improvement and added nothing extra to the game, but it was fun taking your sims from the Sims and importing them.
***** What about GBA Port of Simcity 2000?
***** Simcity 4 is pretty good. I also got SimCity for DS and it's really fun too.
EA: Keeping the traditions started by Laughin' Jokin' Numbnuts alive and well.
Holy shit even the trees have to be on roads :o
I remember correctly some fans said that if you delete one line of code in the game a certain line of code then you can play off-line
I wish multiplayer worked well but the reality is that half of the tiles are taken by people who instantly quit and/or fail in 5 minutes and the other half have players leaving in a few hours because they've finished building on the small space available to them and moved on to the next map. You will almost never see a multiplayer game finish a great works and organising a private match for this game is quite difficult.
The one problem with your high wealth circle with a park in the middle is that it wouldnt give the buildings room to upgrade. Thats another thing about this game that is a blessing/curse. You really have to think ahead and not box your RCI zones in or their growth will get stifled.