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Well Origin does have an offline mode, IIRC. Online to activate, then you can play away from a connection if you want. It's a shame, and it's inconvenient, fru

Well Origin does have an offline mode, IIRC. Online to activate, then you can play away from a connection if you want. It's a shame, and it's inconvenient, frustrating, only hurts legitimate players and won't do a thing to stop piracy, but it does mean that a multi-billion dollar corporation greenlit a fantastically nerdy sandbox sim and gave it a triple-A budget. If that's what it takes to keep their board happy, so be it. I would rather take the slight-to-moderate pain of EA/Origin DRM and have an honest-to-goodness SimCity 5 to play than not have one at all. And come on, this really does look like it's going to be brilliant, doesn't it? The enthusiasm of those engine designers was obvious, and there's a lot of talk of how it's going to be even richer than previous versions (2K, 4 Rush Hour.)

DrStalker 14y ago
Sim City will not not work offline, even if Origin does. http://kotaku.com/5915377/like-diablo-iii-sim-city-will-require-an-online-connection http://kotaku.com/5915377/like-diablo-iii-sim-city-will-requ... It's also not going to let you reload an earlier savegame - your city is in a persistent world, even if you want to play in a private region without other people. I'm skipping this one; I'd rather feel I was missing out on a good game than become bitter trying to actually play it the way I want.
- scrumper 14y ago
  Oh no, that's dreadful. Thanks for the clarification anyway.
- morsch 14y ago
  I think there's ample market for a good "indie" city sim. Simple, stylized graphics with a focus on the transportation network and the ability to model real-world cities in the game. And as much moddability as possible. SimCity 4 was sometimes criticized for being too difficult and complicated, and what few city sims we've had since SC4 -- and that may include the new Sim City -- tried to appeal to a broader audience, but they have all done so at the cost of alienating the more "hard core" sim fans. They're all still playing a heavily modified SC4, but the game is showing its age.
  - yellowbkpk 14y ago
    Have you played OpenTTD? http://www.openttd.org/en/ http://www.openttd.org/en/ It focuses on transit, but it's an excellent game and very open ended.
  - hk_kh 14y ago
    Chris Sawyer was the one. In any case: "Cities in Motion" is a pretty good game IMHO, not sure if I would call it indie.
- bduerst 14y ago
  Welp, it looks like there's going to be a localhost server hack.
  - DrStalker 14y ago
    It will probably be an easy one too, since the game can apparently run "for a few minutes" without network connectivity so I'm guessing it will be all client side with the server just handing storing save files/data etc and real work being client side. This also means it will be possible to hack your city and get it into the persistent world, so if your city affects nearby regions the game will be a mess.
- navs 14y ago
  That's exactly how I felt about Diablo. After waiting for so long then waiting longer still just to connect online (NZ bandwidth isn't exactly the best), I got far too frustrated to continue playing.

DrStalker 14y ago

Sim City will not not work offline, even if Origin does. http://kotaku.com/5915377/like-diablo-iii-sim-city-will-require-an-online-connection http://kotaku.com/5915377/like-diablo-iii-sim-city-will-requ... It's also not going to let you reload an earlier savegame - your city is in a persistent world, even if you want to play in a private region without other people. I'm skipping this one; I'd rather feel I was missing out on a good game than become bitter trying to actually play it the way I want.

scrumper 14y ago
Oh no, that's dreadful. Thanks for the clarification anyway.
morsch 14y ago
I think there's ample market for a good "indie" city sim. Simple, stylized graphics with a focus on the transportation network and the ability to model real-world cities in the game. And as much moddability as possible. SimCity 4 was sometimes criticized for being too difficult and complicated, and what few city sims we've had since SC4 -- and that may include the new Sim City -- tried to appeal to a broader audience, but they have all done so at the cost of alienating the more "hard core" sim fans. They're all still playing a heavily modified SC4, but the game is showing its age.
- yellowbkpk 14y ago
  Have you played OpenTTD? http://www.openttd.org/en/ http://www.openttd.org/en/ It focuses on transit, but it's an excellent game and very open ended.
- hk_kh 14y ago
  Chris Sawyer was the one. In any case: "Cities in Motion" is a pretty good game IMHO, not sure if I would call it indie.
bduerst 14y ago
Welp, it looks like there's going to be a localhost server hack.
- DrStalker 14y ago
  It will probably be an easy one too, since the game can apparently run "for a few minutes" without network connectivity so I'm guessing it will be all client side with the server just handing storing save files/data etc and real work being client side. This also means it will be possible to hack your city and get it into the persistent world, so if your city affects nearby regions the game will be a mess.
navs 14y ago
That's exactly how I felt about Diablo. After waiting for so long then waiting longer still just to connect online (NZ bandwidth isn't exactly the best), I got far too frustrated to continue playing.