Penny Arcade and at least a couple other reviewers anticipated this: >My recommendation? Don’t preorder or buy the game unless you’d be fine with non-functioni

Penny Arcade and at least a couple other reviewers anticipated this: >My recommendation? Don’t preorder or buy the game unless you’d be fine with non-functioning servers tomorrow. If that sort of thing would make you angry, hold off until you know things are stable. http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/why-you-shouldnt-trust-our-simcity-review http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/why-you-sho... That said the game is getting glowing reviews from reviewers who didn't have to deal with the server issues. When these issues settle down I think it will be a well received game. Personally I tend to play games like this when I'm traveling and have no internet connection, so I'm not going to purchase it until I know there is a way to play without an internet connection.