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Yeah I just loaded SimCity 4 onto my wifes Eee PC over the network and it runs fine (not even ridiculously low settings). SimCity games were always able to hit

Yeah I just loaded SimCity 4 onto my wifes Eee PC over the network and it runs fine (not even ridiculously low settings). SimCity games were always able to hit the casual gamer, you never needed a hardcore gaming PC to play. Why SimCity 5 needs things processed server side is just for the sake of bullshit DRM. The only way for EA to recover from this will be to release it DRM free (or at most with the serial key DRM of days gone), otherwise SimCity 5 won't even be remembered beyond the news articles of 2013. As an avid SimCity player I can recall every game, I'll never recall SimCity 5 as at this point I'll never get to play it.

yareally 14y ago
> As an avid SimCity player I can recall every game, I'll never recall SimCity 5 as at this point I'll never get to play it. Likewise :) Played all the Sim City games all the way back to Sim City Classic (though I played it on SNES). Played the rest on PC and also rebought Sim City 2k on gog.com a while ago for nostalgia. Even my brothers, who I would only consider casual gamers were always able to play them without a problem. I'll never touch Sim City 5 though unless it comes to Steam and without the always online DRM.