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This is not an online game like WOW or EVE. It's DRM.

• georgespencer 14y ago
  You can repeat this until you're blue in the face, but it simply isn't true. The game is intended to be played online. You share resources with neighbouring cities. Crime spills over into your city from others. You can work together on collaborative projects (international airports etc.). It's not MMO but it's not single player either. I believe in some early interviews Maxis also referred to some computational work being offloaded to EA servers but I can't find these now. They might not have gone through with it, but it was certainly in the original plan.
  • GhotiFish 14y ago
    sim city 4 had exactly the same mechanics in single player. There really is nothing to say in their defense, even if they DID design the game to be multiplayer, they could of done it in a decentralized way and let peers inter-connect. They did it this way for control. Do not defend them.