SimCity [Megathread]

[Ben Grapevine]

It's inevitable that with a highly anticipated game like this, download issues will arise. As a matter of fact, you came into this thread just to spew stuff about the issue. You haven't contributed anything to the discussion, let alone joined it.

It's not anybody's fault. Do you honestly think EA wants to suspend use of their servers to botch the release day for one of the most anticipated games of the year?

He has a pretty good point.  I was really excited to get it until the drm thing came up.  Now I'm currently locked out of simcity and am getting some serious buyers regret.

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[Swat 3]

wow

not buying anymore

[Ben Grapevine]

wow

not buying anymore

I wouldn't buy it

EDIT:

Also, EA support says 30+ minute waiting time for a live chat so I can talk to someone and get an ETR on the lockout

[Comatose]

He has a pretty good point.  I was really excited to get it until the drm thing came up.  Now I'm currently locked out of simcity and am getting some serious buyers regret.

You can always request a refund. I had the link around here somewhere. Allow me to give it to you.

Personally, I haven't had many problems. I expected a few first day jitters, but nothing like this.

EDIT: A quote from the EA Forums:

Hey all, after going through this thread (and the many similar ones), let me first of all apologize to each and every one of you; as gamers ourselves, we absolutely appreciate how aggravating it is to sit there and not be able to play. So yes, we are very sorry for the delay, and I just hope that once you have started playing, you can enjoy the game itself its fullest, despite this experience!

Let me address a few more points for you all:

1.) Pre-Loads: We agree, pre-loads are very important, which is why we usually offer them (as we did for all of our last big releases like Crysis 3 and Dead Space 3). This didn't come together for SimCity unfortunately, for which I again apologize.

2.) Communciation: As they have a far larger outreach than the forums, we tend to use our social media channels like facebook.com/origininsider and @OriginInsider (general news) as well as @OriginStatus (outage and maintenance news) to keep you up-to-date on any issues.

3.) Refunds: If you regrettably feel that we left you down, you can of course request a refund for your order at http://help.origin.com/contact-us , though we are currently still in the process of resolving this issue.

[Ben Grapevine]

You can always request a refund. I had the link around here somewhere. Allow me to give it to you.

Personally, I haven't had many problems. I expected a few first day jitters, but nothing like this.

EDIT: A quote from the EA Forums:

I'm just going to wait it out.  At least I can watch this twitter and know what's going on.

[AvailsMew]

So the city size is even lower now?

[Decepticon]

So the city size is even lower now?

No..
Or, I don't think so.

[Ben Grapevine]

So the city size is even lower now?

City size is reduced but you can make a bunch of connected cities

[Nickelob Ultra]

So the city size is even lower now?

where did you get that at all


I hope the launch problems are fixed soon.  I'm not supposed to get my key til Friday/Saturday but if I end up having off tomorrow from snow I'd buy it for $60 and sell my $40 bought key to a friend.


via /r/simcity
http://imgur.com/a/gUFqn
a nice visual guide ripped from prima

[Ben Grapevine]

Reinstalled origin and now the launcher works.  It's just taking forever for process

[Bisjac]

not a single computer game launches without issues like this lol.
you guys wanted it on day 1, there will be like 20 fixes and patches like every other day for 3 weeks till its all smooth.

if its just a server bandwidth issue because the game is popular, well of course that will be fixed soon.

[AvailsMew]

Reinstalled origin and now the launcher works.  It's just taking forever for process

Yeah same here..

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not a single computer game launches without issues like this lol.

You're seriously saying that? Would you like a list of games that i've played day 1 without issue? Even mmo's generally work on their first day.

[Ben Grapevine]

You're seriously saying that? Would you like a list of games that i've played day 1 without issue?

Almost all of mine

[SpreadsPlague]

can someone explain why a largely single player franchise needs always-on DRM?

if you can actually answer this question you're probably an starfish.