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crissindahouse on 05 March 2013
TheJimbo1234 said:
Sod paid-to-rate-well reviews, look at what the people have to say; DRM, queues, day 1 dlc, and tiny plot sizes.

people would review it with the same scores if they wouldn't review drm and always on and whatever which shouldn't be in a review to change the score of the game itself because it's still the same game.  magazines review the game as it should be. and the 1-2 hours waiting time was probably not a problem when they reviewed the game and it only had some hundred players at a time. 

the reviews are probably deserved, the game seems to be good, the rest is another problem.



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Jaywood2010 on 05 March 2013
Bajablo said:
JayWood2010 said:
TruckOSaurus said:
Looks interesting but I don't feel like start an Origin account.


Origin isn't bad.  I don't understand peoples hate for it.  Steam wasnt that great when it started either.  Although the spyware was annoying with Origin

Yeah, people forget that steam was pretty much shit on a stick when it launched. It got better like 4-5years later so. Origin is ok for the short time it has existed. Lets just hope it manages the presure from Sim City. I'm gonna play the shit out of that game :D


Yeah people give steam a free pass and act like it was always as good as what it is now.  All online systems ar like this.  PSN and XBL are completely different than what they are now from 5-10 years ago.  Origin will continue to grow and get better and I dont mind that it has some exclusives to origin.  It doesnt really bother me, just a part of business




       

Jaywood2010 on 05 March 2013
pezus said:
JayWood2010 said:
Bajablo said:
JayWood2010 said:
TruckOSaurus said:
Looks interesting but I don't feel like start an Origin account.


Origin isn't bad.  I don't understand peoples hate for it.  Steam wasnt that great when it started either.  Although the spyware was annoying with Origin

Yeah, people forget that steam was pretty much shit on a stick when it launched. It got better like 4-5years later so. Origin is ok for the short time it has existed. Lets just hope it manages the presure from Sim City. I'm gonna play the shit out of that game :D


Yeah people give steam a free pass and act like it was always as good as what it is now.  All online systems ar like this.  PSN and XBL are completely different than what they are now from 5-10 years ago.  Origin will continue to grow and get better and I dont mind that it has some exclusives to origin.  It doesnt really bother me, just a part of business

My problem with Origin isn't that the program is shit (it is largely shit though. Steam came out years ago, you'd expect some progress from back then), it's just that it was completely unneeded. I don't want to have multiple programs storing my games. I want to have it all in one place. That is the benefit of having Steam. All in a single place, one click away. Now, every time I launch Origin to play BF3 I have to download a fucking 6GB patch, so I just cancel it and close the program again. If BF3 was on Steam I would have the program always on and not have to worry about huge patches getting in my way when I want to play.

Edit: And people did definitely not give Steam a free pass...they give it a free pass now obviously because it's a vastly better experience.

The only program i complain about is Usoft because i think it is truly horrific.  Origin isn't all that bad but the updates can be annoying, but from a business perspective i understand why they are doing it.  Not only is it getting traffic but it allows them to advertise there games better. 




       

c0rd on 05 March 2013

Looks like a decent game that was screwed over by business decisions. Shame, I was hyped for it before, but the issues plaguing it coupled with the tiny cities (they're puny, really) make it far from a $60 purchase. Gonna wait for the price to come down



TruckOSaurus on 05 March 2013
pezus said:
JayWood2010 said:

The only program i complain about is Usoft because i think it is truly horrific.  Origin isn't all that bad but the updates can be annoying, but from a business perspective i understand why they are doing it.  Not only is it getting traffic but it allows them to advertise there games better. 

From a business perspective it's understandable. But I'm not a part of their business and I want no part in it either. I don't care about their business, I care about the experience itself.

Is the 6GB patch for BF3 or Origin? I'm confused.



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TheJimbo1234 on 05 March 2013
crissindahouse said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
Sod paid-to-rate-well reviews, look at what the people have to say; DRM, queues, day 1 dlc, and tiny plot sizes.

people would review it the same if they wouldn't review drm and always on and whatever.  magazines review the game itself and not if you have to be online. and the 1-2 hours waiting time was probably not a problem when they reviewed the game and it only had some hundred players at a time. 

the reviews are probably deserved, the game seems to be good, the rest is another problem.


Always being online and poor servers ARE part of the game. If it changes your experience, then it is relevant.

Also everyone is saying that the poor plot size is a major issue along with lack of content as it is day-one-dlc rather than actually being in the game.



Mummelmann on 05 March 2013

Over 90 on metacritic, that probably means that I'll love it, just all the other 90+ games we've seen in the past few years (and lord knows there's been a lot of them).
I simply refuse to purchase this on the grounds of Origin and my refusal is further strenghtened by the always online aspect, something that ruined Diablo III and is the most base and unfair copy protection in recent history.



Soleron on 05 March 2013

I usually trust Ars' judgement

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/03/simcity-impressions-we-waited-ten-years-for-this/

Why is this so far out of line with the metascore?



Jaywood2010 on 05 March 2013
pezus said:
TruckOSaurus said:
pezus said:
JayWood2010 said:

The only program i complain about is Usoft because i think it is truly horrific.  Origin isn't all that bad but the updates can be annoying, but from a business perspective i understand why they are doing it.  Not only is it getting traffic but it allows them to advertise there games better. 

From a business perspective it's understandable. But I'm not a part of their business and I want no part in it either. I don't care about their business, I care about the experience itself.

Is the 6GB patch for BF3 or Origin? I'm confused.

BF3, but Jaywood seems to think I was talking about an Origin patch >_>


No i just thought you was being sarcastic lol  I havent played BF3 in a long time so i havent had that 6GB patch




       

thranx on 05 March 2013
JayWood2010 said:
TruckOSaurus said:
JayWood2010 said:
TruckOSaurus said:
Looks interesting but I don't feel like start an Origin account.


Origin isn't bad.  I don't understand peoples hate for it.  Steam wasnt that great when it started either.  Although the spyware was annoying with Origin

It's not a matter of hating Origin but I just like having all my games in my Steam account. What's this talk of spyware?


It's not that bad ahving two accounts.  Just double click an icon and signon.  Me and my friends just use steam chat whil playing on origin.

I don't know if they still do this but when Origin first started EA would have advertisement spyware added to your install.  That way they could have there advertisements on your computer.


No when they first started they installed software that sent info about you and your computer back to them with out your knowledge. It breaks once trust with a company when tthey do stuff like that.