SimCity 5

[Araxiel]

LOL

[Molly]

You've read the disclaimer below the video too, right?

[Kafein]

Youtube user Ross Borchers said : "I like to imagine that maxis got super pissed at EA's restrictions and business model and therefore decided to make all of this really easy to discover in a desperate act of martyrdom."

[Araxiel]

You've read the disclaimer below the video too, right?

No, i havent but still... Good job EA!

[SixThumbs]

"I didn't buy the game and I still got hours of entertainment".

[Nehvar]

I think this applies here.

[Tibe]

Sometimes being the guy who waits a long time and watches patiently for reviews and gameplay vids does pay off in the long run. Cant imagine acctually spending cash on shit like SimCity 5 and WarZ. Demanding your money back is also a big hassle. Especially when you have to deal with devs like  WarZ had who will blacklist you for telling the truth.

[Molly]

I know, I repeat myself but... I do like the game and I do not feel sorry for spending some of my money on it (especially by buying from key seller - no regrets here).
But keep raging about a game you most likely haven't played... makes a really strong impression 

[Havoco]

Yeah, I don't feel bad for buying this game. It has great gameplay even though the release sucked and the bugs it has are irritating but at least they're not game breaking.

[Araxiel]

It has nice graphics, cool effects. You see your city alive and stuff but thats all about it. AI is frigging retarted, small city sizes and it seems whatever you do, something always goes terribly wrong.

I havent played the game myself but watched couple of lets play videos of different people. This game needs lots of patching.

[Kafein]

SimCity 2013 may be good at what it does.

It just happens that what it does is not what I want.

[Havoco]

I haven't been able to check my email lately, what do u get for the march 18 EA portfolio they promised?

[Casimir]

Our SimCity Mayors are incredibly important to the team at Maxis. We know we messed up and want to sincerely thank you for staying with us. The good news is we have solved all of the major issues and players are really enjoying the game. We’re getting great feedback from our fans and know that many of you are having fun and are exploring this whole new expression of SimCity.

As a small token of our appreciation, we are offering you a free EA PC game download on Origin*. Mayors who have authenticated their copy of SimCity on Origin by 25th March can select a free game through a redemption portal inside the Origin desktop client later this week. We’ll be opening up the redemption portal country-by-country so some of you may see it a little sooner than others. The portal will be live worldwide for everyone to select their game by 22nd March.

We don’t want any of you to miss out your free game, so please note that you must register your copy of SimCity before 26th March 2013 at 06:59am and you must claim your free game by 31st March 2013 at 7:59am. For more information including instructions on how to get your free game and a list of eligible games, please read our FAQ. We’ve included some of the hottest games in the EA portfolio, so pick one and add it to your Origin library on us!

Sincerely,
Maxis

[Molly]

List of games that are "takeable":

    Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)
    Bejeweled 3
    Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)
    Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)
    Medal of Honor: Warfighter (Standard Edition)
    NFS Most Wanted (Standard Edition)
    Pflanzen gegen Zombies
    SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

Either Battlefield 3 or NFS MW for me but I haven't fully decided yet.

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The only reason I got aggravated was the usage of the example itself. Not the "kind of comparison" but the choosing of it was... not proportional. That's all. If you had used the Senator-comparison I wouldn't have gone through the roof in the first place ;)

[Kafein]

Now imagine those same games without EA influencing their development. Would they have been worse ? Better ?