Simcity 4 Released?!!

Comrade Tribune · January 12, 2003, 10:10

Gothia says Simcity 4 has been released. Does anybody have the game already? Post your first impressions here!

http://w1.193.telia.com/~u19311232/home.html

Eli · January 12, 2003, 12:48

Comrade Tribune · January 12, 2003, 13:31

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Originally posted by Eli

Yeah.

Juggler · January 12, 2003, 14:24

wasn't it supposed to be January 14th?

Adagio · January 12, 2003, 15:37

It is released, but only in....ahemm...warez-version... (As far as I know)... though I don't know if it's any good, I'll wait until it's in stores...

Comrade Tribune · January 12, 2003, 15:45

No, they say it´s being sold over the counter in Asia. There is also an Asian review up, of the boxed version.

Asher · January 12, 2003, 16:05

In about 2 hours I'll finally have it...

Lemmy · January 12, 2003, 16:33

in about 40 minutes, i'll have it...but i won't be testing it yet..gotta study

Sarxis · January 12, 2003, 17:08

I got it!! Was at my local Gamestop.

Seriously! Unpacking it now.

Sarxis · January 12, 2003, 18:43

Wth? What is this online play thing? With the regions?

gonna go see...

Sarxis · January 12, 2003, 19:29

First impressions: GWHAHA H YEYAHHYE HEYAY!!!

Graphics are already much better than the predecessors, with an obvious slant towards The Sim's UI. Nice touches already abound! God.. love God mode!

Asher · January 12, 2003, 21:48

The bastard isn't working right for me.

It installed fine, but when I launch the game nothing happens. My CPU usage throttles up and the HD thrashes for 3 seconds, then nothing.

The process is still running but the only way I could tell is by checking CTRL-ALT-DEL.

Maybe it doesn't work right with DirectX 9? Dunno, troubleshooting...

General Ludd · January 12, 2003, 21:58

I'll have it in the morning.

I won't even pretend I've bought it, I've boycotted Maxis since I bought Sim City 3 at full price then they released the "unlimited addition" a weak later, also at full price - without offering the new additions free to those who have already bought it or anything. And then there is the shameful way they keep pumping out expansions for The Sims (I haven't fallen for that one, though!)

I feel they owe me a free game.

Urban Ranger · January 13, 2003, 00:18

Damn! More money burned. Must...have...game...

Urban Ranger · January 13, 2003, 00:21

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Originally posted by Osweld
And then there is the shameful way they keep pumping out expansions for The Sims (I haven't fallen for that one, though!)

I won't say it's shameful.

They probably didn't expect the popularity of The Sims (not among seasoned gamers though), so they are making every last single penny out from the fad.

Eli · January 13, 2003, 01:01

Agh!!!

Osweld, check PMs.

War4ever · January 13, 2003, 01:17

eli if your doing what i think your doing could you talk to me about it too

Joseph · January 13, 2003, 01:28

Quote:

Originally posted by Osweld
I'll have it in the morning.

I won't even pretend I've bought it, I've boycotted Maxis since I bought Sim City 3 at full price then they released the "unlimited addition" a weak later, also at full price - without offering the new additions free to those who have already bought it or anything. And then there is the shameful way they keep pumping out expansions for The Sims (I haven't fallen for that one, though!)

I feel they owe me a free game.

No one and I mean no one owe you jack shlt. A company makes a product and you can buy or not buy, but no one owe you.

vonManstein · January 13, 2003, 09:41

Wow, I didn't realise warez is so tolerated in this community. Kind of sad actually.

SC4 has yet to appear in EB here.

Adagio · January 13, 2003, 09:51

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Originally posted by vonManstein
Wow, I didn't realise warez is so tolerated in this community. Kind of sad actually.

SC4 has yet to appear in EB here.

It isn't, just don't tell the mods

As far as I know, there has been some bannings because of talking about having warez...

I don't mind talking about warez, but I don't want this forum to turn into a warez forum, so we try to keep it down

Heresson · January 13, 2003, 11:03

Damn. I haven't got it.
Gimme it!

alva · January 13, 2003, 13:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Asher
The bastard isn't working right for me.

It installed fine, but when I launch the game nothing happens. My CPU usage throttles up and the HD thrashes for 3 seconds, then nothing.

The process is still running but the only way I could tell is by checking CTRL-ALT-DEL.

Maybe it doesn't work right with DirectX 9? Dunno, troubleshooting...

If you need any advice....

j/k

So how good is it !!!!tell meeeeee !!!!

Comrade Tribune · January 13, 2003, 13:54

I´m not talking about any warez version. Some shops are already selling the game.

REVIEWS, PLEASE!!!

General Ludd · January 13, 2003, 14:43

I don't think the mods have any problem with the discussion aslong as we don't start posting links or offering to send people warez, ect...

As for the game, the graphics are excellent - too good for my computer, really. The gameplay is more or less the same as previous sim games, I haven't noticed anything signifigantly different. I haven't gotten a chance to see how cities can interact with each other, though.

The region is interesting but it is not always easy to make the different parts of the region connect together and look good. I was working on making my own region, but damn, it'd take an insane amount of work to build the entire thing and get all the sections flowing together nicely. I haven't played multiplayer (I doubt I can) but I'd be willing to bet that all the multiplayer regions will be grotesquely ugly, and mostly completely flat.

Another thing I noticed is that there is apparently no control over how the grid devides up the region, or how big the region itself is... even though the ones which come with the game have many different sizes and grids.

Solver · January 13, 2003, 14:47

Yeah, please reviews...

Comrade Tribune · January 13, 2003, 14:50

Perhaps the game is so good that all who have it simply vanish without a trace? ...Years later, their skeletons are found in front of a computer, Simcity still running...

Asher · January 13, 2003, 15:17

I wish I could play.

Adagio · January 13, 2003, 15:39

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Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
Perhaps the game is so good that all who have it simply vanish without a trace? ...Years later, their skeletons are found in front of a computer, Simcity still running...

Just got the game today, and I must admit, I haven't been away from the computer since I got it installed... This game is much better than previously SC games

Though one thing that bothers me, is the fact that I constantly get tons of msgs telling me about what's good and bad...

Oh, and it's diffecult to get the maps to look nice (specially when I'm busy playing around with the meteor disaster

(I haven't tried to use the disasters in the city yet, since my cities aren't doing that well... yet

But all in all, the game is worth buying

I haven't tried the MP part yet (I figured it might be a good idea, to figure out how to get a city running before starting on that

)

And one more thing: The game runs almost perfect, with my new computer (2.4 Ghz, 512 mb DDR ram)

Juggler · January 13, 2003, 16:12

so Santa finally made it to Denmark, eh?

General Ludd · January 13, 2003, 18:16

It's pretty easy to make a map look good. Hell, it'd probably be hard to make one look bad simply because the graphics are so good. It's jsut geting them in sync with the neighbouring areas which is tricky, I'm starting to get the hang of it though.

This is what I've spent most of my time doing:

Maybe I should try building a city outside of the tutorial now.