New EP & still no Hood Editor!
coltraz:
I take everything EA says with a grain of salt. They'll say whatever they have to say to make themselves look competent, good, and also to bring in the bucks. I stopped paying attention to any and all of their PR stunts when I got bored of them boasting about the sucky TS3 features they would boast about in every goddamn interview.
Uleria:
Quote from: ProfPlumbob on 2009 August 05, 15:32:55
*sigh* I want Will Wright back...and the damn neighborhood editor.
Hear, hear. The game has lost so much of the charm that captured me with TS1. The new devs are trying to maintain that quirkiness, but it's all just updates of the original game's little quirks and in-jokes. Now that EA is so terrified of offending anyone, they are boring everyone. Will was always enthusiastic about the community and our contributions. I wonder what he thinks of the direction the franchise is going in now? From what I can glean from interviews, he's probably engrossed in another project and doesn't even care. Too bad. He was quite discouraged by the abject failure of TSO, I think.
I, for one, am not holding my breath about the neighborhood editing tool. It's utter vaporware, L&P. They're rushing on to the EP/SP grind now, and there will be no looking back when there is more money to be made. If they even released a new version of SimCity that allowed us to do the editing, like with TS2, I'd be happy, since I loved that part of the franchise, too. Okay, so SCSocieties kinda sucked ass, but...the pre-Societies stuff I loved.
Given how unfriendly the devs made it for CC this time around, why would they go out of their way to make the game more user-customizable? Given their track record to date, we're deluded if we think they actually care about letting us make our game truly our own.
Budgie:
Quote from: Uleria on 2009 August 05, 17:12:32
Given their track record to date, we're deluded if we think they actually care about letting us make our game truly our own.
That's the ridiculous part of it. So many people (including myself) were drawn to the Sims because of the ability to make the game into whatever you wanted, whether it be a medieval themed neighborhood or a Prosperity neighborhood, or whatever. By forcing players to adhere to one style of gameplay, it makes the game boring for basically everyone but the sheeple. And without CC, EAxis is eliminating not only the creators, but anyone who doesn't play exactly the way they want.
ProfPlumbob:
Quote from: Budgie on 2009 August 05, 19:47:51
That's the ridiculous part of it. So many people (including myself) were drawn to the Sims because of the ability to make the game into whatever you wanted, whether it be a medieval themed neighborhood or a Prosperity neighborhood, or whatever. By forcing players to adhere to one style of gameplay, it makes the game boring for basically everyone but the sheeple. And without CC, EAxis is eliminating not only the creators, but anyone who doesn't play exactly the way they want.
unfortunately the sheeple outway the enlightened by the millions.
Doc Doofus:
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I've been playing Anno Domini 1404 obsessively in the last week (since I've completely lost interest in Sims 3) and I am being completely blown away by the depth and variety in the game. Stuff keeps happening and I think 'O wow, that's nice.'
That got me curious enough to go googling for a review. I watched this youtube review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42zToqR2w1c
... And I have to say that I'm unimpressed. It sounds like too many city/empire building sim games I've played over the years. They may have made it more complicated or added more detail, but from the sound of it, it offers nothing very new or intriguing. Unfortunately for me, because I'm about due for a Sims break.
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