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E3: SimCity 4 Preview Goodness

Posted by chrisd on from the coit-tower-never-looked-so-good dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Wowie! The folks at Electronic Arts look to be working hard on the next installment of SimCity! Although there's no official, dedicated release date, they plan on demoing it at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Gamers.com has an article, as does GameSpot, and both seem to have a number of screenshots. Interesting: there now seems to be a nighttime mode, and perhaps there's some weather effects? The note from MaxisJoseph claims there will be a personal angle to every high-level action taken; will there be a chance for dynamic screenshots of our cities during, say, lightning storms, blizzards or sandstorms? And will they ask Koch or Guiliani for endorsements?" I know I'm not the only one who wants to play the Sims in the SimTower in the SimCity on SimEarth with the pesky SimAnts in the balcony garden.

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  1. Maxis was cool. by TheOnlyCoolTim · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They made SimCity 2000.

    Then they made SimCity 3000 and The Sims and now they're not cool anymore.

    Hopefully Simcity 4000 will return to it's roots....

    "Citycopter 1 reporting Heavy Traffic!"

    Tim

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    Omnia vestra castrorum habetur nobis.
  2. Re:The key to doing a Sim-Everything: MMORPG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Try real life you spastic...