E3: SimCity 4 Preview Goodness

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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Re:first lynx post

[Inthewire]

You forgot to log in.
I'll hold that FP for you while you get an account.

Gamespot :-/

[ceejayoz]

Damn Gamespot and their pay-for-content. Not like they have much worth reading, especially if I can get it elsewhere. Paying for real content, maybe... but game previews? No thanks.

Wow, _allowed_ fun?

[Angron]

Hot damn! It's a form of entertainment I'm allowed to enjoy! Computer games (save for Warcraft3) are one of the last time-wasters I can mention enjoying without bringing out the trolls; on every single story re: music or movies, we get to see some whore modded up restating the classic "you're just lining the (RI|MP)AA's pockets". These zealots seem to argue that I should remove myself from western society entirely, giving up (paying for) any sort of popular music or movies; meanwhile, they complain that most of what comes out of these companies is crap. However, the prospect of encouraging good products through the purchasing of (the few) good products seems to escape them. But damn, they'll repeat that tired phrase every story and get modded to 5 by moderators who think that this time it'll convince someone that paying for their music or movie ticket is wrong, that they must not know what exactly it is they're doing. However, patronizing people seldom convinces them ; ).

Luckily, computer games seem to still be 'acceptable' at the moment. I was beginning to suspect that there were no allowed forms of entertainment left for me.

-A

P.S. I understand that some people do completely avoid RIAA-related music and MPAA-related movies completely, and that is very impressive and respectable; however, not everyone shares the same priorities, and can be expected to meet these standards. And I just despise the hypocrites who troll yet still pirate the stuff they supposedly abhor.

Re:My question is,

[MayonakaHa]

Look at your hand.. now make one finger taller than the other four... preferably the second one.. now go around the neighborhood and point your hand at people Have fun!

Re:The thing that made the original great.

[bsartist]

You know - 667 is across the street from the beast. The neighbor of the beast lives in 668. Just thought you might want to know that. :-)