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Feedback On Simcity Gets User Banned From EA Forums

Posted by timothy on from the please-sir-can-I-have-another? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "EA's latest SimCity game requires users to log on online even for single player. After being unable to log on for three hours, one of its users chimed in with his very polite $0.02 opinion, only to get himself banned by EA admins. Another great victory for DRM." Update: 01/29 18:00 GMT by S : The player's ban has been lifted, and it seems to have happened for an unrelated issue anyway.

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  1. Solution is so simple.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    STOP buying EA games.

  2. Re:I love the SimCity series by brxndxn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it would send the strongest message if they could see the following:

    - sales rates go up when games have less DRM
    - piracy goes up when games have more DRM independent of sales rate
    - EA sales would increase if EA stops being assholes
    - EA does not see any of this because EA's head is in its ass

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    --- We need more Ron Paul!
  3. Re:Was it EA..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I do want a Simcity game, as SimCity 4 is 9 years old at this point, I can't see this new product as a Simcity game. There is no local saves. There are preset map sizes (don't mind that that much), but there is a problem here. The player is not able to edit the land. I can't level a mountain to make way for a road. I can't build a system of streams and lakes. They want players to view making a city a puzzle that also takes into account terrain and wondering how to build a road around that mountain. They want the toy (not a game by Will Wright's point of view) to play with the players instead of letting the players play freely with it. Not everyone wants their cities to be compared to the works of others.

    At this rate, I doubt it will have any fun cheat codes as was a staple of the series.