The problem with Sim City. No political assassination attempts like in Tropico. If Sim City expanded to be a country sim I would be more interested. Even more so if it became a Civ/Tropico hybrid. That would be amazing.
I know not all of you are into the SimCity, but I'm really, really excited about the new game, and it's my blog, so I'm gonna post this 9-minute gameplay preview and you can watch it or not watch it, I don't care. The game looks like the perfect mix of simple and complex, meaning it's as deep as you want it to be, which means I won't be too intimidated by all the shit I have to do to keep the sims from setting each other on fire in despair to get started. I like the idea of the city specializing in a certain trade, too. Maybe I can make a city to cater to the burgeoning singles scene. It's, like, "Hey, you want to go down to the whirlpool?" "Yeah, I don't have a husband." How do we filter out the teases? We don't let them in. This goes for the guys, too. Because sometimes the guys are tapped out. But check your lease, man. Because you're living in Fuck City. (Via Kotaku)
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Well, I know what I want out of MY city: no clowns, and specialize my town's trade into hunting down clowns.
Oh man, I just found out today that my Nvidia graphics driver is probably dying a slow death thanks to my Team Fortress 2 addiction...
That game would just be a step too far- if I cram anything else in it'll burst, and then we'd all be in the crap.
There are a couple things that I will miss from past games (modding, zoning, terraforming) but on the whole it looks like a pretty neat game that will probably waste a lot of my time.
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an Arrested Development reference on Topless Robot.. I'm living in f***k city..
Well I guess, in the spirit of the times, I will run against Rob for mayor of his SimCity. Rob Bricken will run your city to the ground and give in to the Wheaton special interest groups. Now I, on the other hand, am an awesome choice to lead you the digital citizen. Why when I was younger, not only did I build many towns in Actraiser but I'm strong on defense and was able to defend it from many monsters. Remember, don't cry, vote for Someguy!
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@Someguy ladies and gentlemen, as your candidate for mayor, i ask, why vote for the lesser evil?
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@DrAbraxas Dr. Abraxas says he's the Evil candidate but does a man who is truly evil give gifts to your children.
http://img.rp.vhd.me/4575085_l3.jpg
And would the Evil candidate hang out with Batman?
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm2n1bns9Z1qafrh6.gif
We know it's in the end is when and where the voter gets screwed, wouldn't you still like to be surprised about who it is?
I'm Someguy and I approve this message.
@DrAbraxas Good? Evil? Insane? I don't think that such petty accolades pay due respect to the years you spent earning your doctorate in cramology.
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@Someguy @NeoRickicker I want the people of this fair city to know that I, your nefarious candidate, will not exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's biblical familiarity with ponies.
i am dr. abraxas and i am dubious about this message
@NeoRickicker @DrAbraxas NeoRickicker says he supports his, "Dark Lord." Then in the same day he said, "DrAbraxas I think a little Surprise Yaoi never hurt anypony, my Dark Lord. ...OH GOD I'M TALKING LIKE A BRONY!!"
Can we really trust a closet Brony?
Paid for by the committee for the study of people who will say anything to win.
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i only hung out with batman to get into those funky bat shorts. SO. WORTH. IT.
anyway....
maybe some people forget there are no depths to my evil. maybe some people need a reminder. when others thought it was 'mere' insanity, i, your esteemed candidate for mayor, erected the art of snoveling. and while others were simply content to shove food into their mouth-holes, it was I who pioneer the cramming of sandwiches into your virginal sexual anatomies. where was someguy when i invented velco cat dick? why, in the corner self abusing to the likes of TRON. AMATUERS!
this message was brought to you by the committee to shatter your hopes and dreams 2012.
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my only concern is what are they using to model the economics
because if it's that BS politically-correct model they used last time where maxed out taxes and regulation result in maxed out happyness - they can cram their game
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@Gallen_Dugall Well, this is the series that started out with the best plan being to never lay any roads and replace them all with rails....
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i remember setting the IRQ on my modem by adjusting the jumpers. oh, and 160mb drives were pretty big when the whole OS could fit on a single 5.25" floppy. those were the days ... of low res pron!
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@DrAbraxas Days when your mouse ran into your serial port and you had to set up your own COM port, interrupt request, DMA and I/O addresses. Not like that fancy PnP crap kids today have.
Not that serial port Dr. Abraxas, the one on the computer.
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Oh - and I strongly approve of Rob covering any strategy game - even goofy ass politically correct ones
I wish they'd come up with the SimCity version of Civilization Revolution - like, an upgraded version of the streamlined SNES ports. I think this engine might leave my poor little laptop a smoking mess.
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hm, a city that can specialize in fanfiction.... in surprise yaoi... in bestiality. ah! a my little pony city. well, now we know what to masturbate to, eh, rob?
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@DrAbraxas I think a little Surprise Yaoi never hurt anypony, my Dark Lord. ...OH GOD I'M TALKING LIKE A BRONY!!
