SimCity

So for those of you who have read ..... my first post (was it my first?), I mentioned that I played SimCity 4. Well as many of you know, Maxis is currently developing another SimCity game scheduled to be released in March 2013. Unfortunately, it appears that EA continues to be the bully and makes its games horrible. If I'm not making any sense right now, I'm referring to the DRM (digital rights management).

The newest SimCity will require players to be connected to the internet at all times even if they are playing single player. This obviously generated large amounts of negative feedback as there are still lots of people out there who can't always get a constant connection to the world wide web. Originally I had planned to purchase a copy of SimCity after it had been released and after I had read the reviews for it. Even if the reviews were mediocre, I would've most likely purchased the game. Now that I found out that I must maintain a constant internet connection, I feel slightly disappointed and possibly upset.

I know it's not the developers' fault for this bloody DRM but rather, I should put the blame on EA. As a publisher, EA should not try to force its customers but rather, encourage them. By encourage, I mean giving customers a choice. When I purchase a game, I understand I am purchasing a copy of the game and not the rights to it (duh). But why is it that I must remain connected to your servers when I paid so I can play single player? What if your servers crash? I still want to play your game but now I can't.

It's a very stupid move on EA and Diablo 3 should have taught EA a few things. Granted, Diablo 3 did sell a lot of copies but many people didn't seem to be too happy. I used to have a lot of respect for EA being a big company that published lots of games. Sadly with the introduction of Origin and many of their other DRM "methods", I feel ripped off and my privacy invaded.

Unless EA changes the DRM on SimCity and goes back to the simple one-time authentication code, then it looks like you've lost another customer.

Oh and now for the more happy and fun stuff, the recent update for World of Tanks has brought in the new Chinese tech tree. After seeing it on the battlefield and having lengthy conversations with many other players, it would appear that the new 121 medium tank may have a spot in clan wars. I guess it just wasn't my playstyle then.