Comments on: Set-Squares And The City: Cities XL Beta Reg

By: A Delicate Balance

A Delicate Balance — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:00:32 +0000

I cry nightly for the farce that was Sim City Societies. I still don’t know nearly enough about Cities XL to say whether it will be worth getting a copy when it’s released, but it definitely looks very impressive. I’m totally not interested in a subscription to link my cities to other people’s. I just want Sim City 5. So does my wife. She spent hours and hours playing Sim City 4 and we were both gutted at how crapiola Societies was. I just want to know more about Cities XL though… so far I haven’t even been able to work out if you can zone and have your city organically grow.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:34:30 +0000

Now sure I’m getting the MMO element here, other than the downloadable module stuff?

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:39:14 +0000

Interesting that every preview I read describes this as an MMO, when the developers clearly have said that the online part is secondary to the singleplayer game.

By: PC Monster

PC Monster — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:41:42 +0000

O rly? Then colour me interested. From the website (now that I’ve bothered to look):

The game’s optional online features and services will let gamers create interconnected cities on virtual and persistent planets. By combining a fantastic single-player game with the social and multiplayer aspects of an MMO, CITIES XL™ will shape the future of the genre by offering more variety, bigger cities and multiple gameplay layers.

Hurrah for the word “optional”! I guess the purchasing decision now rests on how much of the game you can play in single-player, and how much will need the web. If it’s a next-gen SimCity, I’m sold.

Down with this social bollocks! Solo-gaming forever!

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:20:33 +0000

CitiesXL isn’t strictly an MMO. There’s still a single player city builder there, it’s just that you can also take it online to embed cities in online “planets” along with other players.

By: PC Monster

PC Monster — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:01:31 +0000

cHeal: “That looks f*cking awesome. Pity I don’t do MMO :(”

Agreed. Based on the happy happy times I enjoyed with SimCity 2000 I’d have seriously considered picking this up but I’m just not an MMO gamer.

By: ChampionHyena

ChampionHyena — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:52:37 +0000

I am so confused.

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:04:15 +0000

Grrr. I gave $20 instead of subscribing. Curse you RPS and your love of recurring income!

By: Kommissar Nicko

Kommissar Nicko — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:11:01 +0000

I TOO AM FLEXING MY MIGHTY $2 MUSCLES!

When I found out it was an MMO, I made naughty here in my chair. I will admit that I did not follow this game, despairing the fact that City Life was at best mediocre. However, the ambition of this project, coupled with the fact that rigorous bug testing in a closed beta might yield a finer finished product, makes me highly optimistic.

By: Rich_P

Rich_P — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:57:44 +0000

Remember when EA made city building games that weren’t crap?

Looking forward to this, since we probably won’t ever get a real SimCity 5.

By: Cian

Cian — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:44:18 +0000

Please transcribe the interview! I’m really quite excited about this, signed up for the beta from EG and looking forward to a spot of social city developing.

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:31:01 +0000

If Kieron somehow linked his MyBrute to RPS subscriptions, they might actually make some money!