Apparently I didn't look into this as well as I should have...we have another Diablo 3 sort of situation going on, head over to http://Amazon.com and look up SimCity. Or take this direct ad supported link. Read the user reviews! I'm still thinking about getting this game...eventually. Once some of this nastiness has been cleared up. So if you read ths take it with a grain of salt...I mean it still looks amazing...
Just a quick update here about Sim City...The first Sim City game in a a decade...and its out in 3 days..This one really kinda snuck up on me, all of a sudden it was just about to be out.
First, just from what I've seen, it looks amazing. Like a massive step up from Sim City 4. It seems to take a lot of ideas from some of the newer European city-building games. But the amount of detail I'm seeing is pretty insane.
The UI looks about as streamlined and intuitive as you can expect from a game like this. The amount of information that appears to just be given to you visually in the game itself is awesome...no more digging through tons of maps for overlays.
As I said before the amount of detail is astonishing...Every car is individually rendered and distinct, with its on set of operating guidelines. The overlays give waaaaaaay more easily accessible information...it looks like a massive step up. I think I might be pre-ordering this...
Here's a few vids showing off a bit of what I'm talking about.
And a bit about roads...more interesting than you might think! That could just be me though...
Maxis apparently still made the game (without Will Wright) after being purchased by everybody's favorite Walmart of the video game world...EA. BUT...it looks pretty awesome...We'll see shortly I guess.
