Sim City 5 (2013) - Sim<parameter: string>

[Julian]

If anyone have a code they don't need, I'd love a code for this.

Ditto!

[Cichy]

they sent me an e-mail that I will get a code but still no code..

[Null]

35 mins till its time and no code sent. Looks like I want get it before I have to head out so I can't give it away

[Cichy]

mine is in, PM me if you want it

edit, and gone

[Manako]

PM me if you want one...... just realized I had one and I'm stuck at work

taken

[Arkanna]

I need you guys that're playing tonight to feeeeeed me, lol .... how's the game without the older betas' limitations?

[Julian]

Fuck all y'all who keep asking people to PM you. Oh well, game's out in a week anyway.

(And fuck me for never f5ing at the right time)

[Headspace]

Well I was playing in sandbox mode, which starts with 1,000,000. Don't know how different that is from the actual gameplay, but damn do i suck at planning ahead. Wanted to make a high education but couldn't fill up my high school. Was going to restart and try another but the beta was closing in 10 mins

[avelle]

I need you guys that're playing tonight to feeeeeed me, lol .... how's the game without the older betas' limitations?

The game was phenomenal tonight. Unfortunately you only got to play in a 3 city region (the same one as the previous betas) but all cities are available and you could play with friends so that was awesome. Ended up playing with my girlfriend and cousin. I took Norwich Hills which had Coal, Ore, and Oil deposits and decided to go for Oil. Despite some rather stupid planning on my part I set up my oil drilling operation, plopped down a trade depot and immediately started exporting my oil for cold hard simoleans. By the time I was done with the game my oil/petroleum/plastic exporting was around 500k / day total (not to be confused with 500k an hour). Sharing services with others in your region was a lot of fun and extremely helpful. It allowed me to focus on my oil empire without needing to worry about such things as sewage/police/fire coverage. I did eventually run into an issue with Hazmat fires raging out of control so I teched up my education and plopped a School of Engineering and then was able to add Hazmat trucks to my big Fire Station. Because I had to start building so many services myself my budget started to go into the red pretty badly but I was making enough from trade that it didn't matter. Overall I think the game will be a huge success and I can't wait until next Tuesday.

Snapped a few screenshots at the last moment, so apologies for the randomness, just wanted to share with people who couldn't join in the fun tonight.

Spoiler: show

[falloutboy14]

If anyone wishes to read about my cities:

Spoiler: show

I tried to get into all 3 cities, but I didn't quite fill up all of them. Norwich Hills I think is the city that has the hills. It has oil, coal & ore. The oil is right at the city entrance so I ended up building on top of it before I noticed it was there. In that city, 75% of the land is on a plateau. So in that city I had residential near the entrance, and one corner of the upper area. In the rest (50% of the total map) I had a coal mine/iron mine and a bunch of factories. The iron/coal mine require a trade depot which will store & export any resources you produce. I didn't really get too in depth with the mechanics of trade or refining the raw materials, as I wanted to move onto my next city.

Clearwater I had a high population city/education. I got to ~90,000 near the end and there was maybe 20% of the map that had little/no development. This town didn't have many jobs, so a large portion of my people took the railroad to Norwich Hills. The roads around the railroad lead to a huge traffic jam, due to shear volume. Fortunately two of the roads nearby were avenues so I upgraded them to streetcar avenues. I made an 'H' pattern out of my streetcar rails, and that alleviated a lot of the problem. I also put a fair amount of effort into education. I had a fully upgraded elementary school, a fully upgraded high school, and a community college. Towards the end of the session I started to get mid-tech industries forming in that city. I even got a notice that I could build a processor factory (a factory able to turn metal & plastic into electronics). With about 5 minutes left, I had ~$130k saved up, so I cut all of my taxes and there was a significant boom. Every other block had a new building in construction. I was just beginning to get some high wealth buildings, though didn't get past medium density.

The third city was a gambling city. I took out 3 loans to build up fast. I basically plopped a casino across the street from the railroad station with only a basic city infrastructure around it. It very quickly started turning a profit as tourists from my other cities would pour in through the railroad. I built a second casino further away and it too was able to become profitable after a short time. This city overall got barely any development as I was focusing on the gambling & just didn't have time.

For railroads stations, they have to be plopped next to a railroad, and they need a fair amount of room. If you already have your city in place it can make placing a railroad station difficult, and making the road system around it look nice even harder. You are able to lay railroads yourself so you can run them where you need them and attempt to make them work with the rest of your city.

As others have said, being able to exchange services is very nice. Having a coal/oil factory in another city and being able to buy electricity at least to start was a big help. I don't know how much electricity costs to buy and how profitable it is (especially if prices on the market start to fluctuate) to focus on providing services to nearby cities. I imagine being able to work together with the upper tier emergency services (hospital, large fire staion etc) will be very helpful.

Also, does anyone have an interest in organizing people here for one of the larger maps?

[Manako]

They had Will Wright play Sim City, I wonder how much they paid him for his help, seemed a bit too scripted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9P_z...layer_embedded

[Arkanna]

Excellent write-ups guys, you've scratched my itch nicely :D

[Hank]

This thread plus all the Let's Play videos on Youtube are driving me crazy. I need to scratch my itch.

[Azull]

TV ad with one of the dudes from Workaholics was pretty funny. Cant wait for Tuesday.

[Hank]

I'm honestly considering calling out.

[Necronus]

This thread plus all the Let's Play videos on Youtube are driving me crazy. I need to scratch my itch.

I've been playing Sim City 4 and Anno 2070 like a digital nicotine patch. I must resist buying this always online shit. But aside from that, the game itself looks sooo tempting.

[Arkanna]

I've been playing Sim City 4 and Anno 2070 like a digital nicotine patch. I must resist buying this always online shit. But aside from that, the game itself looks sooo tempting.

I know the always-online BS sucks, but it's the future of (PC) gaming. So you'll sadly either need to accept it and forge on, or stop gaming on a PC eventually. :/

[djzombie]

the online always shit is annoying, but the game from what i played of the beta is fantastic, i played about 4 hours or so, they gave you an hour time limit to build what you could and then the game reset.

i'll probably end up buying this if there are some cool online features.

[Prothescar]

http://www.twitch.tv/totalbiscuit

he's streaming the game right now

[Necronus]

I know the always-online BS sucks, but it's the future of (PC) gaming. So you'll sadly either need to accept it and forge on, or stop gaming on a PC eventually. :/

Yeah ... I do feel like its damned if I do and damned if I don't.

Edit:

http://www.twitch.tv/totalbiscuit

he's streaming the game right now

lol, Genna yelling at him is hilarious