New Sims Has Fans Worried
The newest SimCity installment, SimCity Societies, will not feature a realistic urban environment much to the chagrin of many fans of the series who rely on the series for their daily dose of obsessive-compulsive controlling of everything.
Even bigger than the news that it will not be realistic is that longtime producer Maxis will not be developing the game. Instead Tilted Mill Entertainment will take over the reigns of the project which has many fans upset. I am sure TME is doubting their decision to have forums on their site right now.
Angered fans have spoken out against the direction of the game although company president Chris Beatrice quickly responded to the criticism saying that although the game may be different they will do their best to calm the fears and stick to the traditional Sims concepts as much as possible.
Here are a few questions to ponder: Should Maxis have kept the project? Should the game have stuck to a more traditional Sims approach? How do you think the game will turn out?
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1 opinion for New Sims Has Fans Worried
Uncle Skippy
Jun 18, 2007 at 1:58 pm
How come people always yell for changes in games & ideas and when they get it, the first thing they do is say that it is not like the original game and doesn’t live up to the name?
Hopefully EA and TME will work well hand in hand and push the game to a new level yet still retain as many of the elements that make a Sim City title fun and addictive. I know that Maxis is to Sims as Blizzard is to Warcraft and all it’s franchises, but someday things need to expand and that is what it looks like for EA. Might be a good thing, might not.
Not all of the people who worked on the original Sim City games are at EA any more. That’s just a fact of the games industry. People move on and around. What matters is vision and hopefully someone at EA carries that and will take the time necessary to allow a good game to be made.
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