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[PTTG??]

Cities XL has smaller cities and fewer options than Sim City 4, more than Sim City 5, and it has two nice simulation changes- services flow along routes instead of having service radii, and curved roads/highways/paths. Still, lots are square meaning that they don't fill uneven regions effectively.

[ank]

And don't forget about the crashing and the stupid token trading system...

[Chattox]

Token trading?

[10ebbor10]

Manual intra city economy;

Ie, each export is represented as a token, and you trade thoe around with other players. When a token runs out, your export/import crashes.

[Chattox]

Manual intra city economy;

Ie, each export is represented as a token, and you trade thoe around with other players. When a token runs out, your export/import crashes.

That sounds... unorthodox.

[jocan2003]

Manual intra city economy;

Ie, each export is represented as a token, and you trade thoe around with other players. When a token runs out, your export/import crashes.

That sounds... unorthodox.

Token are like money here. Let say you sell 1000tons of agriculture, it worth the same as 40 *worker force* or 40 commercial force etc. this is a full trade thus a token. So instead of boring you with details on economy they simplify it using token, once you will see it, you will see it.

[forsaken1111]

Manual intra city economy;

Ie, each export is represented as a token, and you trade thoe around with other players. When a token runs out, your export/import crashes.

That sounds... unorthodox.

It is, because the system is badly designed. It was originally intended to be an online component where you traded with others online and such but they kludged it to be offline when everything failed to be interesting or popular.

[Guardian G.I.]

Manual intra city economy;

Ie, each export is represented as a token, and you trade thoe around with other players. When a token runs out, your export/import crashes.

That sounds... unorthodox.

It is, because the system is badly designed. It was originally intended to be an online component where you traded with others online and such but they kludged it to be offline when everything failed to be interesting or popular.

Despite the flaws of the economy system, it has inspired some developers in California to create a very similar online city-building game with very similar game mechanics. If I recall correctly, this Cities XL clone was called "SimCity"

[forsaken1111]

Manual intra city economy;

Ie, each export is represented as a token, and you trade thoe around with other players. When a token runs out, your export/import crashes.

That sounds... unorthodox.

It is, because the system is badly designed. It was originally intended to be an online component where you traded with others online and such but they kludged it to be offline when everything failed to be interesting or popular.

Despite the flaws of the economy system, it has inspired some developers in California to create a very similar online city-building game with very similar game mechanics. If I recall correctly, this Cities XL clone was called "SimCity"

SimCity doesn't use anything similar to the flawed token system... and unlike CitiesXL, people clearly ARE interested in SimCity and its online component

[Chattox]

Manual intra city economy;

Ie, each export is represented as a token, and you trade thoe around with other players. When a token runs out, your export/import crashes.

That sounds... unorthodox.

It is, because the system is badly designed. It was originally intended to be an online component where you traded with others online and such but they kludged it to be offline when everything failed to be interesting or popular.

Despite the flaws of the economy system, it has inspired some developers in California to create a very similar online city-building game with very similar game mechanics. If I recall correctly, this Cities XL clone was called "SimCity"

SimCity doesn't use anything similar to the flawed token system... and unlike CitiesXL, people clearly ARE interested in SimCity and its online component

I wouldn't say "interested" is the right word

[forsaken1111]

I would... the online social aspect is 75% of why I bought the game. Same can be said of many people I know.

[Chattox]

This is true, and I would really like to buy the game and enjoy it; but all I see is how broken the servers are, and also problems with arbitrary population values, etc.

[Vel]

I wouldn't say "interested" is the right word

Considering the servers all died horrible deaths beneath the crushing weight of player demand, I'd say it probably is the right word.

[tryrar]

Welp, turns out that the ONLY thing being done my the servers is DRM

[jocan2003]

Im having hard time understanding something... how can it be possible that after the MASSIVE fail and consumer lies, shit and shizzle EA stock rating is still climbing like nothing happent....

Im no expert but after a bullshit like that wouldnt it at least leak a bit into stock shares? Pardon my ignorancy but i always tought shares represented *wellfare-wellbeeing* of a company. And after a fiasco like that it CANT be good to a company...