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Are you looking forward to when EA goes bankrupt, and their IP's are sold to more capable developers and publishers?
Yes 60%  60%  [ 15 ]
No 16%  16%  [ 4 ]
Probably 24%  24%  [ 6 ]
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24 May 2013, 10:01 am

zer0netgain wrote:
Does anyone really pay Sim City anymore?

I got tired of it when I realized I couldn't build a realistic city.


I've heard of people calling it SimVillage, because the areas are so small.


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24 May 2013, 10:04 am

abacacus wrote:
EA is a financial colossus that uses their massive funding to buy out and ruin their competition. They're doing their level best to destroy the gaming industry and leave us with nothing but barely functioning, substandard games.

And it's a damned shame, because they made some awesome games in the past, with a few gems even today. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is one of my favorite racing games ever, purely because of how much fun it is. I loved Underground 2 and Most Wanted as well. The Run is good, but not as good. Battlefield 3 is great fun as well.

Unfortunately, I can no longer justify buying any of their games. I want the gaming industry to continue to pump out fun, working games. EA stands in direct opposition to that.


I'm wondering if they are trying to cause another video game crash, like the one in 1983, as that one was caused by bad games. It also led to Nintendo Releasing R.O.B when the NES came out.


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24 May 2013, 10:06 am

WillMcC wrote:
When I first heard about the new SimCity, I was interested and was close to putting down $60 to buy it, but the always-on restriction made me change that decision very quickly. Since then, I've gotten back into SimCity 4. I made a few tweaks to make it run at 1920x1080 and it works just fine.


I think SimCity 4 was the best game in the Series.


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01 Jun 2013, 1:36 pm

I'm feeling bad and guilty now for playing and liking any Sims games, although I was so royally peeved at EA when they said they were retiring The Sims Social on Facebook this month that I posted a comic strip I made where my Sim stabs the "EA Guy" in the back with her red plum-bob. :lol:



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02 Jun 2013, 11:00 am

Andras wrote:
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Westwood wasn't technically 'killed' by EA. They were offered a golden handshake they couldnt refuse.

Westwood actually remained in existance, albeit as a subsidiary of EA during the Red Alert 2 period.


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