I’ve had little desire to play it again, but I’ll try a new city with this new patch just to see if it interests me again.
What’s your Origin ID? We’re on North America West 1.
I couldn’t fit the whole name I wanted in, so it’s been shorted to “QT3.0 Gluttons fo Pain”
DeepT
1743
This is why I am not playing this game. Ill wait for another 6 months or perhaps a few years when things are finally sorted out (if they get sorted out). Then ill play a bug-free, well balanced game. The only drawback is that everyone else will killed their interest by playing the game too early and Ill have to play all alone.
There’s no chance you will play alone because they would have shut down the servers.
So far I haven’t seen any major bugs.
KWhit
1748
Right.
All the shitty stuff in the game is “working as designed.”
DeepT
1749
At least 6 months, perhaps a few years.
If the servers are still up.
I’m curious, what noticeable improvements have been made between 2.0 and 3.0? I know there is a fixlist but I’m more interested in the tangible changes I’ll notice if I start playing again.
It’s strange… it’s as if stuff just kinda works now. Busses are still stupid and follow each other way too much, garbage trucks as well, but other than that traffic is better. In fact, you feel more compelled to see who is who to see what is needed. Since the game was so broken before, it never made sense to click on individual buildings (before they’d gone bad) to see if all their needs were being met. You could keep changing things and it would never fix the unhappy area. But now, since we’re not playing constant whack-a-mole with the bulldozer tool, you can take time to find issues before they sprout. This is how I slowly expanded my parks and commercial to fit what was needed. Balance is pretty good now I think as well. But of course this is only after 6 hours.
So far all is very good except the following:
- Mass Transit Busses still clump way too much and follow each other.
- A little concerned with education. Not everyone getting to school - could be due to bussing issues?
- Gifting works, but there is often a very long delay I didn’t experience before.
- I’m still not seeing freight build up at depots.
Something nice I saw… A truck came in to deliver a gift at the back of my map, then on its way out, it took a totally different set of roads that were less congested. That was pretty cool to see.
Trash truck conga line is still in effect, I had 10 trash trucks follow each other around my entire city.
And the paid DLC has begun! Haven’t seen this posted for sale anywhere else yet. Due out on May 28th.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/simulation/simcity-amusement-park-pack-na/
Build the amusement park of your dreams, right in the middle of your city! Classic rides, vehicle rides and thrill rides allow you to make just the theme park you want!
Pillars:
Mayor or Park Designer? You’re in control of the layout of your Amusement Park. Will you focus the aesthetic look or maximizing your profits? Perhaps you can have the best of both worlds!
Amusement Park Lights & Sounds: All the lights, sounds and life of a crowded amusement park can be found in this pack, with all the familiar sights: ferris wheels, roller coasters, go-kart tracks and more!
Lively Tourist Hotspot: Casinos and landmarks aren’t the only way to attract tourists. Mayors can now live out their dream of having a massive theme park in their cities.
Key Features:
Massive Entrances: Choose from three large, impressive themed amusement park entrances, allowing you to choose the entrance you like the most or customize your park with multiple entrances.
Customizable Paths: Lay out your amusement park how you’d like it. Just draw the pedestrian path between your amusement park’s entrance and the rides, adapting to your city’s layout.
All Aboard!: The Wheels of Wonder amusement park comes with a mini-train station and rails that you can lay to direct your Sims around your amusement park.
Fun for All Ages: Whether you’re trying to excite adrenalin junkies, provide family-friendly fun, or going for the classic Amusement Park feel we’re got you covered with different types of rides and different styles of ticket gate.
Shoppers Spend Money: The large influx of shoppers that amusement parks bring benefit local commercial businesses. Happy tourists will even stay in local hotels to shop or visit the amusement park another day.
wow. if the playing area is as small as pointed out here, where is the space to put up all the rides?
DeepT
1755
I think your city will BE the theme park, or at least most of it.
Just keep the log flume away from the sewage treatment plant.
That’s…an interesting choice of direction to run with.
Actually I think a full-on Rollercoaster Tycoon game on this engine would be pretty sweet. In the middle of SimCity seems a bit schizophrenic though.
I keep visiting this thread for the delicious delicious schadenfreude but it’s hard to enjoy myself when so many of you are suffering through it.
I’m starting to think this is all some form of psych experiment.
Considering the size of the maps a RollerCoaster Tyccoon style would seem a lot more reasonable than MegaTropolis fitting onto a stamp.
