If it only played as well as it looks...
- useless online only requirement is intolerable
- didn't deliver on high level simulation promises (Sims behavior, traffic, services, etc)
- misses on outstanding features of old games: subway, one-way streets, highway, small plot for building, preset density for zones (while what they did for this last one was OK)
- pathetic PR after the above
- after nearly two months the game is still broken - need I say more?
Let's hope within a few more months they'll be able to have fixed the bugs so we can finally play it as they meant it to be played.
It feels like a beta test: probably a rushed game to meet deadlines. Barely playable at this time - they suppressed several features so the servers can even cope with the load. Somehow selling 1 million copies makes EA think they did it right... what a shame!