My internet is fine, yet GS keeps crashing and yelling OOPS at me. What if that happens in SimCity? If I want to play a single player game and the server is overloaded and I get an OOPS error?locopatho

Some players will have this happen, guaranteed. Look at Diablo III; numerous players have lost hardcore characters during "single player" due to server issues (death is permanent in hardcore mode). You can't "lose" SimCity in the same manner, but it's certainly possible for various events to occur that make it not much fun to continue playing that city.

That's fine, you make a vaild argument. But the fact that you merely have to be online in order to play is what people are complaining about.Zophar87

First you need a stable, fast internet connection. Not all PC gamers can manage this (not just for financial reasons--those living in rural areas or serving in the armed forces will often be in this category). This also rules out players who travel a lot for work or whatever and want to play while on the plane or whatever. EA are effectively telling these players that their needs are irrelevant and they are not welcome in the new SimCity.

Second, you need stable servers at the publisher's end. Every online game has problems on a semi-regular basis. For almost any other game you could simply play the single player mode while you wait for the servers to return, but with SimCity the whole game becomes unusable and worthless.

Third, you have to accept that EA can and will permanently take away your access to the game you paid for at any time. SimCity 4 was released in 2003, making it almost ten years old; it still works to this day, but there is no way the servers for the new SimCity will still be online in 2023 when it is ten years old; EA love pulling servers after only a few years. You're a happy fan still playing years later, or a newcomer who just bought the game recently, and they suddenly pull the plug? Too bad, your game is now just garbage clogging your hard drive. Time to uninstall!

you're on a gaming website (that requires you to be on the internet anyway) arguing about having to be online!Zophar87

Meh, I'm always online. Sucks for those who are not.

arto1223

If you don't mind not always being able to play your games whenever and wherever you want that's fine, but many players do care about this sort of thing and it is not just because of concerns about unreliable internet access.

Astrosmash and Sea Battle. If I had those two games, I'd be happy.Tylendal

I don't have a problem with offering paid shortcuts as long as there is a non-paid way of getting there. There will always be players who are willing to pay to skip ahead (hence the popularity of buying gold for MMORPGs); offering an official way of doing so means their money goes to the publisher rather than some third party.

Eidos Montreal have demonstrated that they are very serious about providing a quality experience (boss fight outsourcing aside), so they aren't likely to let a potential multiplayer mode harm the single player experience. As already mentioned, Thievery did a great job of adapting the series concepts to a multiplayer environment.

Complain about laziness in PS3 ports and it's justified.

Complain about laziness in PC ports and it's entitlement.

Which of the games I posted are on the PC?

arkephonic

Dark Souls and Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, for starters.

Maybe used sales wouldn't be such a big deal for THQ if they made sure more of their games were actually worth keeping after the first play through...