06-11-2002 20:33									#1
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5 new articles on the website discussing how buildings are tailored to look different with props; how you develop cities in tandem with others in the region; how traffic flows and more...

www.simcity.ea.com

	06-11-2002 23:30									#2
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Are these the same articles that ADG posted about in the big SimCity 4 thread? Or are they new ones?

	06-11-2002 23:35									#3
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Its the same site so it must be the same articles. We needed a new thread anyway since we stopped comparing to Civ long ago and just drooled at what is coming

	07-11-2002 14:54									#4
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Yes, it's the same articles, though you're right, we need some new thread, that's not about comparising, but about drooling over SC4

	07-11-2002 16:06									#5
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So that's a mix of Populous, SimCity, SimTown, and The Sims?

Interesting.

	07-11-2002 17:59									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger So that's a mix of Populous, SimCity, SimTown, and The Sims?

And SimsVille (Though that game was never released... )

	07-11-2002 19:58									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger So that's a mix of Populous, SimCity, SimTown, and The Sims? Interesting.

Hmm, does that mean people will come running out of houses if I deform the terrain they're built near, or do I have to hit the Volcano disaster to achieve that?

	08-11-2002 05:16									#8
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The game's engine is intense. They have each sim trace his route to work but then to display where sims are they take a sampling of those in the game. That way it can be speeded up timewise and still seem like people are going on about their lives at a normal pace. An absolutely great idea. I hope it all works well and plays well.

	08-11-2002 08:08									#9
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I hope it doesn't need a Cray to run

	09-11-2002 08:49									#10
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Wow.

I didn't think that Maxis could add any more to the SimCity series, but they proved me wrong. More graphic detail, more in depth traffic and economy simulations, and the ability to import Sims and track them...

I'm looking forward to this.

	09-11-2002 12:28									#11
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I wasn't thinking about getting SC4, but now I may just have to.

	10-11-2002 03:57									#12
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Release date is January 2003 and you can preorder for about $50. Steep, but a sweet simulation.

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quote: Originally posted by Jmaster Release date is January 2003 and you can preorder for about $50. Steep, but a sweet simulation.

Which means with my schedule interwined with school and RoN, I won't have time for it until Summer break. Hopefully the price will come down a good ten bucks or so.

	11-11-2002 22:48									#14
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I dunno if I'll bother. I don't understand the Sims craze. I would want a SimCity taken it in the other direction: more about the buildings and infrastructure, less about watching automated people wandering around.

	12-11-2002 17:14									#15
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From the SimCity4 site:

quote: 11.12.02 - Chat Event With SimCity 4 Designer Michael McCormick We will be hosting a chat event on Thursday, November 14th at 3PM (PST) with SimCity 4 Designer, Michael McCormick where he will answer all of your questions about the MySim feature in SimCity 4. The event will be held in the SimCity 3000 Unlimited chat room at SimCity3000Unlimited.ea.com. You must be registered at the SimCity 3000 Unlimted website so get there early to register and submit your questions. Go To SimCity3000Unlimited.ea.com

To bad, I'm not registered...so I'll (again) have to wait for the chat log... (Like most else, I guess...)

	13-11-2002 04:17									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Straybow I would want a SimCity taken it in the other direction: more about the buildings and infrastructure, less about watching automated people wandering around.

You don't necessarily have to focus on individual people. I think SimCity covers both the infastructure and the social aspects well. You can pick what to focus on, and when to pay attention (or not) to your sims. I saw an ad for SC3K that said something to the effect that you can zoom in or get a bird's eye view, so the simulation works on both scales.

I admit, though, that they are capitalizing on the success of characterization in The Sims.

	13-11-2002 07:44									#17
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I hope they don't go whole hog adding The Sims aspects. SimCity has a different audience.

	13-11-2002 08:37									#18
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...I think that the best thing about SimCity4 is the linkage of the cities a la The Sims... Finally, we will be able to create Suburban Sprawl, Farms, and Bedroom Communities!

	13-11-2002 11:41									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger I hope they don't go whole hog adding The Sims aspects. SimCity has a different audience.

From what I gather, the Sims aspect is just to gather feedback on how your city is doing over all. Much of the transportation information and personality of your residents is to give you instant feedback on how you are doing as the mayor of your town. I have also had concerns with Sims in the game but I don't think it will be harmful. It seems to me that it is just something else to give feedback unless you want to follow around a particular sim that you have a crush on.

	13-11-2002 18:21									#20
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The Sims actions seems strictly limited to SimCity functions, i.e. they will chase work, try to live in a suitable area and comment on the state of the infrastructure. Just a more personal way of finding out the information that Joe Public bombarded you with in SimCity 2/3.

	13-11-2002 23:25									#21
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From the main website:

quote: 11.12.02 - Chat Event With SimCity 4 Designer Michael McCormick We will be hosting a chat event on Thursday, November 14th at 3PM (PST) with SimCity 4 Designer, Michael McCormick where he will answer all of your questions about the MySim feature in SimCity 4. The event will be held in the SimCity 3000 Unlimited chat room at SimCity3000Unlimited.ea.com. You must be registered at the SimCity 3000 Unlimted website so get there early to register and submit your questions.

	13-11-2002 23:48									#22
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Grumbold >> Posted that a couple post before you

	14-11-2002 05:01									#23
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Looks like my eyes, brain and fingers aren't talking too each other at the moment. I blame too many good games piling up on the imminent release list. Its a miracle I get any work done at all

	14-11-2002 08:12									#24
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"You don't necessarily have to focus on individual people…"

Well, the game is focused on how sims like/dislike every feature of your city. In other words, it's only as good as the sims are programmed, not about making a city work.

	15-11-2002 20:49									#25
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Here's some new movies:

I have seen on of them, and it's about gameplay, looks great

EDIT:

Hmmm...strange, the link doesn't work...just try to do a search on that page...

One of the new things you see, is a disaster: lightening...looks awsome

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	16-11-2002 06:48									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Straybow Well, the game is focused on how sims like/dislike every feature of your city. In other words, it's only as good as the sims are programmed, not about making a city work.

The sims are important in that they test your creation. Without people to drive on the roads and use the power, the simulation would mean little. In short, I think making a city work is providing services to the people, which makes the sims critical for the entire model. So yes, I think SimCity is about the sims, but that's how to model how a city works.

There is a way to just build a city and not have sims distract you: the pause button.

	17-11-2002 17:08									#27
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I wonder if the game top list (both the one for series, and for individual games) will change after the release of SC4?

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There's a new chat transcript detailing the ways you can use MySims and 9 new screenshots on the main site. The sports field, zoo and giant robot all look beautiful. Heck, everything looks beautiful

	19-11-2002 17:05									#29
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Great news...better go take a look

	19-11-2002 17:28									#30
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Nice screenshots, though the questions asked in the chat were pretty...dumb...most of them...Most of those questions has already been answered in other rewievs...but I guess those participitating, haven't read those...

Though one question had a "nice" answer...you can import pets into SC4 as MySims