Maxis: SimCity offline mode 'Just not possible'

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The issues with SimCity stem from its requirement that players are always online and connected to EA's servers, even if a player wants to experience the game alone. Making the game available offline could solve many players' issues, but that's "just not possible," developer Maxis General Manager Lucy Bradshaw said during a Twitter Q&A session.

"The game was designed for MP, we sim the entire region on the server so this is just not possible," She said said, in response to a question about offline modes. Previously she responded to another question about an offline patch: "We have no intention of offlining SimCity any time soon but we'll look into that as part of our earning back your trust efforts."


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SynybunPosted:

I don't get the point of keeping offline out of the game.

yayPosted:

MTV
Jelly_Bean EA I can't thank you enough for wasting my money.


They probably don't care.


They never care. They're notorious for this.

AxePosted:

Is this game just unplayable now? Seems like a waste for the people that bought it.

PlusnetPosted:

Jelly_Bean EA I can't thank you enough for wasting my money.


They probably don't care.

MawderzPosted:

SOG How is it not possible to make a game 'online', I understand not all can be 'online', but this...


The game is online... i think you meant offline.

WageringPosted:

So you NEED the internet for this game now? Was this something they intended to do? :s

SOGPosted:

How is it not possible to make a game 'online', I understand not all can be 'online', but this...

GaryPosted:

EA I can't thank you enough for wasting my money.

PlusnetPosted:

Tuba EA really screwed up on that one...


Yea, they did.

neboPosted:

EA really screwed up on that one...