Maledizione, erano pi� di 10 anni che attendevo il seguito di Simcity, l'altro ieri era il day one in USA oggi in Europa.
L'ho preso in preordine ad occhi chiusi, l'ho pagato un'enormit�, e poi mi sono andato a leggere le recensioni di quelli che negli USA ci stanno gi� giocando e i commenti sono pesantissimi: mappe piccole, mancanza delle metro e gioco sempre online anche in single player, assurdit�!
Il primo giorno c'� stata gente che ha atteso diverse ore per poter collegarsi ai servers del gioco, e chi era collegato spesso andava in crash anche in modalit� singolo giocatore.
Ho richiesto il rimborso all'EA. Speriamo bene. Non ho scaricato il preload ne tantomeno attivato le chiavi di licenza.
Qualcuno ha messo 5 stelle di valutazione su amazon.com, ecco il commento:
"You'd think I'd be mega unhappy like everyone else at the constant
waiting and lack of actually being able to play a game I purchased.
Well, you'd be wrong.
The
hours upon hours since launch that I haven't been able to log in,
whether it be sitting in queues, or server busy messages, or just plain
old not working screens, I've managed to do a heap of things that I
never do when I'm locked in my man cave playing video games.
I've
washed the dishes, the laundry, changed the oil in the car, mopped the
floors, dusted, did a spot of gardening, greeted my children who I
hadn't really seen since Christmas, walked the dog, asked how my wife's
day has been and listened to the entire response, restocked the
groceries and many more things! My family has never been happier that
they've got a father and husband again.
In fact, I feel like
Simcity has given me a new lease on life. This wouldn't have been
possible without the seemingly crazy decision to have constant online
connections and server side save points even for single player.
So I can only thank EA and Maxis. Your failures have been my rewards. 5 stars!"