The SimCity Beta is now taking applicants to take part in their Beta.
http://www.simcity.com/en_US/beta/info


Just thought I would post that here.

ohh cool!
I've signed up.. waiting to see if i'm "selected" or not

This game is not for me I'll stick with SC4. I have my doubts

Wow, the SC5 thing is sure coming along fast. Beta releases are already coming out. I'm exited to see what the final results are.

You know the more I hear about this the less I want to buy it.
First the always online crap.. and then the cloud saving and how it's going to be Origin based. And you can't just get it from EB and take it back if you don't like it.. they won't take back games that require an online activation. That and I'm not about to go out of my way to use origin to buy it.

So yeah.. I've decided I'm not going to get this game.

I think I'm just going to wait for the reviews. If they look good, I'll consider it. If not, I'll just keep away from it.

blakesterville

So now I've read that there will be DRM (what a surprise ). But what's insulting about it is that EA is trying to cover it up with the whole global trading whatnot.
As far as the so called forced multiplayer goes.. the more... difficult players could use failing economies to their advantage. There's no co-op either. The game has marketing techniques, corporation and money making written all over it. And what's more is Maxis isn't doing a half-assed job at telling us any of this stuff (like mojang and minecraft as of late). I've effectively lost all hope in Maxis.. for now.

This may seem like gibberish so I'll translate: Do not buy this game.

DRM and EA have a long history. The Sims 2 community was in an uproar and sales noticeably slid. [If I remember correctly...] So byebye DRM went...

There are many reasons I'm not impressed with this game. The closer it gets, the more I feel that way.

DRM?
Multiplayers gonna be a big stink the cites look urealistic and theres gonna me little in ways of mods without lawsuits my 2 cents

DRM= Digital Rights Media (Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone... )
It is software protection, such as SecruROM

Ah i see