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SimCity launch - meltdown
Right off the bat the game has a few cons; EA, Origin, DRM, no true single player/solo mode - no local saves.
People who don't trust EA can purchase through Amazon, ok. Well you still need Origin, which means you must agree with their eula.
Few seem surprised that EA botched another launch.
20+ minute wait times for server ques. If your lucky to hit one be prepared to be forced into a tutorial, again. A few minutes of game time and then get booted. Back to the que, crap shoot if you can find your saves, but wait - you can sit in an alt server que and then start all over. This seems to be a good work around for the siren bug. Hey, good thing the maps are dinky.
On the Amazon page users are venting - time of post 700 reviews; 620 1-star / 16 5-star.
On the simcity forum it's a bit cleaner, with the fanboys and all, but the frustration is apparent.
Remembering countless hours on SC prior releases I would hope that EA fixes this, but I am not betting on that.
Installed on my girlfriends pc, 60$ Amazon d/l. Personally I will not install Origin, but whatever. 3 days later, she (ok we) still can't play the game. As a result, no happy ending. Now, I have to go buy flowers or something that'll tie things over. I'm very disappointed in EA.