SimCity 5 - Wow!

[orzel541]

It's "always online", as in, if you don't have an internet connection, you cannot play(like in Diablo 3). At the point you get a big map, and you get to pick where you want to start building... The speculation is that they will offer multiple types of terrain maps as DLC.

Ah, gotcha. That's what I thought. Thanks for clearing that up for me

[n0rdicalex.]

Origin exclusive

as soon as i saw that on the pre-order site, i became disappointed.

[Cousin Eddie]

What is this "origin exclusive" business and why is it bad?

[SOAR]

What is this "origin exclusive" business and why is it bad?

It's essentially a re-branded version of EA Download Manager made to look and act more like Steam. Most of the issue comes with peoples trust in EA, which is minimal to non-existant. Another issue is their horrible DRM that I mentioned earlier. Other than that, all the great things about Steam are not there, and all the bad things about Steam are more pronounced on Origin.

People just don't want to have to go download their Steam imitator just to play the 1-2 EA games that they're actually interested in. It also gives EA free reign to snoop around on your PC, which makes people nervous because... It's EA.

I'll be totally honest though, I've never even used it. I'm just not interested in putting it on my PC, at all.

[orzel541]

I've used it before...and it sucks