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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DLTPosted:

It is possible, you just can't save the game locally.

http://www.thetechgame.com/Forums/t=5053881/gamer-hacks-simcity-to-run-offline.html

MultitaskPosted:

Vice
xIIJazza I have just decided, To not get this, Well done EA :]


Me too, doesnt look to good.


lol like you were ever going to ;)

ToesPosted:

xIIJazza I have just decided, To not get this, Well done EA :]


Me too, doesnt look to good.

xIIJazzaPosted:

I have just decided, To not get this, Well done EA :]

MTVPosted:

Soulful
EMT Will they ever add offline?


From all the trouble they put into fixing it, and into it. I don't think so.


Idk if I want the game anymore then

yayPosted:

EMT Will they ever add offline?


I don't think so. They're going to leave things as is.

KenjishuPosted:

That is just a slight mishap to a very good game

SOGPosted:

EMT Will they ever add offline?


Not for this game, maybe they will learn from their mistakes further on down the track though.

MTVPosted:

Will they ever add offline?

SOGPosted:

Moot
Xyloband "Just Not Possible" - One week later, hacked so it can be played offline and the ability to build outside the city boundries.


Yeah this game's devs are **** idiots. The only reason you need to be online, is to save your sim city map on "the cloud" unplugging your internet still lets you play for a while until you have to upload your map to keep it updated


They just want to keep all of the data 'safe'. Which I think is stupid.


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