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I’ve been playing SimCity for more than 25 years. Watching its “evolution” over time has been fascinating — unfortunately in the wrong direction.
The latest version might be the most impressive achievement yet. You open the game and suddenly everything is bright red everywhere. It almost feels like a disaster event… except the disaster is the update itself.
Managing production has turned into a chore, and Global Trade HQ now looks like a museum dedicated to beach/mountain expansion items that everyone is desperately trying to sell. Finding something actually useful to fill your empty production slots has become a small miracle.
Instead of fixing obvious issues — like the broken trading system, the endless oversupply in the market, or the artificial price cap — EA apparently decided that treating players like gullible customers is the easier design choice.
Simple improvements could make a big difference: rebalance the market, reduce the flood of expansion items, improve trading visibility, and remove the artificial price limits so the market can regulate itself.
Many of us who have been with SimCity for decades are not asking for miracles — just thoughtful design decisions that respect the players and the spirit of the game.
After 25+ years with SimCity, I never thought the biggest disaster in my city would be an update. If nothing changes, I’ll simply uninstall the game and move on.
- schiphol-plaza29 days agoNew Veteran
Nice, you played it before it was created, nice
- 3pb9mxpx7w9n29 days agoNew Traveler
SimCity was a stand-alone PC game at one time. So 25 years is accurate. 🙂
- Roseb160729 days agoSeasoned Newcomer
Hahaha, that's what I was thinking
- vglqghxtsrxq29 days agoSeasoned Newcomer
If the screen doesn't fill with a pink grid after a few upgrades and the game doesn't freeze, I'll try this.
- Roseb160729 days agoSeasoned Newcomer
Totally agree with this thread. It's the worst experience of the game yet. I don't even enjoy playing anymore when I see all my cities in RED!!!!
Some things needs to change back, so we can enjoy playing again. We've lost 6 players on our team already to this update. I've been playing for 6+ years. And I don't even enjoy logging on, to see how messed up my game is.
Please fix this f up on your game. You're going to loose more players and $ trying to get everyone to spend real money on this game
- nevrf8c6vj3t29 days agoRising Novice
Totally Agree!
This update Totally Sucks!!!!
- nevrf8c6vj3t29 days agoRising Novice
I totally agree!
They need to fix this!
Totally aggravating to do the simplest things!
;((((
- s30dsvctlhir27 days agoNew Rookie
Agreed. This game now has more bugs than a tropical swamp. Freezes so often it’s practically unplayable. No more purchases until issues are resolved.
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