More EA problem

acheeanthony · March 13, 2013 12:20PM

acheeanthony wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/03/13/simcity-pr-nightmare-escalates/?intcmp=HPBucket

I think the problems from EA aren't centralized in just this game. So don't really expect any real fixes if the can't even got a larger game to work.

LOL Hey TSTO characters have been doing that for months! Moonwalking, walking through buildings, having complete disregard for roads. Of course it's on a smaller scale but it seems like EA has a massive issue getting characters to behave the way they should on paths.

Interesting read, thank you for sharing it.

USDPC · March 13, 2013 12:31PM

These 2 phrases from that article definitely apply to TSTO:

"lame pathfinding algorithms"

"clearly inadequate pathfinding algorithms."

KrustyBrand · March 13, 2013 12:53PM

USDPC wrote:

These 2 phrases from that article definitely apply to TSTO:

"lame pathfinding algorithms"

"clearly inadequate pathfinding algorithms."

Nor are parallels confined to inadequate path finding algorithms. EA seems inexplicably wedded to the idea that their games should only function when an Internet connection is present, which leads to the predictable problem of server capacity.

mrmil0 · March 13, 2013 1:02PM

Do you think EA support teams (general user support not people who are actually fixing things) are dedicated to one game or do you think that now that this Sim City debacle has unfolded that support for TSTO will get even worse?

XScripts · March 13, 2013 1:31PM

It's going to all crash and burn

A_Bad_Exampl3 · March 13, 2013 2:06PM

acheeanthony wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/03/13/simcity-pr-nightmare-escalates/?intcmp=HPBucket

I think the problems from EA aren't centralized in just this game. So don't really expect any real fixes if the can't even got a larger game to work.

Holy Jeebus.

If they hadn't specified Sim City, I would have sworn they were talking about TSTO.

That's why this is a fremium. We are a beta for Sim City.

A_Bad_Exampl3 · March 13, 2013 2:08PM

USDPC wrote:

These 2 phrases from that article definitely apply to TSTO:

"lame pathfinding algorithms"

"clearly inadequate pathfinding algorithms."

Inability to estimate predictable server load

XBL-Heretic · March 13, 2013 2:15PM

mrmil0 wrote:

Do you think EA support teams (general user support not people who are actually fixing things) are dedicated to one game or do you think that now that this Sim City debacle has unfolded that support for TSTO will get even worse?

Generally a Tier 1 support team will support all of the products. Most companies don't want to spend the money required to have dedicated call center support staff for each different product.

lissarv68 · March 13, 2013 6:08PM

Well this is interesting.....

After SimCitys always-online DRM screw-up, frustration sets in as players not being able to play the game begin to start asking for refunds, Maxis has issued and internal memo from general manager Lucy Bradshaw detailing the sorry state of the game and that Maxis is working hard to get SimCity fully operational and address player connectivity issues that resulted from the totally unnecessary always-online requirement of the game.

A game requiring an internet connection in order to play single player is simply stupid. Lets just add this to the long line of EA screwups.- from an anonymous online comment

jasonicus321 · March 13, 2013 7:03PM

None of their games should be online only. We should not have to rely on their unreliable servers. All of their games have issues lately and they all seem similar in nature.

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