Why is everyone so sure that when EA publish a disappointing game it's the people "up the top" who are to blame rather than poor workmanship lower down? I think the truth is we just don't know.
Sad News. Maxis Emeryville Shut Down.
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RIP Maxis
They are all to blame. Simcity 2013 had the worst launch in gaming history, coupled with features consumers didnt want. It was only inevitable that there failed business model would catch up to them. Sad to see them go yes, but bad businesses are not rewarded with success for a reason.
As I've said since the beginning, I blame both of them for the sorry state of simcity. There were major design, vision and execution flaws with simcity, some of it obviously came from the top, most of it probably came from the developers (although probably due to restrictive time/budget constraints) and it was just a huge mess.
nah... after last 2 sim cities [2013 and societies] i dont give a f... more for maxis.
The glassbox engine using agents to bring power and water to the sims was the dumbest idea ever. I don't know who to blame now.
Please no! Why ruin a good thing? Like I say, we don't know who messed up those games.
I would think the
- Lead Architect (person who thought glass box was a good solution for everything)
- QA team
- ceo of EA(who is now with unity3d which C:SL uses) lol...
- PR/Community manager.
EA are renown for taking successful developers and draining them of talent and innovation. Westwood, Maxis, Bioware and Bullfrog I will never buy another EA game ever again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXJ7VdeD3ng - well as LGR says, an end of era. However the death of some creates new earth for others. This Maxis-branch has for a long period produced material which didn't satisfy, hence this not being a surprise.
Let us instead hope that the employees at the studio can find time-worthy activities elsewhere and that they have the chance to pursue the ambitions and dreams which they hold dear. I'm certain anyone who has been involved in great works like the old Simcitys, or even half-decent ones like Spore, have the talents do such. And finally, they are not any longer to be held captive by an evil dragon in an ever darkening cave, but set free to do greater service. *snort* Out of the ashes of the lost, we see new wondrous gifts blossom.
I'm looking forwards to a new, say, Banished?
Let us instead hope that the employees at the studio can find time-worthy activities elsewhere and that they have the chance to pursue the ambitions and dreams which they hold dear. I'm certain anyone who has been involved in great works like the old Simcitys, or even half-decent ones like Spore, have the talents do such. And finally, they are not any longer to be held captive by an evil dragon in an ever darkening cave, but set free to do greater service. *snort* Out of the ashes of the lost, we see new wondrous gifts blossom.
I'm looking forwards to a new, say, Banished?
You forgot Pandemic, a great developer. Mercenaries, Star Wars Battlefront etc. EA also took down the EA LA studio which created the Battlefield series.
I really hope the development team move on to bigger and better things. EA are horrible, just horrible.
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Well at least this means more people will buy CS now and to be fair EA was kind of setting it self up to failure (ESPECIALLY SC5). That being said my sympathies towards Maxis for making Sims and starting the Simcity series which were my all time favourites.
So EA see how good the new imminent city builder is so decide to throw their toys out of the pram and stick it to the fans by killing maxis studios rather than compete.
Good one EA that is real mature. I can see you have not changed and another iconic childhood developer joins the graveyard.
At least we now have CSL and we will always have the SC classics.
Good one EA that is real mature. I can see you have not changed and another iconic childhood developer joins the graveyard.
At least we now have CSL and we will always have the SC classics.
Maxis Helsinki's Sim City Buildit for iOS seems reasonably profitable looking at Appannie.
So maybe it will continue as a microtransaction-based quick and easy pastime rather than a serious sim to obsess over.
So maybe it will continue as a microtransaction-based quick and easy pastime rather than a serious sim to obsess over.
It is a sad end to a depressing chapter in the city building genre, but it's certainly not the end of the story. I am hopeful that this new chapter will see Cities Skylines pick up the pieces, and rejuvenate the genre. CO couldn't have come along at a better time.