News: Maxis admits SimCity could have offered offline mode

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News: Maxis admits SimCity could have offered offline mode

Added: 18.03.2013 9:27 | 10 views | 0 comments

Players discover code which forces the game to shut down when playing offline.

News: Maxis admits SimCity could have offered offline mode news

"I hate to disturb you when you're playing SimCity, but I'd like to offer some straight answers on the topic: Always-Connected and why SimCity is not an offline experience," wrote Bradshaw in a post titled Straight answers from Lucy.

Bradshaw continued: "Always-Connected is a big change from SimCities of the past. It didn't come down as an order from corporate and it isn't a clandestine strategy to control players. It's fundamental to the vision we had for this SimCity. From the ground up, we designed this game with multiplayer in mind – using new technology to realise a vision...