SimCity launches 'Airship' DLC
EA and Maxis have launched the "Airships Pack" for SimCity, adding tourist and commuter blimps, balloon parks, and a special event blimp. It's available for $8.99.
SimCity is taking a unique (and not altogether practical) approach to reducing city traffic: balloons! The new "Airships" pack is available for $8.99, and includes two Airships, two balloon parks with ten unique balloons, and an Event Blimp for your stadium.
The two airships described on the official blog sound the most useful. A Commuter Airship transports workers, while a Tourist Airship brings in tourists. The tourist ship has a higher capacity than a bus, and the commuter ship sets a network between cities. Setting the ships in your city will eventually make the event blimp show up, and you can set up a commuting network with other airship-owning mayors. The balloon parks will make your city happier as well.
You can grab the DLC through the SimCity launcher, via Origin, or by clicking on an in-game billboard. Check out a trailer below.
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replySteve Watts posted a new article, SimCity launches 'Airship' DLC.
EA and Maxis have launched the "Airships Pack" for SimCity, adding tourist and commuter blimps, balloon parks, and a special event blimp. It's available for $8.99.-
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But it's Volatus32x we're talking about!!!
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'tis true, I sign in blood and oil
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and with tears of fanboys!
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What a steal!
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Are people actually buying this shit? I know the game sold well but that's because of the name and initial hype. There can't be that many people still playing the game.
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I know I am.
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seriously? why?
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hahaha
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Because it's fun.
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Yes, although it's best to start new cities at this point.
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Because patch 5.0 fixed bugs that weren't fixed for garages that had the problem, only new ones.
https://help.ea.com/article/simcity-updates
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I'd love to play it again. I had fun for the first couple of hours but there's no way I could go back to it until they expanded the city size and fixed other issues the game had. It's just really frustrating because parts of the game are really cool.
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SimCity 4 was broken with no sense of difficulty until the expansion.
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noone can defend this, noone. even if people are buying it, you are doing a disservice to mankind
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Called it >_>
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There's a Hindenburg joke in here somewhere...
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So at this point, are Maxis just dumping onto the market their pipeline of DLC plans that were formulated months and months before the March 2013 release date? It's like looking at the side of a canyon, at the various layers of sedimentary rock; you can almost see the rabid monetization decisions between the (free) Nissan Leaf "ad"-on, the "ball of twine" Crest / Oral-B "ad"-on, and now the Airship DLC. At least the Amusement Park DLC was within spirit of the SimCity culture, but it was $10.
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