If you’re currently residing in the United States of America, you’re able to buy SimCity. Congratulations, homies! I’d normally say that you’re lucky (the rest of the world is held back by a few days), but be forewarned: There are a few tiny insignificant… massive glaring faults that are affecting the gameplay experience for many of the people trying to play the game.
Here’s two important things you need to watch out for if you were thinking of picking up SimCity today. Maybe even be aware of them for later in the week when it launches in your own territory.
- Extended delays for entry to the game
It was impossible for anyone to accurately predict how the servers would be able to handle an always online connection. Most reviewers were holding off on publishing their thoughts until they could actively determine what the struggle would be like on launch day playing on public servers.
The answer is they’re performing terribly, with significant waits from boot up to actually being allowed to play.
We had hoped that the beta tests EA had been allowing users access to might have properly prepared them for the influx of people over the course of the game’s launch. It stands to reason that if people are interested in buying your game on the day it launches, they’d be interested in playing it immediately without much hesitation. The publisher hasn’t done enough to combat this, unfortunately.
- Your copy might not get delivered to you right away
The delay to play the game when it’s installed might not be your only wait. Polygon is reporting that some users haven’t even had their order filled after they’ve bought the game on origin.
Hopefully things will even out in the coming days. Check back and we’ll let you know if that happens. Decide for yourself if you want to wait a little bit.