SimEarth

[Danny252]

Yes, yes, its Maxis, its a sim game.
But did you know that even though its 10 or so years old its still for sale?
Yesterday, coming back from Calais on a ferry(School Trip) I was just browsing the shops with some friends, looking at the games on offer, and there, right infront of me, was Sim Earth, PC-Cd Rom! Not exactly what I'd expect! I didn't look closely at it though, as the wind was approaching 80 kmh and i had a headache...

[Durak]

and is this your favorite oldie or...?

[LeD]

This had to be one of the worst GAMES of all time. Corny to even think you could make a game to make a PLANET. of course it isn't gonna live up to the hype you think it would. This game should be destroyed and never sold or seen again.

[Borodin]

Ever play it, LeD? :D

[Bobbin Threadbare]

I absolutely hate this game. I thought it was horrible. And if i'm asked if I played it. I own it.

[Doubler]

I think it's a pretty good game, but its audience is certainly somewhat specific... The game isn't very accessible.

Oh, and I bought it a few months back :)
Those sim-games will be available forever, it seems :D

[Borodin]

I played it, but as I recall, Chris Crawford sold the game stating up front it was an educational tool--not a game. It was designed to show just how interconnected dozens of factors are in controlling the Earth biosphere. That was all it was intended to do, and it did that extremely well.

[velik_m]

a CD for like 2MB game.... talking about overkill...

[TheChosen]

Lucky you!

I was also lucky enough to find it a year ago.

[Kon-Tiki]

Lucky's a big word. That game's nearly incomprehensible, as it has too many things to take into concideration.

[LeD]

Ever play it, LeD?*

Yes I have played it.I don't put down things unless I've done them personally...
The Sim Earth I played was for SNES, and it blowed, I don't see how anyone could like it.Is there a PC version...? maybe that would be cool somehow. But the 16 bit game was horrible.

[Borodin]

Originally posted by LeD@Jan 17 2006, 02:54 PM
Ever play it, LeD?*

Yes I have played it.I don't put down things unless I've done them personally...
The Sim Earth I played was for SNES, and it blowed, I don't see how anyone could like it.Is there a PC version...? maybe that would be cool somehow. But the 16 bit game was horrible.
I suspect they're virtually identical.

SImEarth really isn't a game. A forward that came with the original packaging by Chris Crawford stated that he made it only to illustrate how complex and interwoven a whole range of factors were, when it came to dealing with the Earth's biosphere. That was the sole point of what he did. The title was released at a time when experiments in gaming were still not impossible to find, and people didn't assume Game A played like Games B, C, D, etc. Streamlining wasn't in force, yet.

So by all means, criticize SimEarth if it doesn't do a good job of the point it was trying to make. But criticizing it for not being something it never set out to do--be a traditional game--is kind of beside the point. :)

[LeD]

Well the game doesn't even do that really that good...

[Borodin]

Originally posted by LeD@Jan 19 2006, 07:07 PM
Well the game doesn't even do that really that good...
Each to their own. I found it very successful, but obviously, we're going to disagree. :)

[punch999]

Why necro a 2 year old topic LeD?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Well, in this case I'd rather risk an opinion that he has performed a proper resurrection - just look, the discussion is going on!

I have played SimEarth on my 486 two years ago. Even kind of liked it - it was interesting to experiment with various things that can be done to terraform Mars - or Venus - or whatever other planet - as well as seeing how the planet reacts to drastic enviromental changes.

[LeD]

:wall: Maybe I was too young for the game. It had to of been cool in some way or it wouldn't have been produced. Just giving out my gaming opinion, Well I did twice LOL o well.

This topic is still here so I wanted to talk about it. I will Reply on any topic on here I want to, no matter how old it is... I wasn't around to give my opinion then but I am now. :ok: