First I would like to highlight the main points of criticism and also later in the rest of the points:
Permanent online compulsion
In this regard, I have absolutely zero understanding of the 1-star ratings because of online coercion. The Online coercion was communicated from the outset and the game was so advertised. One can now, of course, get upset or even boycott the game deliberately, but we must in no way there just because of this fact rate poorly. Moreover, it is so that in a short disconnection or the like quite a long play is possible, so that when a new network, the data is synchronized again.
Server Capacity or Server utilization
Here you can be divided, in my opinion, of course. A game with online compulsion stands or falls naturally with the reliability and accessibility of the game server. However, one should leave the church in the village here. It is in spite of pre-figures of course a risky here to expand its own data center so little that each player receives from the first release to the minute full game experience. Here would have a lot of excess capacity are provided, so that I think it is impossible it should get reasonably sensible from an economic point. As regards each player his own behavior but it is understood that the initial euphoria but puts something over time. Say it is normal that everyone wants to play the beginning, this trend after a month but already looks very different. But my capacity I can not align with the onslaught of the first second. That can not work yet.
Apart from problems on the release day by truly unforeseen events do occur, with which they had not expected to this extent. Only one can be blamed or Maxis EA here, that has been tinted here in advance that everything will run smoothly. Of course that was brave.
Furthermore, there is, as shown with slogans like "8 Server for the whole world", that it is in each server to any VPS Host Europe, which can be rented for 30 euros a month. From this opinion I ask but to refrain. The number was in my view, deliberately kept low in this case, otherwise the split of the players would have been too large density than that a nice multiplayer game would arise can. Say the more different servers, the greater the likelihood of "city corpses".
It has also been constantly communicated during the release day with customers on Facebook, Twitter and its own blog and forum, so that you at least could see that something happens.
Meanwhile, and I want to emphasize that there are five days only since the release here, I can last three days play undisturbed and without major problems. Thus, the goal was achieved for me.
Bugs
Since I was also participants of beta testing, I have to say that keeping the obvious for me in error limits. I had so far still no crash or the like. Any algorithm error of public transport will be probably be Mr. using automated patch in the near future. The calculations in the tax system are not yet mature. But here is probably via patch be remedied, otherwise of course I will revise my rating again.
Card Size
The much criticized card size I can not understand, for my part. I had the SimCity 4 maps just too cluttered and everything got lost somehow. In the new SimCity, I think, puts the interaction of individual elements in the foreground. So each individual Sim is calculated every garbage truck collected directly from the houses and even the tons from stops just before each house. I have something to do with this card size enough to always find something to optimize. The index is still preserved and that I as an advantage.
Gameplay and graphics
With my current 140 euros ATI Radeon HD 7850 and an i5 processor, I can play the game at the highest level of detail liquid with already 150,000 inhabitants. It feels not so on as if I had to cut back on the level of detail something. The graphics are a feast for the eyes and the richness of detail of individual animated building is really an eye-catcher. I do like my city from different perspectives to the different times of the day to watch and see the crowds standing at the bus stops. The BETA I played 8600 GTS incidentally with my 6 year old NVIDIA and here I have the graphics already fallen, although in larger cities here probably little air remains upward.
Multiplayer game
The multiplayer game is - quite frankly - for me not sooo important. I like to measure myself against others and see here one way or another leaderboard. Also nice, I think if you are on a public area just know that next door no bummer computer operates, but also builds a small (or even large) city a man. The possibility of exchange is also given so that you can replace with specializations and also should. Maybe I can inspire a few friends by the game I bring you a little closer by presenting and then I will certainly open up my private area, which you can join by invitation only.
But even in this just-mentioned "private mode" is an online game for me. Because as far as I understand it, the world prices of basic goods are in fact intended precisely about this online course structure and thus affect every single player and indirectly my game.
Conclusion
I have a lot of fun in this game. I find it a bit exaggerated as part of the Community or rated and down makes here at Amazon for my part. The gaming industry as such is also under tremendous pressure and the cost of development time of more than 5 years (a conservative estimate) will be recouped once again. The game I really like and I see a lot of potential and look forward to evening hours to building ever to push new skyscrapers and industrial buildings and watch the cute Sims in your activities. I also look forward to an already lively and friendly communication in SimCity Forum and the many beautiful cityscapes and videos of my colleagues. My personal evaluation are therefore 5 star.
PS: I hope not, that just because of my positive review my review is "not helpful" considered, but the review for the purchase decision of each individual contributes, even if in one or the other point may disagree quite naturally. Of course I am looking forward to comments on this review and will to the best of its knowledge and belief answering to play also matters. ... And no, I with with EA or Maxis no relation by marriage or with no Obolus for this review :-)