wraggster
March 14th, 2013, 23:18
Ever since SimCity launched, there has been a suspicion that the need for the game to always be connected to a server was mainly a form of DRM, not for social game features and multiplayer. Then a Maxis developer came forward to confirm the game doesn't actually need a server to function, suggesting the information coming out of EA wasn't the whole truth. Now EA and Maxis have some explaining to do as a modder has managed to get the game running offline indefinitely (http://www.geek.com/articles/games/modder-proves-simcity-can-run-offline-indefinitely-20130314/)."The writer names a few small ways in which the game is actually improved by being offline, too.
http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/03/14/1414257/hacker-skips-simcity-full-time-network-requirement
http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/03/14/1414257/hacker-skips-simcity-full-time-network-requirement