I think i will be back to SimCity

Agreed. too much competitive gaming is... already tired    isn't game suppose to be relaxing and enjoyable rather than shouting with each other everyday through the net?

Preorder already hmm, still early. I want to get physical DVD copy 

read this thread, start up sim city 4, 6 hours of my life gone.

FUUUUUU

Well I don't dare to preorder this game since Sim City Societies gave me a nightmare.
I am going to wait for reviews even though I'm eagerly waiting for this game.
I hope its like simcity 4 with improved graphics, improved algorithms especially traffic, improved building capabilities(more types of roads instead of just building blocks) and retain the ability to mod and build custom buildings.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/new-simcity-t...nection-6368578

-.- damn Origin again... I rather go for other option, if there any available...

Multiplayer

That's right, multiplayer is coming to SimCity. You will join up and form regions, which lets you share resources and influence each other for good or for ill. In the examples we saw, one player shared some excess energy he had generated with his neighbors, while another player, whose city generated a lot of crime, inadvertently raised the others' crime rates. On a larger scale, all players in SimCity will influence the global market: a place where resources are bought and sold. Prices will shift based on supply and demand, and you can track who the big players are in each resource though leaderboards.

The global market is not an auction-house style of service; you will not directly buy from and sell to each other. Instead, you purchase goods from the market. The finer details of how this will work in the game are still in development, but our main concern is how people will try to break it. What will the limits of a player's influence be? How will the game change when you're not online? Does that mean you lose access to the global market, a service seemingly designed to be both a resource safety net and a way to earn some extra cash? How Maxis balances this service whether you're playing online or offline could greatly determine if this is a single-player- or multiplayer-focused game.

UPDATE 28/03/12 After this preview was published, EA confirmed that SimCity would require a persistent internet connection to play, due to the pervasiveness of the online features.

GlassBox Engine preview...

Building a city became shyt serious... XD