Alongside the peculiarities of the server matters with SimCity, many are reporting that the game itself doesn’t perform as had previously been claimed. This is especially the case when it comes to the AI and pathfinding.

SimCity’s Glassbox Engine had been purported to be of such complexity that every single Sim in your city was a unique “agent” AI, such that you could follow a Sim about their daily life. However, players are finding that this doesn’t appear to be the case at all.

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