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SimCity Online Only connection
Similar to an earlier entry, EA’s revival of a classic series was unfortunately saddled with some unfortunate garbage that hampered the enjoyment of the diehard players. According to Electronic Arts, the Online Only forced connection that even solo players to partake had a purpose. Outwardly they said it had to do with the vision of a connected world experience, and with offloading computations to the cloud. Which might have been easier to swallow had players not poked and prodded the game until they found that the connection requirements did nothing for the game beyond enforced DRM. Much later, after they thought everyone forgot, EA themselves removed it.
