#CITIES SKYLINES PC STEAM UPDATE#
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While I don't agree with what Paradox has done here, I can't say it surprises me. They may have done some things that violate both the GDPR and (potentially) COPPA, and may have certainly committed a bannable offense on Steam.Дoes anyone have any marshmallows I can roast over this dumpster fire? The fans are waving their torches and pitchforks and Paradox is acting like a thin-skinned asset flipper. These suspect reviews have been reported to Steam in mass. This is clearly review tampering and a major breach of Steam's TOS which is punishable with exile from the platform. So many of these strange reviews have come in that it has shifted the game's review score back to 'Mostly Positive'. All of these positive reviews came in the same day and the users have barely any playtime accumulated. There is even one review that is just the letter 'h' and that's it. There has now been an influx of reviews with thumbs up recommendations made by Steam users with simple throwaway account names and the texts are between one to three words each. This influx of negative reviews changed the game's review score from 'Mostly Positive' to 'Mixed'. Hundreds of fans of the game have been uninstalling Cities Skylines and changed their reviews on Steam to 'not recommended'. The post has since been deleted, but the Streisand Effect is alive and well. It doesn't end there, one employee called fans 'SJWs who hate change' on the Steam forums.

To add insult to injury, the game and all of its DLC was put on a steep sale. Where do things stand now? Paradox has only recently responded to the controversy and they haven't taken it very well. Some antivirus programs detect the Paradox launcher as malware. All of this without any warning or fanfare other than a post in the Steam community forums that says 'We're doing this, don't riot'.

#CITIES SKYLINES PC STEAM MAC#

The launcher has rendered the native Mac and Linux versions of the game unplayable, and it was installed outside of the Steam game directory under the USER DATA area instead. Other more technically minded players have found that the launcher is dialing home and send telemetry data some remote server which may include personal information (this requires deeper investigation). Many players have experienced a drop in CPU performance with the launcher running and others have reported the it is also eating up system memory. The launcher requires a sign in to play the game. The launcher adds up to an additional 10 minutes to the launch time.

#CITIES SKYLINES PC STEAM MODS#

Due to how the game works, Cities Skylines can sometimes take 10 minutes to launch even on an M.2 NVMe SSD if several DLC and mods are installed. When you launch the game there is no indication that the EULA for the game has changed and there are no warning dialog boxes.

#CITIES SKYLINES PC STEAM UPDATE#

On the 22nd, Cities Skylines received an update which added a Paradox Interactive launcher. How the publisher has responded to the fan backlash makes the situation much worse. Many people who play Cities Skylines today and who maintain the game's many and often essential mods were all Sim City refugees, so what's happened with the game recently now feels like a major betrayal of trust.

Cities Skylines was announced at Gamescom 2014 and rest was history, until now. EA would later fix this, sort of, but the damage had already been done. The issues with Sim City is that it had to be always online, you had to sign in to play the game. As you know, Cities Skylines took the mantle of premier city builder in the wake of the Sim City debacle. Let me give you some background so you'll understand what the hubbub is all about. It goes beyond just gamers being angry, the publisher may have violated the EU's GDPR and based on evidence I've seen they are also violating Steam's TOS by manipulating the game's review score. A few days ago, January 22, Cities Skylines received an update which sparked a major fan revolt.

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