Xlnation Vs Official Site

My question is: have we been fooled by FHI all along?

First: let me share a very warm THANK YOU to all of those fans who came this far with this game, and to those who built content for it until today. And of course, to all fabulous cities builders.

I have spent well over 1000 hours(lost count long long time ago, in a galaxy far aw...hum, well!) in CXL and came to XLN countless times. I am certainly crazy...loving CXL. I took almost all addons from here, counting 642 mods files or 7.07GB of patches. I got every new version the day it came out, was even one of the few who pre-order the limited edition.

As I had some mysterious and uncontrollable hope about the official site, which I have not visited in two years, I went about to satisfy my sudden morbid passion and paid myself a visit there, just to figure out(again) what I already known: dead, and well dead. It has not been updated in two years. The forum there is also deserted as I find my own two years old post closing a topic started in 2010.

I never had the feeling that FHI cared for the fans and customers. I have long dead hope for real updates and fixes for this ABSOLUTELY STUNNING GAME. Unfortunately in a World of cash, the initial developer went under and so did we. What I thought could be a serious game and standing strong community never happened.

Subsequent versions(2011, 2012, platinum) issued by FHI where nothing but micro-content DLC and NO FIX, which I am completely against in any way, shape or form. I would pay big bucks for complete sequels, as it was for games like CIVILIZATION, THE SIMS OR ROLLER COASTER TYCOON.

And thru this and much more BS and crap, the game is still alive, thanks to a few irreducible and unconditional people that all gather here. I came here(and to old XLN) almost every day since I discovered it, also hoping for that kicker fix or patch that would make CXL run for much longer.

I have spent some time TRYING to figure a way for a VIABLE COMMERCIAL TAKEOVER of this franchises by fan-base, all from here of course. This went dead as well, as I figure I quite rapidly I cannot take this title for myself, and we don't have the cash for buyout. Realistically, there will be nothing more coming out of FHI, so my dream is broken.

To this point now: the official site is now a game killer more than it helps it. People going there GET NOTHING.

All that always surrounded CXL always happened here, and without it, there would be NOTHING FOR ALL. This site, as it migrated, will survive for some time to come, with strong ADMINS and content uploaded again.

At this time: I believe this is the very last chance this title have, as it is slipping out of view and out of time. For a more personal point of view: even if I built many amazing cities and want to go on building more; was this my last one? I cannot complete my cities as I plan them dues to errors and crashes, am I going to uninstall it and forget about it?

I got a bad feeling and urgent need for reassurance. This game is great and I don't want to see it die...

This topic is to point out: FHI has thrown the towel: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Thank you for your answers and opinions about it.

 

I have not started this topic to get FHI support or an illusion about it, of course, but rather to make sure this site and community keeps going.

I like answers posted previously as they are reassuring me that people here will not go away, at least for some time. I don't want this builder game to go and I surely don't want to be alone with it. We talked a few time about a TAKEOVER for this title. But there is something in the middle we could try: maybe we could reach some sort of commercial contract with FHI allowing some of us from here to have ''behind the scene'' access to the official site and forum, and maybe the title could be sold here too. Last, maybe WE can built our own sequel to it, pretty much as it was done with the XL expansion network.

Theses are just ideas, I'd like to get some take on theses.

Yeah, I'm one of those that J. Lennon cite in ''Imagine''. I just hope I'm not the only one...

Thank you all.

 

Following the announcement of XXL, I'm not a happy camper this morning. I should be, but no, based on the past, and the fact that XL was dropped and forgot.

I'm sure that FHI come here(at least one is). WE ARE XL, WE ARE STRONG, WE DO NOT FORGET.

Get out the protests signs and protest songs, we are organizing a sit-in FHI.

For sure, we are going to have to pay again. If it has to come to this,

FHI LISTEN TO US......

FHI LISTEN TO US.....

FHI LISTEN TO US....

 

Downright speculation, XXL is. At this point in time...

There is nothing from FHI on it's official site and of course, nothing on the CXL site.

Untill now, this is a fan dream, maybe we'll see something come out soon.

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you will join us
And the world will be as one

 

Happy to be wrong.

I can't find it in the forums, on the official site, but taking a second look at facebook's page, it seem to have been posted officially. Here's a copy of the text posted:

https://www.facebook.com/citiesxl

CITIES XL
November 14
We're thrilled to announced the return of the world's largest city builder, filled to the brim with new features allowing you to expand the scope of the game further than any Cities XL game before it. Introducing: Cities XXL!

Create and manage enormous cities on the latest version of the 'Cities' engine with multi-core support. With a smooth FPS no matter the size and complexity, there are no longer any limits on the richness and diversity of your sprawling metropolis. New features, buildings, and other details will be revealed over the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

CITIES XL
November 18
Beta testers Alex and Goran are eager to show you their sprawling urban landscapes, with blue skies, purple sunsets, and tropical landscapes! Multi-core support isn’t the only new feature coming to Cities XXL… Stay tuned for more.

 

@mrmajkl: thank you for this precision, in fact it's my ad buster that do not allow me to see it.