14-12-2001 22:36									#1
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I wouldn't have thought so, the idea was terrible.

	16-12-2001 11:39									#2
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Why was the idea terrible?

	28-12-2001 02:29									#3
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I don't know, well, I don't even know the idea about the game since it was cancelled before I ever heard about it, so I didn't bother to find information about the game anyway...But from the title the game sounded ok

	03-02-2002 07:08									#4
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I think a game about dinosaurs would be interesting... but the gameplay would be a problem...

Just what would the player do in a dinosaur game?? Control a single dinosaur??
[BadJoke] Control a group of dinosaurs from the beginning of time, have them become masters of their piece of land, become civilized and slowly build a nation to stand the test of time?? [/BadJoke]

Thankfully not many ppl will see this

But seriously, what would the players objectives be, and how could they be made interesting?? Finding food and sleep as the only objectives would quickly become boring and repetitive, controlling all aspects of a single dinosaur would be a cheap imitation of the Sims and the player would't identify with "their dinosaur" as well as they would controlling a person in the Sims.
Its a good premise for a game, but the ideas behind the game arent that easy to decide upon. For me at least.

Re-reading what ive wrote, im really glad not many ppl will be reading this

	03-02-2002 13:16									#5
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Thankfully not many ppl will see this

maybe i should link this thread in my sig

	03-02-2002 13:19									#6
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Wouldn't surprise me

	03-02-2002 15:48									#7
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I believe that you would control packs of Dinosaurs. The goal: survive.

	05-02-2002 03:32									#8
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Sounds like a FPS with claws, teeth, and horns instead of guns.

	05-02-2002 23:24									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Dugrik Sounds like a FPS with claws, teeth, and horns instead of guns.

Alien versus Predator already has that.

IMO, Dinosaurs was going to be like The Sims. Thank God it isn't!

	06-02-2002 15:54									#10
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It's getting harder and harder to keep the riffraffs out.

	06-02-2002 21:55									#11
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quote: Originally posted by DaShi It's getting harder and harder to keep the riffraffs out.

Get out of my HOUSE!!!!

	06-02-2002 22:50									#12
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quote: Originally posted by DaShi It's getting harder and harder to keep the riffraffs out.

What's a riffraff?

	06-02-2002 23:20									#13
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quote: Get out of my HOUSE!!!!

i thought it was dashi's house... anyway, whoever's house it is, got any bananas?

quote: What's a riffraff?

scum, peons, people like you and me

	07-02-2002 06:15									#14
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Get out of my HOUSE!!!!

Hey, I was here first. Now where's my whiskey bottle, I'm going to sleep.

	07-02-2002 15:34									#15
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quote: Originally posted by ColdWizard quote: What's a riffraff? scum, peons, people like you and me

It also encompases skanky people.
Dont discriminate against us

*Passes a bottle of bourbon around*

Just to make sure I can stay here

	09-02-2002 01:26									#16
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Where's my shotgun?!?

	18-02-2002 01:54									#17
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Hmmm....thought the original announcement was that it was simply 'set aside'. I guess only time will tell if it come to fruition, hopefully as RTS as most have disappointed and would like to see more of Sid's influence in the genre.

	20-02-2002 10:58									#18
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Set aside, cancelled, postponed ... er, why keep this forum active then? Perhaps Markos and Dan could free up a bit of space by shelving this place until the fate of Sid Meier's Dinosaurs is known for sure? Anyway, I bet Sid's too busy with golf and Civ III to really ever get back to his Dino game.

CYBERAmazon

	20-02-2002 11:12									#19
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Sid doesn't care about Civ III.

	20-02-2002 18:22									#20
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From what I remember of what I read, Sid didn't think the dinosaur game that they had was enough fun, so it was shelved until they had a better idea of implementing the game.

Shame.

	21-02-2002 21:26									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Sid didn't think the dinosaur game that they had was enough fun

and yet civ3 was released...

how boring must dinosaurs have been

civ3 =
dinosaurs = ?

	22-02-2002 06:50									#22
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I disagree, Civ 3 is fun.
However, Firaxis neglected to finish the game before releasing it.
What with them releasing patches now, the game is nearing its potential. It is fun at the beginning (where Firaxis tested)

I guess the Dinosaurs game wasn't fun at the beginning at all.

	22-02-2002 11:56									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns I disagree, Civ 3 is fun.

*pulls out flamethrower* *remembers that this isn't the civ3 general forum* *puts flamethrower away*

must be my being an MPer. i even find civ2 SP boring these days


maybe dinos was dumped for simgolf? now that is a fun game

	25-02-2002 05:45									#24
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*Phew*
Saved by the . . . dinosaur forum . . .



I would have preferred Dinosaurs to Golf... at least I like dinosaurs

	25-02-2002 21:02									#25
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Would have liked to have seen a dinosaur workshop game. Build your own from the feet up and pit them against others in MP action..

	25-02-2002 23:44									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns I would have preferred Dinosaurs to Golf... at least I like dinosaurs

yin likes simgolf, so it must be good

quote: Would have liked to have seen a dinosaur workshop game. Build your own from the feet up and pit them against others in MP action

that sounds interesting

	28-02-2002 06:31									#27
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* slinks out of shadow *
" hello everybody! "

I was looking forward to Dinos. From what I gathered it was a cross between starcraft and civ. hence the indecision on RTS or TBS.

	28-02-2002 12:40									#28
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Hey Dr Darknight!!
(sorry, watching Simpsons... Dr Nick joke...)

They could have gone XCom style - have parts of the game realtime and other parts turnbased...
It could work with that Dinosaur Workshop idea.
Or maybe not...

	01-03-2002 04:34									#29
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Yeah I was thinking Dr Nick too
Ah old Xcom games. Little unintelligible blobs of colour flying across the screen destroying all the cities