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Zer0_T0lerance
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for Eternity
Oct 2000
time: 23:12
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We've heard some talk about Civ3 having a Civer's Edition along with a Standard Edition. I agree that their should be Civer's Edition, but I think that perhaps the Standard Edition should be released in Aug 2001 as expected. But Firaxis should work on a Civer's Edition of Civ3 for up to another year afterwards. Let me tell you why. . .
The Standard Edition should contain the basic features of the game and should be capable of running on the widest possible variety of machines. I would expect this version to have almost all the units, advances, improvements, and wonders as the Civer's Edition will have. The game should begin and end at the same time the Civer's Edition will, and should be able to run with up to 32 civs. This version should be distributed entirely on CD-ROM.
The Civer's Edition, however, should greatly expand on the basic features of the game, adding much more advanced features for those who want them, such as the ability to have up to 100+ civs in a single game, as well as added features like extraterrestial civs and galactic maps, as I've mentioned before. This edition should be distributed entirely on DVD-ROM and solely designed to run on high-end machines. This makes sense because by August 2002, and at the rate computers are improving, will be running computers with 2.5-3Ghz processors and memory standards will be much higher; programming limitations (if there are any) should be much less. There should be absolutely zero technological limitations to the rule.
Maxis used this same strategy for SimCity 3000, with the release of SimCity 3000 Unlimited a year after the initial release of the original version. I think Firaxis should use the same strategy for Civ3. What do you think?
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Zero
[This message has been edited by Zero_Tolerance (edited November 10, 2000).]
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Keep in mind that MicroSoft my issue window 2001 without any dos. The 640 base K maybe gone. That should open the door for programer to go wild with games. They will not have to deal with dos any longer.
I agree with Zero-Tolerance about his suggestion. This has already been does, with Simcity 300, The Sims, and Civ 2 TOT. In each of these games they added feature to an existing. You are quite right about where computer will be in 2002. On another post I said Intel and AMD were trying to make a 1.1 chip and was told right away that in fact they were making a 1.3 chip and going for the next level. At this speed we will see the 2g chip around next spring or summer, 3g next winter (2001) and probable a 4g in 2002. Also a DVD drive cost less than $100.00 in the US right now. I just paid $267.00 for a PIII 600 intel in Aug. 2000. So the price of upgrading to a 1 to 1.5g chip by 2002 should be down around $200.00
For some of you younger people. In Feb. 1992 I bought a 486/33 without a CD drive. In late 92 some of the games were showing up on CDs. I bought a cd drive late 92. In 93 you could still buy some games on disk. By 94 almost all games were on CDs. I think by 2002/3 most games will be on DVD, and after 2004 all games will be on DVD. I,m not trying to make anyone mad, but that is were the industry is going.
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[This message has been edited by joseph1944 (edited November 10, 2000).]
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Tical_2000
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Are you kidding me? A civver's edition? Isn't everyone who will buy a Civ3 game a 'civver'? Aren't they entitled to the full version of a game even if they don't have state of the art computer hardware? I trust the boys at Firaxis are smart enough to ignore this suggestion.
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