23-01-2003 18:13									#31
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That makes us two.
I also voted for 4-5 years.

	24-01-2003 02:17									#32
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Aha, so there's still optimists left. I have my own reasoning, but I won't reveal anything essential now or discuss it that much as it has a key role in a The Column writing which is still awaiting to be published, so I don't want to spoil.

	04-03-2003 07:17									#33
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bump

	04-03-2003 17:17									#34
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I doubt whether we will ever see this thing finished...

	04-03-2003 17:43									#35
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I would be amazed if this game ever saw the light of day again.

It sounded rubbish anyway IMHO.

	04-03-2003 22:33									#36
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I maintain that if someone comes up with a good way to make a strategy dinosaur game that Firaxis would make it beginning tomorrow. Dinosaurs are one of those things that fascinate everyone - it would be a guaranteed winner like civ was. People that have no idea about games or this developement would be intrested in purchasing the game. It will just take an idea to get this started. So does anyone have a good idea?

	04-03-2003 23:13									#37
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* Rasbelin grumbles.

The Dinosaurs will still come.

	05-03-2003 14:04									#38
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If you are looking at it from a "big crunch" point of view (the theory, not the poster ),
then they will, otherwise i still doubt it.

	05-03-2003 14:22									#39
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Dinos is dead... a shame really. I think he'll continue with the Firaxis/EA Sim series (i.e. SimGolf et al., not The Sims and Sim City from Maxis/EA)

	06-03-2003 15:13									#40
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Yeah, I'm waiting for Simsville to come as well

	10-03-2003 12:34									#41
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quote: Originally posted by tniem Dinosaurs are one of those things that fascinate everyone - it would be a guaranteed winner like civ was.

Yes, that's why there are dozens of great dinosaur games out there. This game will never come out.

	11-03-2003 09:01									#42
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quote: Originally posted by Static23 Yes, that's why there are dozens of great dinosaur games out there. This game will never come out.

Want to point me in the direction of some.

I know of Sim Life and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. Oh and the Jurassic Park based games. What other dinosaurs games have their been?

	11-03-2003 09:24									#43
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It seems to me he was being sarcastic, hence the ...

About the only game with dinosaurs I played was Evolution. But after about half an hour playing I started yawning so hard, I almost fractured my jaw.

	11-03-2003 19:05									#44
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quote: Originally posted by tniem Want to point me in the direction of some. I know of Sim Life and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. Oh and the Jurassic Park based games. What other dinosaurs games have their been?

Which proves my point. Simlife is about whatever animals you wish to create. Turok and the Jurassic Park games could just as easily have had demons, robots or aliens substituting for the dinos, and it wouldn't have made any difference.

	23-03-2003 00:29									#45
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Ok, I think understand what you meant now but the problem is that you didn't understand what I was saying. I was mentioning that not because I thought that Firaxis would release the dino game just that once anyone came out with an exciting dinosaur game that it would be a winner. It is one of those things that everyone would be interested in. But the whole problem is that it is hard to have a fun idea for a dino game. So whoever comes up with a way to make the game first will be rich with a highly successful game.

	23-03-2003 06:08									#46
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quote: Originally posted by tniem Ok, I think understand what you meant now but the problem is that you didn't understand what I was saying. I was mentioning that not because I thought that Firaxis would release the dino game just that once anyone came out with an exciting dinosaur game that it would be a winner. It is one of those things that everyone would be interested in. But the whole problem is that it is hard to have a fun idea for a dino game. So whoever comes up with a way to make the game first will be rich with a highly successful game.

Oh, I understand you. I just don't think people are as into dinosaurs as you think they are.

	24-03-2003 09:30									#47
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I am as into dinosaurs as he thinks they are.

And I don't like to count Turok as a dinosaur game a) because most of the enemy characters are not dinosaurs, and b) because the only time you actually see dinosaurs is when you shoot them with weapons of mass destruction.

	24-03-2003 14:30									#48
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quote: Originally posted by Mr. President I am as into dinosaurs as he thinks they are.

My point is that no game developer in his right mind is going to look at a proposal for a dinosaur-centric game and think to himself "This is going to sell like hotcakes." Sid Meier didn't.

Sure, he likes dinosaurs, you like dinosaurs, even I like dinosaurs. Hell, everybody likes dinosaurs. We like to see them eat people, we like to see them fight each other, and we like to see them get shot with lasers.

But the vast majority of people out these have no interest in raising them from hatchlings. People cannot connect with dinosaur culture. Therefore, there will never be a true dinosaur game.

QED

	25-03-2003 03:02									#49
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If the gameplay is great, the subject matter is irrelevant. Something people "like" is sufficient for the game to sell well.

	25-03-2003 04:24									#50
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People can't connect with dinosaur culture but they're willing to swallow Civilization's technological advance system?

	25-03-2003 21:14									#51
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quote: Originally posted by Static Universe I just don't think people are as into dinosaurs as you think they are.

Go to any natural history museum in the country and take a look at what people look at. I was in New York City last week and most people go in that museum to see the dinosaurs. I could walk the rest of the museum and there was no one looking at ancient civilizations. But dinosaurs? The place was packed. No where to move. I think people are into dinosaurs - the question is how to make an interesting game. And that is not as easy as for human stories.