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Cruddy
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I voted yes - but I don't think there will be a release until 2006 or later.
There are more powerful computers around now than when Civ3 was released - but they aren't too widespread as yet, so the potential market hasn't evolved.
I also wouldn't be surprised if such a game had little to do with Sid Meir. He's expreseed total disinterest, if I understand correctly.
Don't hold your breath for it - you'll faint.
It also depends on what you mean by completely new version - one which doesn't have isometric tiles? One which doesn't have individual units as such?
After reading 'Poly for a couple of months now, I appreciate a lot of people have complaints about Civ3 and PTW.
Trying to tie those complaints together to do a completely new version is a huge job. But I would certainly buy and play the end product.
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Cruddy
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quote:
Originally posted by The Templar
1) That's not quite what I mean. IMHO Sid feels as though he's stuck in a rut - so he's always trying to do something new - something that exceeds Civ. I say this because Sid repeatedly claims to be tired of Civ.
2) Unfortunately for him, none of his other efforts live up. So back to Civ he goes for more money. I'm not syaing this is a bad thing - think of it as us collectively bribing him (by buying the game) to put down Dinosaurs or SimGolf 2 or whatever to make another Civ for us.
3) Besides, I thought Infogrames, I mean "Atari", owns the rights for Civ? And don't worry, as long as there is money to be milked, there will be more civ (I guess capitalism does sometimes work out). |
1) I totally agree - If I was Sid I'd have difficulty facing another Civ rewrite for latest tech machines. I'm sure there's plenty of good games besides Civ in Sid & Firaxis.
2) Noooo - dont agree. For reason on my first post. Also, revenue raised from Civ can be put into future projects - they don't have to go into the next Civ. OK, the Firaxis employment/consultant contract has this in the small print somewhere - I'm sure it's confidential so let's not speculate.
3) A company may "CLAIM" to own the rights to anything. Software ownership has resulted in many, many legal cases. I can only speculate about who owns the rights to Civ. These are my thoughts and reasons.
a) Atari/Infogrames are unlikely to hold all rights to Civ. If they did, why would they bother putting Firaxis logo on the box and on the website, or allow them any sort of public contact in regards to Civ? If they had all the rights, they'd cut Firaxis off. I suspect what they have is "license to distribute", not "ownership".
b) If Firaxis/Sid have no rights to Civ, why would they continue to support patches and the website for it? Not the Atari one - the Firaxis one? That just doesn't make sense, devoting resources (including having forums between employees and the public). If Atari had all the rights Firaxis would just walk away.
Those aren't proof - but they are strong evidence. If correct, it will be interesting to see who picks up the rights to distribute Civ when the current contract runs out. One fascingating thought - who owns the trademark "Sid Meirs Civilisation"? That might be a strong clue - or a red herring!
Last edited by Cruddy on 13-05-2003 at 02:45
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raghar
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I wish somewhere else.
Oct 2002
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Sure is. It took me just few hours to design significant improvement and it looked interesting, thought it was differnt game at the end. One of problems is unit movement. Movement one unit a time would spell problems with higher amount of units and with speed of next game.
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12-05-2003 16:19
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