MoO2 Free with LE of Civ3?

Buck Birdseed · September 23, 2001, 13:38

http://gamepen.ugo.com/gamepen/fullnews.asp?newsid=5055

Can anyone confirm/deny this?

SerapisIV · September 23, 2001, 13:54

From a management standpoint it makes sense. LE games are usually marketing techniques for publishers (not developers) to make extra money adding to the game. Infogrames is publishing both Civ3 and MoO3. Being that both games are in the same genre and being published by Infogrames, it would make snese as MoO2 is pretty much abandonware and drum up extra customers for MoO3.

Looks like one of the Infogrames marketing geeks did his homework on empire building games.

Darkknight · September 23, 2001, 14:33

MoO 2 costs £2.99 in the shops does it really make the extra £15 for LE worthwhile? the other stuff is nice but the scenario will be online the day it's released and what else the video, if you really need it that will be online too.
If you have a printer you can just printout the techtree.

tniem · September 23, 2001, 14:39

When they were releasing Civ2 Gold, Best Buy was running a deal where you got MOO2 (maybe one, I don't quite remember) for free. Of course when MPGE was finally released (it was delayed at least six months as I recall) they no longer would honor the raincheck they gave me.

Any way, I said all of this just to make the point that they have done it in the past and likely they will do it again as promotion for MOO3.

gannon · September 23, 2001, 15:01

I pre-ordered civ3 on gamestop.com not LE and I am going to get MOO2.

Kyle · September 23, 2001, 16:09

EBWorld is giving a free copy of Risk 2 for preorders of the LE of Civ3. Don't see why Babbages wouldn't do something similar.

Master Marcus · September 23, 2001, 16:14

I've also read somewhere in the Delphi forum that they may print a MoO3 promo on the back of the Civ3 instruction booklet ( Alan himself if I remember, but he wasn't sure then ). Perhaps we'll even see a flyer on some civ sites to promote the game.

All that civ-moo thing is brought to you by Infogrames

smellymummy · September 24, 2001, 01:57

Quote:

Originally posted by gannon
I pre-ordered civ3 on gamestop.com not LE and I am going to get MOO2.

Same thing here... It's a shame though that they don't send moo2 before, I wouldn't of mind playing it. I think it's because gamespot doesn't charge until shipped. The same probably applies for other stores. If you think about it, moo2 won't realy be played all that much even if we all get a free copy of it..

Father Beast · September 24, 2001, 05:42

Quote:

Originally posted by Kyle
EBWorld is giving a free copy of Risk 2 for preorders of the LE of Civ3. Don't see why Babbages wouldn't do something similar.

Now that would be a whole lot more appealling to me, since I already got moo2 and didn't like it.

I preordered my LE from EB, but from the local store, not from ebworld.com. I'll have to check if I still get the freebie.

JonahFalcon · September 24, 2001, 09:20

I wrote the news blurb - if you go to Babbages or Software Etc, you can pick up the catalog (it says WISH LIST on it), turn to page 42. On page 43 is an interview with Sid Meier, too.

I preordered the LE at my local EB. I'll have to speak to Alan, the manager - however, EBs are supposed to match EBWorld offers.

Sarxis · September 27, 2001, 00:51

Quote:

Originally posted by Snapcase
http://gamepen.ugo.com/gamepen/fullnews.asp?newsid=5055

Can anyone confirm/deny this?

"I can neither confirm or deny actions I've not witnessed."

-James T. Kirk, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Father Beast · September 27, 2001, 05:07

I talked to the guys down at my local EB, and they say that the store will match any cheese that is offered on the website.

So it looks like I'll be getting Risk II with my preorder of CIV3 LE

Sarxis · September 27, 2001, 23:39

Really? RISK II?

I already have it, and it is a very good rendition of the original.

I highly recommend the game!

Urban Ranger · November 21, 2001, 10:52

Risk II is too easy. I used to play with bidding, and the CPs (computer players) are easily duped into paying a huge bundle for territories, leaving me the only person who has the moola to scoop up 20+ territories.

I guess you can play with random allocation of territories, but that wasn't a lot of fun, considering that the CPs seemed to be quite lucky with the dice rolls.

That's why I played with the option rule that, the more armies a player has, the bigger the die he gets to roll. No more of this "rambo" business.