Vote HERE to bring back Wonder movies!!

[Apocalypse]

Well, yes, but they don't have to cost that much depending on what ya do.

[Robert]

Wonder movies as in civ2 must be very expensive.
Graphical artists are about even more expensive then programmers.

[Skanky Burns]

Slideshow-type movies are much cheaper to produce and still very effective, as shown by games such as Thief. Not that every wonder movie should be slideshows.

[Adagio]

I don't really care about wonder movies, as long as they don't cost too much to make... that money could have been use better other places...

[Mercator]

As long as they're not some sort of computer-generated 3D crapola.

[Robert]

As long as they don't exist.

[Skanky Burns]

It is a false assumption that money saved on wonder movies would be spent on programming. The game needs eye candy if it is going to sell. The game needs eye candy if the publishers are going to pay for continued development of the game.

We may as well request that the eyecandy in question actually adds something to the game, unlike other resource-intensive undertakings that did not add much. *cough*leaderheads*cough*

[Robert]

Leaderheads at least are things you keep on seeing.
Wondermovies are turned off after 3 times anyway.

I have no problems with eye-candy.
Bring on the eye-candy. But not on stuff we don't care about anyway.

As with the palace, it's useless in it's current form.
But a palace would be cool if you would meet visitors in it, so you can impress them.

[Mercator]

You choose to turn off wonder movies, just like I also chose to turn off the diplomacy screen in Civ2 (don't know if that's possible in Civ3).

I certainly like the wonder movies better than the diplomacy screen. I even occasionally look at them just because they're so pretty , I think I turned off the "animated heralds" almost immediately, and I haven't seen them since.

(oh, and I'm talking civ2 here, thanks to a blissfull lack of civ3)

The fact that people still turn up, even now, on these forums asking what music was used in the civ2 wonder movies should be enough evidence that they really are looked at.

[Dauphin]

Wonder movies, using real video footage as opposed to CGI, can't be that expensive can they? I mean, I could use decent video capture on a PC I had 5 years ago. An editor to add a bit of music and text and I was away with some decent work! Advances in technology since then must make it still relatively cheap and quick to make.

The only real cost I can see is rights to use footage for commercial purposes..

[Brent]

I definitely prefer wonder movies over unit animations and animated rulers. But more important than the movies to me are things like the editor, scenarios, and civilizations. It does sound like time/ money/ effort spent on wonder movies could harm more important things. If the movies are in, I want live action, no CG. If it's a choice between wonder movies and other eye candy, please go with the movies. Make sure to pop up a link to the civilopedia when the movie ends and also if the player skips the movie, not like Civ2. I will watch wonder movies far more than three times.

[Joseph]

Yes

[Vince278]

Sorry, voted no. The cool visuals can be a great reward for a job well done but after seeing it for the first time it becomes a needless distraction.

[Robert]

I also chose to turn off the diplomacy screen in Civ2 (don't know if that's possible in Civ3).

The diplomacy screen is automaticly turned off in civ3, since it can't be turned on.
The civ3 diplo screen is like the civ2 diplo screen while the diplo screen is turned off

[Robert]

The poll is not the best poll I have ever seen.
The question: "Do you want more for the same price" will by most people be answered by 'yes' at first sight.

You should have made a poll:
- do you want wonder movies, so there are less resources for the other aspects of the game?
- do you not want wonder movies but do you want Firaxis to spend their resources on more important aspects of the game.

I'm sure there would be a hell of a difference in the outcome.

Making polls is a profession