Third XP: Yay or Nay?

[monkspider]

I touched on this in the HRE thread, but I figured it deserved it's own separate discussion.

Does everyone else agree that this will be the last XP? They probably could have stretched things out for another XP if they didn't include so many new civs in this one.

There really isn't enough quality civs left to justify a third XP at this point. There is Siam, Hebrews, Poland, Polynesia, maybe someone like the Hittites or Assyrians, maybe a modern nation like Australia, but that's it, and I would consider those to be definite third string civs. There are still a lot of leaders for existing civs like the always mentioned Spain/Japan/Arabs. But with all the new units, techs and so on, I think they have pretty much shot their load on what could possibly be added at this point unless they go for something that totally expands the scope of the game, like a new "future" age beyond the modern age.

Are we all pretty much in agreement on this?

[DrSpike]

I hope they leave it at BtS.

[Alexander I]

A third XP would have to be much smaller than BtS, without all the cool new stuff that BtS is including.

That being said, I'd probably buy it.

[Will9]

Maybe a small add-on that puts in some of the things that fans have been asking for and requires BTS.

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by Will9
Maybe a small add-on that puts in some of the things that fans have been asking for.

Heh, we can make that one ourselves.
Or rather, fans with skills can.

[Krill]

I don't know...it wouldn't suprise me if another XP was already in the first stages of design, or if they had already started designing Civ 5 using CIV as the base. Or starting to design SMAC2 using CIV as the base again.

[Will9]

Originally posted by Krill
I don't know...it wouldn't suprise me if another XP was already in the first stages of design, or if they had already started designing Civ 5 using CIV as the base. Or starting to design SMAC2 using CIV as the base again.

In the Firaxis Podcast on BTS, they seemed really proud of their next project which will be annouced next month.

[jbp26]

Originally posted by Krill
Or starting to design SMAC2 using CIV as the base again.

I think this is the most likely. i dont think another expansion is likely, simply because theres nothing really left to expand. even looking at the mods on CFC, i see very little content that i wished was in the core game. maybe a small expansion pack of scenarios, but i suspect firaxis will be moving on.

[Harovan]

Nay. Move on toward Civ5.

[DrSpike]

But not too fast - Civ4 has a lot of play in it yet.

[Aro]

Yay.

[Robert]

I'd say: too early for civ5, make a 3rd XP.
Civ4 is still fresh enough for me.

[Targonis]

Originally posted by jbp26


I think this is the most likely. i dont think another expansion is likely, simply because theres nothing really left to expand. even looking at the mods on CFC, i see very little content that i wished was in the core game. maybe a small expansion pack of scenarios, but i suspect firaxis will be moving on.

Oh, there is still a bunch of things they could add to Civ 4 for another expansion, but we shall see how things go. It would take them a good 4 years to make Civ 5 if they work on a new graphics engine, so there will be a LOT of time until Civ 5 comes out.

[dregor]

I don't think there'll be another expansion, but if there were I'd buy it. I also think Civ 5 is ~4 years off. I think their next project will be something else -- SMAC2 or a Colonization-type game.

[DrSpike]

We can only hope.