Will Firaxis sign an agreement before making Civ 4

[Yolky]

Will the memeber of Firaxis signan agreement like politicians did here in Ontario (stating they would do this or that, like a contract)

What I am asking is that they do what they said will do. As we know from Civ3 alot of things weren't there that were stated would be there(not promised but stated), and not release it in a later patch or expansion pack.

I am sick and tired of buying games and then later have to download a patch for a finished game.

Let them sign an agreement for us that when they make Civ 4 it will have what they said will have.

eg, don't say there will be multiplayer and just before the game is released that it will be on a future patch, then later it will be on an expansion.

Maybe this way we won't be so dissapointed when Civ4 comes out like Civ3 did.

What do you guys think?

Davor

[MarkG]

never was it said that MP would be a patch....

beyond that, what you ask cant be done....

[Saint Marcus]

I am sick and tired of buying games and then later have to download a patch for a finished game.

The wonders of DSDM. if you can't meet all your goals before the deadline, change the goals.

[WarpStorm]

Maybe they should just not talk about their future plans at all. That way nobody can claim they didn't live up to promises.

What do you guys think?

[TechWins]

Better yet only talk about future plans that are likely to occur or are minor in detail (i.e. don't discuss MP being in the original Civ 4-5 months before release when it must have been fairly obvious that it wouldn't have been considering it wasn't till a year after Civ3's release that MP became available). I understand that not all plans can be met by deadlines (i.e. MP in Civ3), so that's why I'm saying only discuss plans that are likely to happen and be honest about those that aren't (again i.e. MP in Civ3).

I think this should hold true for all games.

[alva]

Let them sign an agreement for us that when they make Civ 4 it will have what they said will have.

You might be able to persuade them on this if,
you can get 2 or 3 million people to sign that same paper promising
1. to buy the game
2. not to complain if it takes a year longer for the game to come out.
3. you're ok with it costing a 100$ or 200$

[Yolky]

Originally posted by MarkG
never was it said that MP would be a patch....

beyond that, what you ask cant be done....

I could be wrong but am shure either by reading the forums or somewhere in a magizine article that it might be in a patch. This was just a month before the game came out.

Why couldn't it be done? Politicanse do it (at least in Ontario)

I was just thinking if they did this it could be a new trend in games so people get a complete game when they buy it. A patch is a fix that they didn't fix during development and fixed it after being shipped.

If all those fixes they made for Civ3 weren't fixes but enhancements then it's not a patch. I forgot the name for that.

Davor

[WarpStorm]

Are you willing to wait longer for your games and pay more (these go hand in hand as Firaxis actually pays its employees, imagine that)? This is the alternative.

[MarkG]

or Firaxis could be forced to sell us stocks

[Alexander's Horse]

I hope firaxis doesn't make civ 4 - give it to BHG!!!

[TechWins]

I hope firaxis doesn't make civ 4 - give it to BHG!!!

Was RoN a success?

[Alexander's Horse]

was civ 2 a success?

[vmxa1]

By then there may not be a BHG.

[Alexander's Horse]

was there a problem with RoN?

[Tiberius]

Re: Will Firaxis sign an agreement before making Civ 4

Originally posted by Yolky
Will the memeber of Firaxis signan agreement

Yes, with Atari.