New Firaxis game to be 3D?

[FrantzX]

http://www.gamespydaily.com/news/pressrelease.asp?id=1458

[WarpStorm]

Well, they are hiring 3D programmers.

[zulu9812]

thing is, one of the things i like about civ games is that they don't have huge graphical requirements - i wonder what Firaxis are planning...

[Willem]

There was a rumour that they were thinking about a remake of Pirates. That was one of Sid's first games, many years ago now, and rather cool for it's time. It could certainly have a use for 3D graphics during the fight scenes, and a few other areas as well.

I hope that's what they have in mind, I spent many hours playing that game. It would be nice to see it redone.

[Destroyer]

Could be that they are going to make civ4 in 3d thereby dumbing it down to the lowest common denometer, bolloxing it up forever.

[tniem]

Originally posted by zulu9812
thing is, one of the things i like about civ games is that they don't have huge graphical requirements - i wonder what Firaxis are planning...

I doubt there next game will be a Civ game. Sid hates doing sequels. He has never himself designed one. He will not make Civ IV or SMAC II. That does not mean a team at Firaxis will not, just that Sid won't. So Sid is probably making something new. After all, SimGolf has meant little support and I don't think there will be an expansion or anything, so he is making a new game in my opinion.

Meanwhile, a new TBS might be looming. But not until the Civ 3 team is finished with PTW. At that point they may make SMAC 2 or Civ IV. But not until after PTW and maybe not until they work on something else for a while.

[Sabre2th]

Sid has always been driven to develop new ideas. He likes to be unique

[Adm.Naismith]

Well, I'm happy to see Firaxis is addressing a weak point that's becoming serious and hurting their future development.

I have no idea if Sid will revamp Dino idea, remake Pirates or planning The Civs, a clone of The Sims in Civilization background but I hope they'll do a good, state of the art product (and I don't think they did it with the last Civ, you know my opinion ).

[MarkG]

here's my prediction

- PTW
- sequel of Pirates or Colonization
- Sid's Latest Crazy Yet Amazing Idea <SUP><FONT SIZE=1>TM</FONT></SUP>
- Civ IV

i dont give much chances for a smac 2 as it would narrow their target group. i actually give more chances for a "civ3: alpha centauri" expansion pack

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

I don't expect SMAC 2 for a while, simply because MOO3 is on the horizon.

Would really like to see Pirates2 or Colonization2 providing Firaxis doesn't eliminate a lot of the classic features like they did in Civ3.

[Jeremy Buloch]

I would like to see a patch for SMAC that would allow it to run under Windows 2000 pro.

-J.B.-

[Skanky Burns]

I would love to see another version of Pirates.

[Dan Magaha FIRAXIS]

Originally posted by Jeremy Buloch
I would like to see a patch for SMAC that would allow it to run under Windows 2000 pro.

-J.B.-

What a coincidence! We are currently testing a SMAC compatibility update which should resolve issues with Win2000 and Windows XP.

Dan

[Jon Shafer]

Dannyyyyyyyy. Make sure they spend more time on game content than making the thing look good in 3d.
And you may want to teach them all how to dance too...

[Willem]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I would love to see another version of Pirates.

Ditto. I really enjoyed playing that game.