Firaxis:When do we see Modern Screens?

[H Tower]

I'd really like to see a couple screen shots that have more advanced units in them (like tanks, planes). I'd also like to see how railroads, maglevs(?) and farmland looks. Who else is waiting anxiously?

[jerkwaterbox]

now i know everyone wants to see modern screenshots but i doubt any will be released anytime soon.

[isaac brock]

oh, they better release them soon. there's no reason not to. Why haven't they released them already? Why don't a few beta testers leak out some screenshots?

[Sabre2th]

there's no reason not to

They don't want to reveal the units and things yet.

[jerkwaterbox]

i don't think any beta testers will have the balls to leak out anything because a lot of them are probably on staff. also it was probably said that they would be taken out back and shot if anything was leaked.

[H Tower]

Originally posted by jerkwaterbox
i don't think any beta testers will have the balls to leak out anything because a lot of them are probably on staff. also it was probably said that they would be taken out back and shot if anything was leaked.

I think all the testers are on staff, afterall, there was no public beta. If there was, we'd be rolling in screenshots right now and probably playing bootleg versions of the demo. *sighs* if only they had made it a public beta

[isaac brock]

what kind of faulty beta testing are they practising? if the beta testers are all staff, they won't report bugs for fear of pissing Sid off. Or if Sid put a concept in the game that doesn't seem fun, they don't want to piss off the Almighty Sid.

Don't get me wrong, I worship Sid every night before i go to bed, I just hate the idea that screenshots won't be leaked.

[Imran Siddiqui]

if the beta testers are all staff, they won't report bugs for fear of pissing Sid off. Or if Sid put a concept in the game that doesn't seem fun, they don't want to piss off the Almighty Sid.

LOL! Yeah right! They'd piss off Sid more if they didn't report ANY bugs . And they all know it.

[Sabre2th]

Sid knows what he's doing. If something about the game doesn't work the way he wants it to, it's out. We've seen his work before.

About the public beta: We could always just storm the Firaxis building.....

[Grim Legacy]

"You are surrounded! Come out of the building with the Civ3 CDROMs above your head!"

[donarumo]

Originally posted by Sabre2th
Sid knows what he's doing. If something about the game doesn't work the way he wants it to, it's out. We've seen his work before.

I get the feeling Sid is not that connected to the progress of this game. In fact, it would not surprise me if the beta release was the first copy he may have played since the inception.

[tniem]

Originally posted by H Tower
I think all the testers are on staff, afterall, there was no public beta. If there was, we'd be rolling in screenshots right now and probably playing bootleg versions of the demo. *sighs* if only they had made it a public beta

As I understand it they have hired a lab to test to make sure the game runs on a variet of machines without many bugs. So there is a beta test going on outside of Firaxis' control just not public. But when this happens, there is always a chance that the game will leak. (keeping fingers crossed)

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Grim Legacy
"You are surrounded! Come out of the building with the Civ3 CDROMs above your head!"

That was soo funny!

[Sabre2th]

There's nothing like a mob of angry civ addicts.

[H Tower]

Could have saved some dough

Originally posted by tniem


As I understand it they have hired a lab to test to make sure the game runs on a variet of machines without many bugs.

we would have done that for free, they wouldn't have to pay me big bucks to play civ3. in fact i would pay for the opportunity to play test! Name your price firaxis, I want to help with the beta!

and since we've all heard that firaxis is short on money...