Holy S***! NO Multiplayer Until Spring!

[Melios]

The Civ3 website does not mention anything like this (you'd think it WOULD if this were true), nor do I am I even convinced it is even the truth. I mean, I did not see anyone confrming it as legitimate & official in this topic.

So I really don't understand why you're all assuming it is true when Firaxis has not confirmed that MP isn't in the retail release. You may be getting worked up over nothing.....

Personally, I don't buy it at all. It would take Firaxs' official word (not from someone else's claim) and/or a press release to convince me.

[tniem]

Originally posted by Melios
The Civ3 website does not mention anything like this (you'd think it WOULD if this were true), nor do I am I even convinced it is even the truth. I mean, I did not see anyone confrming it as legitimate & official in this topic.

So I really don't understand why you're all assuming it is true when Firaxis has not confirmed that MP isn't in the retail release. You may be getting worked up over nothing.....

Personally, I don't buy it at all. It would take Firaxs' official word (not from someone else's claim) and/or a press release to convince me.

O.K. here is why this seems highly logical to actually be the truth.

A. Mr. Pleasant has no reason to lie to us and he isn't the only person to have started this rumor today before everyone went nuts. There was another one this morninig that basically said the same thing.

B. Mr. Pleasant has forwared the email to Markos (site owner) and he has not came to tell us that the email is not legit. Making me believe that Markos actually believes it.

C. Firaxis has to have been bombarded by emails today asking what is going on. They have to know this forum is being hammered on this subject. And they have not said a word. A simple "this is just not true." or "MP will be in" by Dan would have shut this up in a second.

D. Firaxis has a history of changing things and making switches without good fan interaction.

Did I miss anything?

[Wittlich]

Nope, I believe you touched all the bases tniem.

[Imran Siddiqui]

News item submitted.

See if this makes Firaxis makes an offical announcement.

[Sirotnikov]

I don't think it proper for a game of such scale. If MP can't be out in October, Civ III should have been delayed until December or something. That means more MP work, and more SP work. Less patches needed.

I would be perfectly happy to see it in December. Infact I was very worried when I heard the release is planned for october. In my opinion that's way too early, especially when MP isn't done, and some features (ie unqiue civs) may need polishing.

But hey, Let's hope we see a good Civ no matter what.

[star mouse]

My advice for those buying CIV3 is to keep your receipt. This may be needed to get a discount on the multiplayer expansion if it is a separate expansion for which you must pay. Personally, I'm hoping that it ships with multiplayer, but if it doesn't, let's hope multiplayer is a free patch that can be downloaded later free of charge.

Or maybe they took UberKrux' sig seriously and decided "better to ship it in October without multiplayer than to wait until multiplayer is ready and have our building burned"

[Rasputin]

If this is true, even when Civ 3 MP comes out I wont buy it, I think that firaixs obviously beleives we will all fall for yet another Scam when it comes to computer software, paying for EXTRAS that should have been in the game to start with, if the MP patch is free then I will purchase Civ3 otherwise it is off to the nearest Warez site for me...

[Depp]

I want this game mostly for multiplayer (Internet and Hotseat), since I will play it about four times single player, and then I want multiplayer, that's how it was with SMAC.

On the other hand, I never missed not playing multiplayer in Europa Universalis, and since Eu2 seems alot more promising than Civ 3 at this point...

[dexter4dxm]

this is just shocking.

you can bet that MoO3 will have full multiplayer support, in fact I expect it to be a better stage of multiplayer support, with significant improvements. the idea of Civ3 shipping without multplayer annoys me really bad.

no multiplayer? no ca$h from me, any many many others.

[Rasputin]

looks like i will have to go get a copy of MOO and MOO2 to see what that genre is about , down to the MOO3 forum if this continues !!!!

[Father Beast]

Originally posted by fluxcapacitor
This thread is humorous. You're all getting all kinds odpissed off over something your read in a forum for chrissake?! I dunno, I guess I'm another for the "let's-wait-and-see-what-Firaxis-has-to-say" camp...

I would be skeptical, but the debacle with the demo (which was announced as a rumor in this forum first) makes me realize that it's probably true.

Like Korn, I don't care about multiplayer, I don't possess MGE, I use the hack to play hotseat. BUT, this makes me nervous about what else we'll be disappointed in about Civ3.

No demo
no multiplayer (straight from Yin's review)
no M.A.D.
No improved road and rails rules

[yin26]

Yin, all this "the game will suck if we dont give it 6 more months" shi-t is bull. they've worked on it for long enough, just trust them.

As it turns out, my mock blasting of Firaxis might sadly have been proving true...from my 'review' thread July 20:

P.S. MULTIPLAYER Anyone?

As you may have noticed, discussion of multiplayer was strangely missing from the review. This is because I was awaiting an official answer from Firaxis, which finally came from Kelly, their PR person:

"Dear Firaxis Fan:

We have recently been made aware of a mis-printing on the box that read 'Multiplayer out of the box.' What that SHOULD have read is 'Multi-layer out of the box,' referring to the layers of advertisements, legal documents promising not to sue for missing features, and mail-in offers for the manual (oh, and the CD, of course). All told, you'll find over 5 layers **thus, 'Multi-layer'** in the box. We never have claimed 'Multiplayer' anything. Well, somebody once claimed something about 'innovative and exciting multiplayer' blah blah blah, but that phrase never came from THIS office.

I understand, however, that the next patch might provide, free of charge, a Call-to-Power like system that will allow the player to hack files for weeks with little or no results. We hope this will prolong the life of the game as casual gamers teach themselves programming tricks in order to build this stuff themselves.

Again, we are sorry for your confusion. Anyway, who would want to play a TBS game through MP at any rate? That would take, like, hours and hours...

Sincerely,

The PR Wizard"

[yin26]

If the no MP thing turns out to be true, I think I will print, bronze and mail that review of mine to Firaxis...

[Rasputin]

any thing else you need to tell us about civ 3 before it comes out Yin, you appear closer to the FACTS than even Firaxis

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Melios
The Civ3 website does not mention anything like this (you'd think it WOULD if this were true), nor do I am I even convinced it is even the truth. I mean, I did not see anyone confrming it as legitimate & official in this topic.

What worries me is that they have been dreadfully silent about multiplayer. We hear new updates on game functions all the time, but it is all single player crap. Not a whisper about multiplayer. They are freaking hiding the fact that they are delaying it. Trying to get us so rabid for its release that by the time we realize it isn't complete we won't be able to resist and will buy the damn thing anyways. And then by the half-dozen expansion packs they sell later. My fellow gamers- DON"T DO IT!!! Tell Firaxis loud, clear and often that this very much upsets you and you are prepared to do something about it with your money.

This is BAD news. VERY BAD NEWS. Interest in Single Player games last a month or two then its time to move on to something better. Multiplayer is permanent and as varried as the amount of people there are who play it. You'll never have the same game, everything is incredibly better than the AI.

Firaxis! Change this! Don't give us a half-done, stone-age, money making scheme. We deserve better. Don't **** us over!