MP... What if Brian had not left?

[Earthling7]

I was reading an article on Gamespy written by Brian. He is all enthusiastic about Age of Kings and Starcraft. I think he just got sick of TBS. Artistical differences, I suppose.

Guess his next game will be Age of Presidents or something...

[Yoleus]

Oh Brian, why are thou, Brian?

(wanted to sound like Juliet in Shakespeare, but failed miserably)

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
You don't think kicking a high profile game out the door before it is finished is a bad thing?

Take a look at why the game was kicked out the door before it was finished.
Heres a hint: It has to do with a certain developing team leaving after 7 months, forcing Firaxis to start again basically from scratch...

[David Murray]

Maybe us Europeans are getting a version with multiplayer--thus the late release date--look here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NZWO/o/qid=1005490938/sr=8-1/ref=sr_aps_vg_3_1/202-7382355-3708617

It says:

"Features
More fun and interesting decision making
New paths to victory
New interface and reporting screens
More powerful and intuitive customization tools
Full set of integrated, multiplayer options"

Well, I can but hope.

[squid]

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[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Heres a hint: It has to do with a certain developing team leaving after 7 months, forcing Firaxis to start again basically from scratch...

This excuses Firaxis in what way? Don't tell me they couldn't have found the 9^10 gold bug, the corruption bug, and the bomber bug if they had done any sort of QA. Even if that had been too much effort, the very least they could have done would have been to have include MP as they were planning on doing and not drop it at the last second to shove it out of the door.

[TCO]

Re: Re: Good point but

Originally posted by TLG


"Let's play fair : do not overtake my cities guarded with 4 riflemen with your army of warriors"

Sounds fun but it happend to me yesterday when I lost a city guarded with 4 riflemen (3 veterans, 1 elite each) against 12 Egyptian chariots (2/1/2)

There was a 50% bonus when fighting outdated units in Civ2. Why did Firaxis forget it in Civ3 ?

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Brian Reynolds

Don't be such a wimp. In civ2 it was too easy for the human to beat up on the AI because of the huge advantaage modern units had. If you were not such a wimp at combat, you'd be happy for stronger competition.

[TCO]

Firaxis said they would be able to get their projects done when Brain left. It's a little late to be looking ofr excuses now. Besides, so what if Brian left? Bottom line is same in terms of performance wether the reason is Brian leaving or the dog eating the homework.