CivIII ... hell no bring on SMAC II

[SoHappy]

Well played and getting tired of CivIII, waiting for patch and hoping will make it last a little longer.

I am now missing SMAC and hoping that the next project of Firaxis will be SMAC II as for me SMAC is better then CivIII as lets face it had better diplomacy, better units, prototypes, terrain elevation, factions .... the list goes on ... Civ is tired bring on SMAC II

[Sarxis]

Run-on sentences are fun!

I liked SMAC a whole bunch too. I am really hope that someone decides to do a sequel for that awesome game.

[yin26]

And I'm really hoping that 'someone' won't be Firaxis, as they have clearly become a hack house after Brian left.

If Big Huge Games comes out with a SMAC-esque RTS, I'll pre-order it just on principle alone!

[Sandman]

If it doesn't have the vile pink graphics of SMAC, then it should be great.

[yin26]

That's a good point. At one time, I said the SMAC graphics looked like somebody tossed up a half digested taco onto an Etcha-Sketch.

[Rust]

Sci-fi sucks ***

[SoHappy]

Just does not make sense how they can go from building SMAC to CivIII ... in other words walking backwards!!!

[Tomsawyer]

I love SMAC, but what the hades would they base a sequel on???? I mean could you imagine the tech tree? If you did the transcendence ending the human race as a whole is no longer in corporal form, and a nano tech sociecty is forming on earth...........hmm I know a colony ship from AC goes to Earth but there is trouble on the ship and factio....... nahhhhh that concept just wouldnt work hehehhehe

[MarBaS]

Stop whineing babys. Civ3 is an great game.

[yin26]

Sure, if you're hard-up to kill time.

[SoHappy]

Ohh go home I am not saying CivIII is a bad game, hell I bought it and play it! but just frustrating that after coming up with great ideas in SMAC they dont use some of them to make CivIII even better and really make it CivIII not CivII1/2 .... just seems they were a little lazy

[yin26]

I tend to think of lazy people as those who know what should be done but just don't do it. I'm not sure Firaxis even had a clear idea what should be done. That moves them more toward the incompetent department.

[d_dudy]

i don't see how they could improve smac that much. plus, they wouldn't be able to add enough good things to justify what would basically be a remake (like civ2) and it's not on a subject as great as civ (human history)

i'm doubting smac2 will be firaxis' next big thing. but hopefully dinos won't be




colinisation 2...that would be cool

[Simpleton]

I thought most people hated SMAC because of the substandard AI, strange techs, strange wonders and non-intuitive improvements. Before Civ3 was released this is what I read most about SMAC. Why the sudden change?

PS: I personally liked SMAC. However, as of now I still prefer Civ3.

[Pyrodrew]

Originally posted by Simpleton
I thought most people hated SMAC because of the substandard AI, strange techs, strange wonders and non-intuitive improvements. Before Civ3 was released this is what I read most about SMAC. Why the sudden change?

It's something new to complain about.