Firaxis' Sim title "later this year", and civ3???

[MarkG]

as we wrote yesterday in our Misc section from thesims.com

quote: Legendary game designer, Sid Meier (Alpha Centauri & Civilization), has been spotted at Maxis on a few occasions in recent months. Although the specifics are a closely guarded secret, we can tell you that Sid and Firaxis are working on a Sim title that is due out later this year. Look for more details in the coming weeks.

a game (obviously) scheduled for the end of the year and we hear about it's existance(not even a name or a theme) only now?

[Wittlich]

Hmmm, makes you wonder...

[SerapisIV]

SimMars maybe? Will Wright does life sims and Sid does empire games. Early colony till rebel from earth? Sort of like the Colonization end game? Random idea, anyone ever hear official news on SimMars? It was previewed by a few magazines and then dissappeared, even the webpage.

[MarkG]

i think simmars was cancelled or something...

[Henrik]

How do you underline?
It isn't described along whit the other ubb code stuff (not that this had anything to do whit the topic)

[joseph1944]

SimMars was cancel last summer if I remember correctly. I'm not sure but I think the studio that was doing the game went under. The game was 1/2 to 2/3 compete at the time because the release date was somewhere between 4th quarter of 2000 and the 1st quarter this year. Some of you may remember SimEarth that Maxis did back in 89/90 (I have it on my self). There was a Venus and either Mars or the moon scenarios in the game.
I don’t know about a title “SimCivMars” or “SimVenusCiv”.
What do you think?


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[SerapisIV]

I never heard about SimMars' demise, it was just an idea. Will Wright is much more into smale-scale simulations while Sid does bigger ones. Is there a compromise in between? Or would it be more like Antietem, a pretty different genre from Civ. A lot of people have been pushing for a Pirates sequel. Now, I have a good idea what most of Sid's early games were, what were Will's? I only know him from SimCity, SimFarm, SimCopter, SimAnt and the Sims. Any other games before that?

[MarkG]

quote: Originally posted by Henrik on 04-14-2001 03:44 PM How do you underline?

it's html
try
< u >blah blah< /u > without the spaces

[Roman]

Just testing underline - sorry for the irrelevance of this post.

[Roman]

Just testing underline - sorry for the irrelevance of this post.

[Ceci n'est pas Snapcase]

It's... SimCiv! Firaxis and Maxis work together to create a game with the combat action of The Sims combined with the graphical splendour of Civilization 2! CivIII canned in favour of a real-time game where units go about guided by unknown principles doing absolute bull****! Hooray! (F*ck, I hate Maxis games.)

[SerapisIV]

Well Sid has pretty much every genre under his belt if you include his early Microprose games. What genre's does Will Wright have besides the simulations? Anyone know his early game design history? That or it could be like you said tniem, Sid making an attempt at a sim game, something I'm not sure he's done before, and something his designer status allows him to collaborate with the best for.

[Zanzin]

Could we assume that this has something to do with that "prototype" that Sid was talking about a while back?

[tniem]

It would seem to me that the game is based on one of the two 'The Sims' games that have already been announced either Sim Live or The Sims Online. The reason I say this is that the news was not on the Maxis site but instead on 'The Sims' site within Maxis. Just an observation.

[jdlessl]

Hmmm, Firaxis and Maxis joining forces. What would you call that? Fimaxis? Miraxis?

In other news Sid Meier announced a new add-on for the popular game "The Sims", provisionally entitled "Livin' Like a King". In it, you direct the activities in the palace of your empire throughout the ages. Keep the visiting VIP's pampered, fend off the occasional rioters and get them off the Royal carpet, make sure the senile autocrat isn't replaced too quickly by the upstart claimant to the throne. The challenges are endless!

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Jared Lessl