Alan Emrich

[ACEofHeart]

Since I never buy strategy guides I can see how I missed that area.
hmmm, maybe he needs a new PR manager LOL

Anyway, with the CODE patch MOO3 is more challenging but it's the whole game (over)design and lack of real diplomacy that will forever keep it at best in mediocre land even with patches.

I too still wonder if he feels vindicated after it's intial release or bitter .

thanks for the update though

[RKJanus]

Originally posted by ACEofHeart
I'm still trying to figure out why Alan was ever given the chance to even head up such a design project.
He had no track record that I knew of.,, All I know of him is that he did some "reviews" for a gaming magazine, and once married someone he met online at TSN network where we all played online before the Internet explosion. (got divorced a year later btw )

That happened in the early 90's and next time I even hear of him was the Master of Orion III project !!!
huh ???
Did I miss something of note that he did in between ???

Alan worked on the TBS games Empire Deluxe and Panzer General in the early to mid 1990s, all of which were critically acclaimed. He also wrote the strategy guide for Empire Deluxe. Alan also came up with the preliminary design for Starfleet Command, which was SFB in the real time universe.

However the TBS Empire 2 (1996) was rather too complicated for many, and really attempted too much so it wasn't necessarily a good sign.

Certainly