How can we lobby Infrogames to release MOM 2?

[jackshot]

Re: MOM2

Originally posted by Anunikoba
Would be nice to take 'fantasy' gaming back to TBS. Right now, RPGs seem to have a monopoly on 'fantasy'.

Heroes of Might and Magic, Age of Wonders, Disciples, all of which supposedly have sequels coming out. Don't understand this one.

Still, would be nice to add MoM2 to that list, eh?

[Bleyn]

Uhhhm..... Lets see. HoMM and Age of Wonders are 4X TBS games the same way Birth of the Federation is a 4X TBS game. ie. They've almost got all the right elements but its just not quite as much fun.

Don't know about Disciples, never played it.

The only decent-non RPG fantasy game I've seen out recently are the Kohan games, and they are Real Time Tactics games. (I refuse to call any game in that genre strategy, because they are so not strategy games). I must admit though, for RTT games, the Kohans have one of the most creative designs I've seen in a long time.

[Roman]

I never got to play MOM , but it sounds like an excellent game, so I hope you suceed in releasing MOM2.

[Possibility]

A mom2 would be so sweet.

As for the original mom, it runs great in winME but with no sound. WinMe can play all old dos games really good.

Possibility

[MariOne]

Originally posted by Jack the Bodiless
I've been hoping for MOM2 for years. And I've heard that DOS support in Windows XP isn't very good, so I may be forced to choose between Windows XP and Master of Magic...

Heck, even a fully Windows-friendly version of MOM with no other changes would be worth buying.

Games installed on my PC:
SMAC/X
MoO2 which I sometimes play
Stars! which it's too demanding now for my depleted brain

and...

on a true DOS 6.22 partition starting right before the 2Gb limit, and which I boot from making it active thanks to BootMagic tool, MoM (and Machiavelli the Prince)

For all the problems SMAC has, it has some knack making it a great game anyway.
Being pissed at how Firaxis handled their whole Customer Care, I was determined to not give them a cent for CivIII.
But, but... if actually much more money goes to Infogrames than to Firaxis, and if that can support the cause of MoM 2, welllll.....

[Stormhound]

Much more money from this point forward will go to Infogrames than Firaxis, to be sure. Firaxis has likely gotten most of the money they'll see out of it by this point. That's just the difference between being the publisher and being the developer...the developer gets paid to make the thing, and the publisher risks the big money trying to sell it.

[Monoriu]

I have been hoping for MoM2 for years.

[Rosacrux]

Ahem... has anyone of you MOM fans (me being one myself ) played Age of Wonders? If not, let me tell you it's pretty close of being a clone of MOM (better graphics, enhanced gameplay etc.) but most certainly it lacks some magick of MOM (in terms of addiction, that is).

So, instead of lobbying Infogrames to release MOM2, let's see what's going on with AOW2 - they might just hit bullseye with the second re-incarnation of the good ole MOM

BTW I still have MOM on my HDD and it plays wonderfully in my WindowsMe machine - no sound problems, no partitions no nothing. It plays smooth as a silk glove (and fast as hell too )

[Deathray]

I have played Age of Wonders. It was awful. It struck me as a poor Warlords 3 clone. Not a patch on Master of Magic. I wish they would do a MoM2. Personally I have some very interesting ideas for a game with the MoM flavour, although I'll probably never get to make it, and the technology around today isn't at the right level for what I'm thinking of.

[Sammual]

Originally posted by Rosacrux
BTW I still have MOM on my HDD and it plays wonderfully in my WindowsMe machine - no sound problems, no partitions no nothing. It plays smooth as a silk glove (and fast as hell too )

I think I hate you....
I have 3 PCs. Win98 / Win2K / WinME and I can't get MOM to run for more than 2 mins before crashing.

The sick part is I am a computer tech and a programmer.

My parents old Win95 PC still runs it perfectly (One of the reasons I make the 6+ hour drive home for the holidays).

Sammual

P.S. When will we know if QuickSilver has the green light for MOM2?
As soon as they do? As soon as the paperwork is signed? As soon as the publisher releases the press release?

I have some ideas I would like to discuss about MOM2 and I want to know if the design bible will be done before we get wind of project.

[Bleyn]

Originally posted by Sammual


I think I hate you....
I have 3 PCs. Win98 / Win2K / WinME and I can't get MOM to run for more than 2 mins before crashing.

Odd. My Win98 machine doesn't have much trouble with it.

I have some ideas I would like to discuss about MOM2 and I want to know if the design bible will be done before we get wind of project.

I don't know if we could get away with starting a MOM2 wishlist here, but getting one going somewhere and being sure that QS knows about it would be a good way to start.

[Jack the Bodiless]

Maybe we should begin by petitioning MarkG and DanQ for a MOM forum here.

[Zealot]

Originally posted by Jack the Bodiless
Maybe we should begin by petitioning MarkG and DanQ for a MOM forum here.

It's not that I oppose the idea, but if one is created it probably would go to the Other Games forum. Because, after all, not even MOO 3 is out yet!

But hey, give it a try.

[mrs_c]

Did any of you play Age of Wonders? It's a cross between MOM and Heroes of M&M. Really great game with an excellent map editor. A sequel is now in the works. If you missed this one, you really should try and find it.

[Rosacrux]

err... mrs_c... that is precisely what we are talking about... and Age of Wonders is mainly a new MOM incarnation with a couple of twixes here and there (and without the quality of the original MOM).


To all the others... a MOM2 wishlist is great... what if you started it in the "Other Games" forum... when it's on track, we could e-mail it to QS... or Infogrames... could be a slight pressure into the right direction (so maybe they do decide to give it a shot after all)...