Did None of the Beta Testers

[Kahn]

Keep guessing! 19 more to go.

P.S.: I mean no slight by my previous remark, just an observation. If I could hear him speak, I could probably narrow it down to the city he grew up in. Always had a knack for picking up on different languages and accents since I was a kid. Heck, I learned Russian in 1 week back when I was 15.

[CharlesBHoff]

I was born with brain damage in my speech center, which not only except talking but all communicate written, granner.
Born in America actural gotten slight better as I gotten older.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by CharlesBHoff
I was born with brain damage in my speech center, which not only except talking but all communicate written, granner.
Born in America actural gotten slight better as I gotten older.

I remember you mentioning that before. All things considered you are doing good. I'm curious, does that affect reading as well? How about game playing (MOO3)?

[Kahn]

My apologies CBH.

[CharlesBHoff]

Originally posted by Vince278


I remember you mentioning that before. All things considered you are doing good. I'm curious, does that affect reading as well? How about game playing (MOO3)?

For me it doesnot affect reading or gameplaying.

[Destroyer]

Originally posted by Kahn

the demise of Microprose was directly responsible for the creation of Firaxis (Sid's Company) and Big Huge Games.

Microprose - What haappened:

UFO
Terror from the Deep
X-Com Apocalypse
Civilisation
Master of Orion
Master of Orion 2

These guys were the Black Isle of the TBS genre.

And as for After Sales Support.

No publisher ever put much into this. It relies on the developer being rich enough to afford i, with the promise that punters will buy the next version.

We saw this with Firaxis and CIV3.

And recently Championship Manager 4.

CM4, like MOO3 was a highly anticipated game, which had a lot to live up to,and finecky fans to please.

They were also redesigning both games from scratch. Both had many bugs on release.

The difference is that in 2 months since its release. SI are developing the 4th patch (sorry, enhancement pack)already. For christsake, they had a patch ready the day after it was released. That is aftersale service, and Moo3 is a millions of miles (or au's) away fom this.

Capitalism, its an American invention, isnt it? You guys should be proud of it. If only the CEO's realised they might make more in the long run by producing quality, instead of cutting costs.

[Kahn]

My previous post to the one you quoted explains (in painful detail) just how MoO3 got to be as awful as it is.

In its early days, Microprose set the standard for after-market support. I still long for those days when I could call up and speak one-on-one with one of the developers or programers and actually have them call me back two days later with a patch! I guarantee in this age of spin doctoring problems away you'll never see that again!

P.S. We're getting too serious here....


By the way, Infogrames/Atari is European, not American.... ouch! That gotta hurt!

[Destroyer]

Originally posted by Kahn
My previous post to the one you quoted explains (in painful detail) just how MoO3 got to be as awful as it is.

I dont actually think MOo3 is that bad as a game.

It is just 75% finished. I think they were headed in the right direction, and then got cut short. Perhaps they aimed for too much.

Most of us would have been happy with a more gradual progression. There is no real tie from Moo2 to 3 apart from a few names. And with all the effort they put into the back story, they could have easily created their own.

IG was French, I think, though, that might explain it.

Incidently, how did Moo3 sell?

I had real problems finding a copy here (checking 5 shops about a week after it came out), which suggests IG didnt think it was going to sell well anyway.

[krait23]

I wonder how it sells (or sold) too.... Big stores in my city had the MoO3 parts of their shelves fileld to capacity yet it was still 45 Euros...

Maybe they think its more likely that one fool buys it for 45 than 9 fools buying it for 5? hehehhee


Lata
Krait

[CharlesBHoff]

The french where right about Iraq haveing no WMD as none where found 11 week after the war end, Bush and Blair are prejuryer. Sorry for getting off topic. Almost everyone in El Paso Texas who isnot than Christian fundie is calling Bush than prejuryer includeing members of the GOP here in El Paso.

The French company owned some of the computer games companies in the world like Sierra Online and other.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Destroyer
Microprose - What haappened:

UFO
Terror from the Deep
X-Com Apocalypse
Civilisation
Master of Orion
Master of Orion 2

These guys were the Black Isle of the TBS genre.

You've just listed six of my all time favorites. I would love to see a worthy successor to the three X-Com titles above!

[PaulNAdhe]

Originally posted by CharlesBHoff
The french where right about Iraq haveing no WMD as none where found 11 week after the war end, Bush and Blair are prejuryer. Sorry for getting off topic. Almost everyone in El Paso Texas who isnot than Christian fundie is calling Bush than prejuryer includeing members of the GOP here in El Paso.

Charles;

We sure don't agree on the merits of MOO3, but we're in total agreement on the perjuring Emporer George.

[krait23]

Originally posted by Vince278


You've just listed six of my all time favorites. I would love to see a worthy successor to the three X-Com titles above!

I would also love to see a worthy successor to the two MoO titles above

And what about Master of Magic? Wasn't that Microprose as well? I think that would rank among my top10 alltime games too... How I wish they would make MoM 1,5 (I will be reluctant to use 2 after what happened with MoO3 hehe)...

Lata
Krait

[Harry Seldon]

Back when MOO3 was released, there was an article stating that QS was looking to develop MoM2. I'll keep my fingers crossed that after this MOO3 madness they give it up as too much trouble.

[CharlesBHoff]

Originally posted by PaulNAdhe


Charles;

We sure don't agree on the merits of MOO3, but we're in total agreement on the perjuring Emporer George.

The police many time have than person in mine who did the crime afew day ask most crime happen even it take years before they arrest the person.

When I live on Long Isaland N.Y. than father put cynan poision in his son hallween candy and claim the candy came
from trick and treating. It was reported on TV New an 100,000 people turn they tricked and treat bags over to the police to exiame and test, none where tamper with and no poison was found 90,000 bags came from the most likely area the boy trick and treat in. No other person die from cynan poision one of the most deadly poision use in the chemical indust. The poision is so deadly the compancy that manufactor it make you read than 700 pages doc on the danger of his chemical which make many useful products and each page must be sign by you in front of witress. The father took out than 10 million dollar life insance polcy than month before ther son death. Useing the police reports and suspion the insance company refuse to pay and the only way the father can collect is to sue the company in civil court where the insance company would have won by showing by enought evidence to tip the scale in their favor that the father kill his own son.