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LackOfKnack posted 04-03-99 07:54 AM ET
What are the sequels called? What do they entail?
(Random thought: It'd be cool if Activision and FIRAXIS joined forces and came out with a game that goes from 4000 BC to 3000 AD but you get to control Earth AND Alpha Centauri. You switch between interfaces or maybe make a common one. Also it'd be nifty to have the same thing with Descent 4 and FreeSpace 2 - attack the planets with D4, in between you play FS 2 to kill the Shivans & stuff, but that's another story.)
Lack
Frodo83 posted 04-03-99 12:27 PM ET
i don't want to see a sequel for a long time. I think that the more time there is invested in a game, the better and more enjoyable the final product is. SMAC and CTP can keep us occupied for a while, and Firaxis can put a lot more thought into SMAC 2 or whatever comes next. SMAC is a great game, but on a whole the style of gameplay is really no different from CIV2. if there is a SMAC2, it should be radically upgraded. i don't have any suggestions to offer, so maybe i shouldn't be saying this. However, i have been visiting a forum for an online roleplaying game that is yet to be released, and the forum is a place for would-be buyers of the game to offer suggestions for the game designers, who read the forums and post there, on what to include in the game and how to make it a really cool product. I don't know if something like that is already set up here, as i am a newcomer, but i have seen that a lot of people are talking about what's cool and what isn't in SMAC. so, this would be a perfect place for them to vent thier opinions on how SMAC 2 would function. A whole forum, not just a thread could be created. what does everyone else think?
LackOfKnack posted 04-03-99 06:34 PM ET
I think SMAC 2 should have a spherical voxel graphic engine so that you get perfect terrain and none of this "square" crap - geez Civ 2 is like 5 years older and it uses the same damn graphics(besides the elvation)! Also, as cities got bigger, they'd actually gain pixel size and not just a number. It'd be really good. Then, fix the design workshop, leave Social Engineering as it is(great work) and maybe make the terraforming like it is in CTP.
What do you all think of the 3D sphere? That way, you also get artic attacks like in a real planet, not a cylinder.
Lack
P.S. Does anyone know what the really mad icon is? Let me try: :O :0
MarkG posted 04-03-99 06:48 PM ET
What's next?
Civilization 2: Test of Time by Microprose!!
No kiding, it should come this August(or so they are saying now). See http://civilization.gamestats.com/civ2 for new screenshots...
Markos, Apolyton CS
LackOfKnack posted 04-03-99 07:26 PM ET
Hmm, never heard of that one. Thanks.
After chacking it out: awww, I wish people would actually make a BRAND NEW game instead of these cheap, lame, low-life rip-offs. It's like releasing Alien Doom in 1995 and charging more money for it as a "brand new" game. Scam artists. Bane of my existence (one of the many.)
Lack
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Author	Topic: After CTP & SMAC, what's next?
LackOfKnack	posted 04-03-99 07:54 AM ET What are the sequels called? What do they entail? (Random thought: It'd be cool if Activision and FIRAXIS joined forces and came out with a game that goes from 4000 BC to 3000 AD but you get to control Earth AND Alpha Centauri. You switch between interfaces or maybe make a common one. Also it'd be nifty to have the same thing with Descent 4 and FreeSpace 2 - attack the planets with D4, in between you play FS 2 to kill the Shivans & stuff, but that's another story.) Lack
Frodo83	posted 04-03-99 12:27 PM ET i don't want to see a sequel for a long time. I think that the more time there is invested in a game, the better and more enjoyable the final product is. SMAC and CTP can keep us occupied for a while, and Firaxis can put a lot more thought into SMAC 2 or whatever comes next. SMAC is a great game, but on a whole the style of gameplay is really no different from CIV2. if there is a SMAC2, it should be radically upgraded. i don't have any suggestions to offer, so maybe i shouldn't be saying this. However, i have been visiting a forum for an online roleplaying game that is yet to be released, and the forum is a place for would-be buyers of the game to offer suggestions for the game designers, who read the forums and post there, on what to include in the game and how to make it a really cool product. I don't know if something like that is already set up here, as i am a newcomer, but i have seen that a lot of people are talking about what's cool and what isn't in SMAC. so, this would be a perfect place for them to vent thier opinions on how SMAC 2 would function. A whole forum, not just a thread could be created. what does everyone else think?
LackOfKnack	posted 04-03-99 06:34 PM ET I think SMAC 2 should have a spherical voxel graphic engine so that you get perfect terrain and none of this "square" crap - geez Civ 2 is like 5 years older and it uses the same damn graphics(besides the elvation)! Also, as cities got bigger, they'd actually gain pixel size and not just a number. It'd be really good. Then, fix the design workshop, leave Social Engineering as it is(great work) and maybe make the terraforming like it is in CTP. What do you all think of the 3D sphere? That way, you also get artic attacks like in a real planet, not a cylinder. Lack P.S. Does anyone know what the really mad icon is? Let me try: :O :0
MarkG	posted 04-03-99 06:48 PM ET What's next? Civilization 2: Test of Time by Microprose!! No kiding, it should come this August(or so they are saying now). See http://civilization.gamestats.com/civ2 for new screenshots... Markos, Apolyton CS
LackOfKnack	posted 04-03-99 07:26 PM ET Hmm, never heard of that one. Thanks. After chacking it out: awww, I wish people would actually make a BRAND NEW game instead of these cheap, lame, low-life rip-offs. It's like releasing Alien Doom in 1995 and charging more money for it as a "brand new" game. Scam artists. Bane of my existence (one of the many.) Lack