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Alexander's Horse
Emperor
of speeding horsefloat streaming manure and piss
May 99
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posted August 16, 2000 00:35
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Do we have any firm idea?
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FinnishGuy
Warlord
Finland
Jun 99
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posted August 16, 2000 01:17
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No, but I'd bet Q1-Q2 2002. I'm an optimist...Of course if Firaxis decides to do Civ 2.5 instead of Civ 3, it could come out in the 2nd half of 2001. |
UltraSonix
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Melbourne, Australia
May 2000
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posted August 16, 2000 03:12
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A few months back, there was this little snippet about Civ3 being released in 2002, which I thought was weird because the game was already supposed to have its major features already implemented or something.------------------
No, in Australia we don't live with kangaroos and koalas in our backyards... |
FinnishGuy
Warlord
Finland
Jun 99
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posted August 16, 2000 03:57
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Brian Reynolds & Co's bail out meant that development of Civ 3 pretty much returned to square one. Those guys WERE the Civ 3 development team within Firaxis you know.Brian Reynolds' departure was announced publicly early this year, but it was also stated then that he had been gone for some time already. Most probably he didn't manage to do very much to Civ 3. Some preliminary coding perhaps, but no "major features implemented" or even a playable alpha version I'm afraid. After BR had left, the Civ 3 project was apparently drifting. Sid was devoted to Dinos and no-one of the "little guys" really took lead on Civ 3. Hard to say how much work was done in this period. Then people started leaving left and right... Maybe Firaxis is now getting its act together again with Civ 3, after hiring new people. However, when a project undergoes this kind of total personnel change, as a programmer I can tell you that it's probably easier to start from scratch than try to re-use someone else's old code.
[This message has been edited by FinnishGuy (edited August 16, 2000).] |
UltraSonix
Warlord
Melbourne, Australia
May 2000
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posted August 16, 2000 07:14
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Look on the bright side - a lot of guys were wondering here whether our suggestions were too late - at least they'll have time to implement new stuff...------------------
No, in Australia we don't live with kangaroos and koalas in our backyards... |
DarkCloud
Warlord
of the Ring
Jul 2000
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posted August 16, 2000 18:00
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Hmm.. I thought it was coming out Q1 2001, but according to some game magazines a few months ago it will be Q1 2002 I guess the departure of Brian Reynolds set it back. Well at least it really won't be
Brian Reynold's Sid Meier's Civilization III
instead it will be just plain old
Sid Meier's Civilization III |
Alexander's Horse
Emperor
of speeding horsefloat streaming manure and piss
May 99
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posted August 16, 2000 19:23
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God this delay is annoying  |
Bkeela
Prince
Brisbane
Oct 1999
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posted August 19, 2000 23:24
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Civ III is going to be passe by the time it finally gets released. If Firaxis wasn't bothering about this STUPID dinosaur project, I'm sure it could be out a lot sooner. I truly pity people who are looking forward to this game....several years is a long time to yearn and wait, and agonise over little details - and the let down would be incredibly dramatic if it ended up being more of a dinosaur than the actual dino game.With a 3-4 year time period since Civ III has been in production, it will have to be more than a mere facelift of Civ II. Either way, I will not pay money for it. Firaxis owes me one  Bkeela. |
Imran Siddiqui
Emperor
Heaven, aka New Jersey
b.02-15-99
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posted August 20, 2000 13:24
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What Stupid Dinosaur project? They are actually doing something new and different and being critized and then other people say they are milking Civ! Jeez, they can't win! |
Shadowstrike
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2000
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posted August 20, 2000 15:22
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Let's just calm down in here and say its coming out some time in the future... Assuming that the entire design team doesn't meet a tragic or mysterious end somewhere.  |
Alexander's Horse
Emperor
of speeding horsefloat streaming manure and piss
May 99
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posted August 20, 2000 19:30
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I suppose the real worry is that this is yet another sign that the TBS game genre is in dire straits.
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UltraSonix
Warlord
Melbourne, Australia
May 2000
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posted August 23, 2000 05:30
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I have the feeling this will be prophetic - some day I'll do a search and find this post and marvel at my ability to predict the future...Civ3 is dead. Turned Based Strategy is dead. Civ, you have given all of us great memories... Rest In Peace. ------------------
No, in Australia we don't live with kangaroos and koalas in our backyards...
[This message has been edited by UltraSonix (edited August 23, 2000).] |
Shadowstrike
Prince
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2000
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posted August 23, 2000 09:15
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Heretic! *Apolytoners tie UltraSonix to a Stake and lay logs at his feet. In the meantime, a man with a torch approches* |
UltraSonix
Warlord
Melbourne, Australia
May 2000
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posted August 24, 2000 06:09
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I didn't want to say it , but the feeling has just gotten stronger the longer I've been here (we're all coming up with ideas and all we've got is half the development team quitting), but nevertheless, I will endeavour to offer any suggestions as they come.------------------
No, in Australia we don't live with kangaroos and koalas in our backyards... |
FinnishGuy
Warlord
Finland
Jun 99
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posted August 24, 2000 09:37
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I believe that Civ 3 will come out eventually - the demand for it is simply too enormous. It just takes a little longer than we first thought. |
Patriqvium
Warlord
(and the Enlightened One)
Dec 1999
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posted August 24, 2000 11:39
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It comes out once it's finished  -Patriqvium barbecues marshmallows using UltraSonix' stake- |
I c e d a n
Warlord
New Zealand
Nov 1999
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posted August 25, 2000 18:53
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I found two civ-kinda games, one is called Cossacks and the other is Theocracy. I tried Cossacks the other day, and it is a lot like Age of Empires 2, but I've a feeling its a lot deeper. It also required a lot of hardware power, I'm guessing you all people are gonna have to upgrade if you want to play Civ3.Theocracy is a game where you play as the Aztecs and you have to try stop the Spanish from taking over. www.thocracy.com both look pretty good.. |
Lonestar
Settler
The Quad, Collegestation, The Lone Star Republic
Aug 2000
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posted August 27, 2000 12:26
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I think we got a while yet. That contest that Firaxis has is a surefire indication that they have no art whatsoever.------------------
"You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" "Soylant Green is people. PPPeeeoooppllleee!" |
I c e d a n
Warlord
New Zealand
Nov 1999
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posted August 27, 2000 20:18
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They will have concept art, and they will have a wireframe version of the game by now. |
Empress
King
cause markos wont let me be queen
Apr 2000
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posted August 27, 2000 23:02
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quote:
god the delay is annoying
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For once I agree with the Horse |
Alexander's Horse
Emperor
of speeding horsefloat streaming manure and piss
May 99
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posted August 28, 2000 00:36
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Once? I was going to post on that closed thread that your love of cold tea convinced me that you are a true Southern Belle
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