Civilization IV News here!
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:51 pm
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
https://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/
Come to Maryland, IR! Hunt Valley sucks but Baltimore can be a blast.Ironrod wrote:In the course of exploring employment opportunities
Did Sid have an active hand in Civ3? Or Pirates! ?Ironrod wrote:In the course of exploring employment opportunities, I heard that Firaxis did inceed buy the Civ license from Atari. If that's right (as seems likely), they paid $20 million just for the brand. If it costs them $5 million more to develop it, Firaxis needs to really hit this one out of the park to profit nicely. With this financial incentive and Sid Meier's active involvement, Civ4 should be the best Civ ever. (And I write as someone who loves Civ3).
THe article mentions it's an entirely new engine, so hopefully that will mean new features.SuperHiro wrote: I don't remember exactly what the article in PC Gamer says... is this going to be another "excellence in execution" type game? I'm not suggesting they tear the whole thing down, but are they going to add some real good, innovative features this time around? Or are they going to sit on the fact that's it's Civ
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I was under the impression that Civ 3 had an entirely new engine. Even if not, I don't see how that does or does not translate into new features. They seem like seperate issues to me.Exodor wrote:THe article mentions it's an entirely new engine, so hopefully that will mean new features.
I've been to Baltimore a couple of times. Much as I'd prefer to stay here, it's one of the few areas I'd consider moving to. I'd need a mighty strong incentive to rip up 18 years worth of roots here and endure the commuter marriage schtick again, though. How's your climate down there? How are housing prices? How is traffic? Are you a red state, or a blue state?The Preacher wrote:Come to Maryland, IR! Hunt Valley sucks but Baltimore can be a blast.Ironrod wrote:In the course of exploring employment opportunities
If the old engine could not easily support adding new features such that building a new engine would take less time, it would make more sense to make the new engine, possibly using the best parts from the previous, discarding the crappy parts.Exodor wrote:I guess I'm assuming that one wouldn't build an entirely new engine simply to recreate the features from the last release.
I could be wrong!
Hot and humid in the Summer, and cold in the Winter with chance of snow. One snowflake makes traffic a mess which is not much of a change from most of the time. The three most populated counties are blue the rest of the state is red. Red governor though. Not sure about housing costs.Ironrod wrote:How's your climate down there? How are housing prices? How is traffic? Are you a red state, or a blue state?