Chris Jenkins Posted April 30, 1999 Share Posted April 30, 1999 Since the EF module is next, will desert follow? Will it be part of the EF? I assume that the Pacific Theater will be last. This is neat, talking about the future of a game that we all KNOW will work. Most designers can't do that. ------------------ Climb to Glory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted April 30, 1999 Share Posted April 30, 1999 Each release will concentrate on one particular theater, so EF and North Africa will not be combined. There are several reasons for this, all of which are technical and practical issues. It takes A LOT of time and energy to make tile sets, tank models, textures, nationality differences, etc. CM is not designed to be a generic "plop some stuff in and you have x, more stuff and you have y" kind of generic game. We can't say for sure what will come after EF, but it will most likely be the Med. Theater (North Africa, Italy, Greece, etc.). The range of terrain is doable, we will have most German vehicles done by then, and a decent number of Allied stuff will be done too (remember CM isn't covering all the US and British vehicles from 41 to early 44). So this makes sense. Further off in the crystal ball we see 1939/40 combat. Pacific? I very much doubt we will go there. It isn't our area of expertise and the nature of the ground combat is far less interesting to us (lots of bloody static battles and beach landings). Having said all of this, we make no promises beyond the next installment, which is the Eastern Front. Although we don't mind talking about our future plans, we won't talk about future games themselves. In other words, we don't mind telling everybody that the next game will be EF, but we don't want to get into discussing the EF until AFTER Combat Mission - Beyond Overlord is released. One thing at a time Steve [This message has been edited by Webmaster (edited 04-30-99).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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