RobVarak Posted March 7, 2000 Share Posted March 7, 2000 CM makes another cameo in William Trotter's column this month. Actually, there are two: ----------- "The reason I refuse to get torqued-out about this state of affairs (the demise of large dedicated wargame companies) is that I cannot remember a better time for wargamers since the Golden Age of boardgames in the seventies. A quick finger count lists the following excellent new titles currently available: Combat Mission, Horse and Musket, TacOps 3.0..." "Anyone who has seen Combat Mission or Smolensk '41 can testify: these games are both beautiful and playable." ----------- FWIW, you might notice that he says "currently available." ------------------ Rob Varak Editor Site on Sound: The Web's Premier Site For Musical Discussion www.siteonsound.com [This message has been edited by RobVarak (edited 03-06-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bobb Posted March 7, 2000 Share Posted March 7, 2000 It appears that the Big Companies have out bid their product with glitz, costs and competition as opposed to quality. Quality is not derived from ambition, but from the intensity of the love of the product. That is something bean counters too often scorn and crush. Any institution run by bean counters tends to suffer. Yeah, beans are required in the mix, but too often the Beano is left out. Then the other ingredients, overwhelmed and reduced, pass unnoticed borne along in an overwhelming stink, So of course the product loses popularity. [This message has been edited by Bobb (edited 03-07-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom Posted March 7, 2000 Share Posted March 7, 2000 EXACTLY, Microprose got bought out by Hasbro, a much larger organization. Microprose used to be all about quality, now, most of it's games run on pure eyecandy. Really, they must make many more sales due to "it looks good" over that of "replayability" or actual "quality". Eventually, computer games will become so "easy" (relative term) to create, promote and sell that you no longer need a big corporation. And these smaller groups tend to actually WANT to create what they are creating, instead of being assigned to build a project that they have no previous knowledge of, or care too much about reality (just get their paycheques!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted March 7, 2000 Share Posted March 7, 2000 I'm worried about that happening to one of my favorite "little" companies. Fasa. They designed the Battletech board game and the Mechwarrior series. A few months ago they where bough out by Microsoft but so far so good. ------------------ The names Ash, Housewares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 7, 2000 Share Posted March 7, 2000 Well, I hear that Mechwarrior IV will actually be designed by Fasa itself. So this should make for the best Mechwarrior game ever. It's due out at the end of the year. I would kill for a game like Mechcommander but turn-based instead of real-time with all the detailed combat options that the tactical boardgame has. I think that real-time ruined the game, it took away all the minute tactical control that is so important to a Battletech wargame. Turn-based rules for games like Battletech. What I want is a game engine like the one used in Jagged Alliance II but for Battletech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted March 7, 2000 Share Posted March 7, 2000 Pssst , here ya go http://www.eisa.net.au/~timmead/info.html or www.sarna.net ------------------ The names Ash, Housewares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted March 8, 2000 Share Posted March 8, 2000 So, this MechWar3D. Is it a single-person effort to create a game with AI or is it simply an effort to create a scripting language which can be utilised for PBEM games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted March 8, 2000 Share Posted March 8, 2000 Its being made into a single player game. Theres also Mechwar v2 on Sarna that is basically the same thing. ------------------ The names Ash, Housewares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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