Bruceov Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Why haven't they announced the next game. The next game should be a remake of CMBO with multiplayer capacity (more than 2 players) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necrobaron Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 You mean CMX2? What exactly is known about this game yet? All I've heard is that it's supposedly coming out in 2005..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Try 2006 or later. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necrobaron Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Whoa! That's quite a ways away.... :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 It seems the more BFC gets into CMX2 the less they talk about it. Can't blame 'em, the last thing they want is for some big Chinese or Indian design house to get the particulars of what they're doing and rushing ahead of them with a cheap knock-off. There was a BBC online interview with the (now quite wealthy) inventor of 'Tombraider' who decries the pitiful state of original game design these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Originally posted by Bruceov: The next game should be a remake of CMBO:mad: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Originally posted by Necrobaron: Whoa! That's quite a ways away.... :eek: I'm not so sure about that. It took BFC at least two years to make the original CMBO engine and at least a year to modify it for the more recent games. I'd say that based on the past, two years or more is not unlikely at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Actually, a big eastern design house trying to do a cheap knock-off would be quite good. We could all laught at how wrong they get it. Put it this way, you can buy cheap torches made all over the place for a pittance, but I'll still choose a MagLite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Earlier they have told that they will get back to us about the next game once the new engine is 'ready' and they know what they can do with it. Maybe next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Why not the French and Indian War? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 There's no tanks. I like tanks. Given the amount of detail that goes into the tanks in CM, I think that BFC like tanks. Tanks are cool - they're like helicopters in that way, despite not being able to fly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 There is something to be said about why the silence. When CMBO was first being developed long before the Alpha game came out Steve and Charles came on the forum and asked questions, explained motivations and gave examples of play. There were some great discussions. I kind of miss that camaraderie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Ted, we'll do exactly the same thing once we have more to show and talk about. "Long before Alpha" was still after about 1-2 years of development for CMBO! Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Thanks Moon! More to look forward to. And not that I'm in any hurry. There's still the RoW to finish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipanderson Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Ted, “There is something to be said about why the silence. When CMBO was first being developed long before the Alpha game came out Steve and Charles came on the forum and asked questions, explained motivations and gave examples of play. There were some great discussions. I kind of miss that camaraderie.” I “sort of” agree, before the Great Crash of 99 my member number was 400 odd;) I do remember the atmosphere. Looking forward to the next game, while enjoying the current one, is a big part of the fun. In my view. But… I always remember that the timing of many of Steve’s posts was around 0300 Eastern Time. This is clearly not sustainable, nor desirable. I doubt they have time to develop at full speed “and” field questions from the likes of you and I. Of course, the answer is to let Martin field all the questions;) I am sure he has the odd 20 hours a day free to field are very reasonable suggestions:) All good fun, All the best, Kip. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 LoL, Oh I know it couldn’t sustainable. I remember Steve complaining about he’s been so busy with work that his grass hasn’t been mowed and his back door is was still broken after several weeks. I hope he’s finally made time for a beer and a lobster role. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Havermeyer- Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 I could use a new game. I had only played CM games since the CMBO demo came out, but I now play nothing (and didn't buy CMAK). I think I'm ready for the next big thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necrobaron Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 I'm looking forward to see what CMX2 is all about, but if it's not set in WWII, I probably won't buy it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Fine, if it's not WWII, but the cold war turned hot type of scenario, I'll buy two copies to make up for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tondu Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 I'll buy two if it is WWII, or Napoleonic, or ACW, or the Peloponesian War, or Rome vs ..., or hmmmmmmm, yup that's about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddball_E8 Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 if it aint WWII ill skip 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necrobaron Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Well, I guess I should modify my statement. I would also buy it if it covered the early Jap campaigns against Russia and China in the 30's. It's not technically WWII, but it kinda sets the stage(as well as Germany annexing Austria and Czechoslovakia). Khalkin Gol would be cool, but it might be too limited.... Hell, why not just have a game based on the forgotten(earlier) battles of WWII and the events that led up to the war itself? Of course a Pacific front would also be a good setting for a new game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 BFC's original Soviet-style '5 year plan', I recall reading, was to produce a Western Front game (CMBO) , Eastern Front game (CMBB), Desert/Med. game (CMAK), to be followed by an early war Bitzkrieg game. I don't know if those plans are out the window because they're switching to the new engine or not. But if they're going to stick with armor-heavy WWII there ain't many places to go besides early war, unless they're willing to backtrack to CMBO redux. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipanderson Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Hi, When it comes to the subject for the next game my vote is Cold War. However… I think all CM veterans, me included, have to be realistic about the fact that there may be the odd game subject that would not make for one of their first choices. WWII NWE and Eastern Front are a safe bet with 95% of wargamers, but once you move beyond those two settings peoples preferences do diverge quite a bit. Given that one of the aims of the new engine is to increase the through put of games all of us probably have to be braced for some subjects that are not our personal favourites. I doubt BFC will just go on producing NWE and Eastern Front games. My major interest is WWII, in common with many, but I would like to play with some new toys for the next game, hence my vote for Cold War, 1970-1989. Anyway…. looking forward to CMX2 whatever the subject… All the best, Kip. PS. I agree with flamingknives, my hunch is also that Charles and Steve, in fact all at BFC, like their tanks:) Hence a tanks running around in Europe, in some form, is most likely. Time will tell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 BFC has used the word 'modular' (modular for them, not for us) for the new engine which could mean faster turn-over of titles. An extreme product development scheme would be whipping out a game covering the little known face-off between Lybia and Egypt (in the 70s?), followed by Vietnam vs Cambodia in the 70s, fighting in Kashmere, followed by Croatia 1989, then Desert Storm 1, etc. We could theoretically see a cascade of limited scope wargame titles without the epic sweep of an Eastern Front (not many topics of that scope anyway!) but with enough new engine detail to easily fill a game CD for each title. It could happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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