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Sid Meier's New Games

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-am-a-pirate dept.

Next Generation has an article discussing some of the newly announced titles Sid Meier introduced during his Walk of Game Induction Ceremony. From the article: "Following a time of kabobs and schmoozing, the projector flipped on, the movies began to roll, and the assembly of journalists and industry insiders was introduced to a trio of new Firaxis products (one down from the advertised four): the modern-day remake Sid Meier's Railroads; the CivIV expansion Warlords; and the major new curiosity of the evening, CivCity ROME."

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  1. Civilization 5... Not! by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You would think after all these years he would get tired of recycling and improving the same old material year after year. Or maybe he doesn't have any great new ideas and is afraid of falling flat on his face?

  2. CivCity Rome? by FooAtWFU · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hey, sounds like he's taking a page from an old Impressions Games franchise... hmm.

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  3. Colonization remake is overdue by kutuz_off · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm surprised they are not updating Colonization. It's as if the game is shelved and abandoned for good.

  4. Sid who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was shocked and annoyed recently to discover that Sid Meier didn't actually design many of the games that bear his name. Civilization 2, probably the single most popular one, was actually designed by Brian Reynolds, as was Alpha Centauri. Reynolds now has his own company, Big Huge Games, makers of the only RTS to approach the depth and awesomeness of Civilization: Rise of Nations.

    1. Re:Sid who? by rm999 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "Civilization 2, probably the single most popular one, was actually designed by Brian Reynolds"

      I don't think its fair to give NO credit to sid meier - he designed civ1, which civ2 heavily borrows from. Civ2 added many features, but the same basic underlying game is the same. This is true for a lot of the other turn based strategy games since civilization...