Firaxis - New Game in the Works
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Darth Tagnan
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Could be interesting, though I haven't been very impressed by their last few games.
Here's hoping it's not one of those light cash-grabs they sometimes try for.
Here's hoping it's not one of those light cash-grabs they sometimes try for.
I stopped reading when they said it wasn't XCOM. 
There is Mutant Year Zero, which seems to use an XCOM like system. I know what you mean through. Swords and sorcery would be interesting. There was that Doublefine game that supposedly took inspiration from XCOM. I've never played it through.
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I started reading when they said it's not another clone.I stopped reading when they said it wasn't XCOM.
EA's Sims need competition asap. I hope this is it.
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Shouldn't they still be working on the AI for Civ 6?
Sorry had to quote this just because I agree with you.
A modern Pirate remake please Firaxis.
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Sorry had to quote this just because I agree with you.
A modern Pirate remake please Firaxis.
Online only, am I right?
God no that would be a nightmare. An optional MP add-on is fine though.Online only, am I right?
Sorry had to quote this just because I agree with you.
A modern Pirate remake please Firaxis.
I would love this as well! The original title, as well as "Pirates! Gold" were two of my all time favorites. The remake from… 2004? on the other hand, was quite a let down. With cartoonish graphics that ruined the atmosphere, silly dancing minigames and not much good evolution over the original nor any brand new gamplay elements of much value.
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Actually, a few crowdfunded projects tried to provide their own remake/remold of the game, without meeting an audience.
Not sure it has customer base and if they launch a remake, how it will end far from the original.
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Oh, I did not know about that. Of course, that might be at least part of the problem; pretty hard to "meet an audience" if a significant number of the prospective audience is unaware of the attempt. In addition, there´s also no guarantee that some "cloning attempt" done with lots of love but possibly far less resources & talent, would be better than the 2004 remake.
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Anything but another Civ game. Civ 6 is the worst I've played in terms of AI and the collision of it's awful game systems. I think they need a break from Civ, then come back to it in a few years with fresh eyes and new creators. Civ 7 needs to be a major change for the franchise instead of another glorified re-skin. Hopefully it will be a new IP and maybe that will light a fire under them to try new things.
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I thought xcom (1,2) was decent but civ's ai has been extremely poor. I'd like to seem them apply their xcom success to a fantasy world type game. Then again with mutant year zero and dozen other similar indie games they might be late to the party. The only concern I have with a fantasy oriented game is that they are not known for their story telling. Maybe a space version of xcom would be closer to their strengths ? Maybe if they took some of the ideas from Mandate and focused on ship boarding and similar ?
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I'm interested in what they will product out of this, but I'll keep my expectations in check so as to not be too disappointed.
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Firaxis is basically just XCOM, which they do very well imo. Their Civ franchise died at 5 for me.
I'd love to see what they could do with Jagged Alliance, tho.
I'd love to see what they could do with Jagged Alliance, tho.