July PC Gamer

[OrpheusPrime]

Well, I'd been debating buying Pirates for a while.. Sirian's little post just put me over the threshhold =P. I can't resist!

[henry k c]

Originally Posted by Tomoyo

And, how do they determine who is "hard-core", anyway?

Tomoyo, you are just jealous. Unit espionage isn't that bad, I find the current system wierd.

[henry k c]

Hmmmm maybe i should buy pirates instead of civ 4

[microbe]

So we are finally speculating who are beta testers. I knew it.

[Sullla]

Originally Posted by Civrules

It is excellent that they at least have people giving them feedback. During the development of Civ III, there was no such thing.

That's right Civrules, I remember hearing that Civ3 had only minimal testing before it was released to the public. This is probably why the original version (1.07f) had so many bugs and balance problems in it. In any case, we should definitely take this announcement as a positive sign that we'll (hopefully) get a more polished Civ4 on release day (whenever THAT may be!)

[Tomoyo]

Originally Posted by henry k c

Tomoyo, you are just jealous. Unit espionage isn't that bad, I find the current system wierd.

Who wouldn't be?

[MarineCorps]

Originally Posted by Tomoyo

Who wouldn't be?

Well I would imagine that they might open up the beta testing to a wider audience at a later point.

[Abaddon]

Its a pity they dont release it like mmorpgs.. thousands upon thousands of people get to beta test then! :

[Zamphyr]

Originally Posted by slozenger

Its a pity they dont release it like mmorpgs.. thousands upon thousands of people get to beta test then! :

So, would you prefer a monthly charge to play Civ after it's released ?

[Sirian]

Originally Posted by OrpheusPrime

Well, I'd been debating buying Pirates for a while.. Sirian's little post just put me over the threshhold =P. I can't resist!

Most games I've bought recently have had short shelf lives. Pirates has held my attention for longer. Though the gameplay is simple, when pumped up in difficulty it is challenging. Most important to me, there's enough variety in what you're doing to keep it interesting.


- Sirian

[Commissar_Yari]

- beginning in June 2004, a hand-picked group of around 60 hardcore Civilization fans has been playing it and giving feedback to the developers in a private online forum.

HOLY ****!

[OrpheusPrime]

Originally Posted by Sirian

Most games I've bought recently have had short shelf lives. Pirates has held my attention for longer. Though the gameplay is simple, when pumped up in difficulty it is challenging. Most important to me, there's enough variety in what you're doing to keep it interesting.


- Sirian

[hijack]
Perhaps some of those Pirate adventures (while waiting for the 4th installment of Civ, of course ) will make it to your website? As a Civ3 and former Diablo2 fan, I have to hope so.

[/hijack]

[Doge Mussolini]

Originally Posted by Aussie_Lurker

I'd just like to know how a bunch of 'hard-core' civ fans let a truly lame concept like Unit-based espionage get back into the game? Can't they see how it will increase Micromanagement??

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

Micromanagement=Communism

[Sirian]

Originally Posted by OrpheusPrime

[hijack]
Perhaps some of those Pirate adventures (while waiting for the 4th installment of Civ, of course ) will make it to your website?
[/hijack]

Probably not. For a variety of reasons, I have less time/energy for reports in the last couple of years. Pirates gameplay is worthy of a report or three, but I can't do everything I'd theoretically like to do.

- Sirian

[rschissler]

To me, the problem with Pirates! is that once you've done just about everything, why would you want to start over and do the same thing again? It doesn't have the replay value that CivIII has.

[SniperDevil]

Well... With Pirates there are many differenct choices and paths that u can take. This helps to add to the replay value.