Any scenarios?

[strhopper]

I was just wondering if anyone has heard if this is going to be a vanilla version or if this will have any scenario attached?

 

[Supa]

I think there will be scenario.
There are some local modders working over there, aren't there ?

 

[Meleager]

ryhe's world map at least

 

[strhopper]

hope they add something beside just random maps


at least some user created maps

 

[HourlyDaily]

If you've read the pre-release info and one or two of the articles, you'll know that some prepackaged scenarios come with the game. There's one about trying to prevent Paris from being taken in WW2.

I hope that there is plenty of scenarios to muck about with. The last Empire Earth game was fun enough to play but once you'd gotten through the scenarios the random and fan-made maps were really shoddy. Civ 3 maps and hopefully by extension Civ 4 scenarios were always much better. But the point remains - chuck in a few more scenarios and the game takes on new dimensions - and the replay value of Civ scenarios is always good.

 

[KrikkitTwo]

Well, I'd rather have a game released earlier without any scenarios besides some Earth maps, then they can get to work balancing the game, and fixing bugs. Once they figure they are through with that then they can take the time to come up with an expansion with lots of scenarios and new civs and major additions.

 

[nicae]

Well, I'd rather have a game released earlier without any scenarios besides some Earth maps, then they can get to work balancing the game, and fixing bugs. Once they figure they are through with that then they can take the time to come up with an expansion with lots of scenarios and new civs and major additions.

the problem is that such things are usually made in parallel, so you wont get the game mcuh earlier without them.

 

[HourlyDaily]

Well as long as plenty of good scenarios come out in the end. From Firaxis or the fans. The thing is that I'll bet Firaxis has people who are more suited to scenario building than AI code and the other things that are being tweaked at this stage - so they'll have them doing that rather than very little.

 

[strhopper]

If you've read the pre-release info and one or two of the articles, you'll know that some prepackaged scenarios come with the game. There's one about trying to prevent Paris from being taken in WW2.

I hope that there is plenty of scenarios to muck about with. The last Empire Earth game was fun enough to play but once you'd gotten through the scenarios the random and fan-made maps were really shoddy. Civ 3 maps and hopefully by extension Civ 4 scenarios were always much better. But the point remains - chuck in a few more scenarios and the game takes on new dimensions - and the replay value of Civ scenarios is always good.

was just lookin for an update.......u know how things always change

like the release date

 

[apatheist]

Well, I'd rather have a game released earlier without any scenarios besides some Earth maps, then they can get to work balancing the game, and fixing bugs. Once they figure they are through with that then they can take the time to come up with an expansion with lots of scenarios and new civs and major additions.

What motivation do they have to do that unless it costs money? And if it costs money, then people who buy the initial, base version are getting less than they expected for their money. Either they release a "full" game with extra maps and scenarios (which I believe they've done for every Civ thus far), or they release a partial game and add that stuff on later for free. Not sure what motivation they would have to work for free, though.

 

[Leprechaune]

What motivation do they have to do that unless it costs money? And if it costs money, then people who buy the initial, base version are getting less than they expected for their money. Either they release a "full" game with extra maps and scenarios (which I believe they've done for every Civ thus far), or they release a partial game and add that stuff on later for free. Not sure what motivation they would have to work for free, though.

Continued satisfaction of a fanbase is the motivation... Maxis drags their fans along with free content in hopes they can maintain interest untill they release their next expansion.

I agree... Scenarios are a content addition that shouldn't be paid for... A dramatic expansion to the gameplay? Yep, that's pay type stuff...

If they don't ship with Scenarios... Won't there be a lot of people here wanting to do it for free? So why pay?

 

[warpstorm]

Maxis who put out 7 (IIRC) expansions to the Sims. Not exactly the poster child for giving out free content.

 

[nicae]

Maxis who put out 7 (IIRC) expansions to the Sims. Not exactly the poster child for giving out free content.

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