lordsurya08
class-A procrastinator
You know how people are bashing Civ V? I think Firaxis made it simple and one-dimensional on purpose- it's part of their grand strategy to make cheap money off us.
In production, Civ V is a much better game than it is now. Before releasing, Firaxis purposefully removes several nice features from this game and dumbs down the AI. Of course, people are unhappy about this. They say "What a crappy game. I'm never getting Civ VI!"
The release date for VI approaches, Firaxis woos us with "new features" that are promised in VI. They tell us, "Yes, we studied customer reaction for Civ V and we've decided to implement so-and-so NEW AND IMPROVED features" (which we secretly removed from Civ V) "so this game will be the best Civ ever released". THis Civ VI is nothing but what Civ V was supposed to be plus a few changes and a different look.
At the same time, they give us patches for Civ 5 restoring some of the AI to butter us up and make us feel less negative about Firaxis. It's all psychological. People think, "Man, Civ VI has got to be good. Firaxis can't screw up on this one!"
And guess what? Civ VI turns out to be an awesome game. People will love it like IV. They think "Man, if Civ VI was so good, imagine how good VII will be! Can't wait to get it!" What people don't know is that it's supposed to be what Civ V was originally like in production. So during the period between V and VI, what does Firaxis do? They've already finished most of VI before releasing V, so Firaxis begins work on what will become VIII. (VII being another scam like V)
And the cycle starts all over again. Proof? Look at Civ III and IV.
So what does Firaxis gain out of this? Think about it: The production for Civ VI actually started since 2005. It will finish a few years later. In the meantime, they grabbed a few cheap bucks off Civ V without severely hurting their customer base. In their heads, there are only four Civ games - I, II, IV, and the upcoming VI. The rest are just cheap money spinners. It's genius. They're making the money of two games from the work of making one game. And that's why they only have 120 employees - they have twice as long to finish a game!
MORAL OF THE STORY: Buy the even-numbered games. And ditch the rest...the odds are against the odd games being any good at all.
In production, Civ V is a much better game than it is now. Before releasing, Firaxis purposefully removes several nice features from this game and dumbs down the AI. Of course, people are unhappy about this. They say "What a crappy game. I'm never getting Civ VI!"
The release date for VI approaches, Firaxis woos us with "new features" that are promised in VI. They tell us, "Yes, we studied customer reaction for Civ V and we've decided to implement so-and-so NEW AND IMPROVED features" (which we secretly removed from Civ V) "so this game will be the best Civ ever released". THis Civ VI is nothing but what Civ V was supposed to be plus a few changes and a different look.
At the same time, they give us patches for Civ 5 restoring some of the AI to butter us up and make us feel less negative about Firaxis. It's all psychological. People think, "Man, Civ VI has got to be good. Firaxis can't screw up on this one!"
And guess what? Civ VI turns out to be an awesome game. People will love it like IV. They think "Man, if Civ VI was so good, imagine how good VII will be! Can't wait to get it!" What people don't know is that it's supposed to be what Civ V was originally like in production. So during the period between V and VI, what does Firaxis do? They've already finished most of VI before releasing V, so Firaxis begins work on what will become VIII. (VII being another scam like V)
And the cycle starts all over again. Proof? Look at Civ III and IV.
So what does Firaxis gain out of this? Think about it: The production for Civ VI actually started since 2005. It will finish a few years later. In the meantime, they grabbed a few cheap bucks off Civ V without severely hurting their customer base. In their heads, there are only four Civ games - I, II, IV, and the upcoming VI. The rest are just cheap money spinners. It's genius. They're making the money of two games from the work of making one game. And that's why they only have 120 employees - they have twice as long to finish a game!
MORAL OF THE STORY: Buy the even-numbered games. And ditch the rest...the odds are against the odd games being any good at all.
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