Future Era or not?

[Chazbagel]

What if you went so far into the future, that aliens started coming down and you had to form an alliance with the rest of the civs to fight off the alien invaders.. and the first civ to successfully defeat all the aliens invading their civ.... ( New Victory Type )

 

[Admiral8Q]

I'd like to see an intregated Civ/SMAC game, even if it was an expansion, that would be fun!

BTW rhialto, from your erratic behavior recently, I think you need to clear out your cack.

 

[rhialto]

I'd like to see an intregated Civ/SMAC game, even if it was an expansion, that would be fun!

BTW rhialto, from your erratic behavior recently, I think you need to clear out your cack.

**** off and die.

If you want to justify this kind of of nonsense, please do so. But this kind of **** out of the blue is rather insulting.

And FYI, I've just recovered from a major bout of food poisoning (in bed for a week, unable to eat for three days). What's your excuse for becoming such an arsehole?

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

OK guys, lets just CALM DOWN and return to our corners shall we. This forum is a place for intelligent debate, not crude and viscious name-calling and foul language. I'm somewhat ashamed of the both of you, but you most especially Admiral. This kind of rubbish is truly uncalled for.

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.

 

[mhIdA]

I think will be more intersting if we join 2 instead of 1 era:
Rising of Space Exploration - Starts with Rocketry or/and Space Flight techs, so take parts of modern times.
Clashing of Civilizations - Blocs formed in a cultural groups basis and by consent in majority. So # of civs are much more less.

Some people say game is fun since rewrite history, why just only the past and not the near future too. It could be optional or not but why not added it.

 

[sir_schwick]

Yes, it was the ultimate weapons module in SMAC (attack 24)

They added the String Disruptor(A30) in SMAX, although Singularity X Needlejets were the shiat when atrocities were voted off.


I'm with dh_epic in the idea that the modern era and possibly the industrial era should be scrapped. The Civ model works almost perfectly before then, but after a certain point Civ paradigms kinda break down and diverge from expected historical results. In fact, eliminate eras altogether and let the modders add in future stuff/modern era. The developers are using enough time trying to get it right. Asking developers too make most of the extra content in this age of modding is almost criminal.


Please, I want the original SMAC team to do SMAC 2. SMAC 2 needs to be a seperate game, although a SMAC mod would not be bad. However the original team is not doing TBS anymore, but even an evolved RoN style SMAC 2 would be awesome.

 

[dh_epic]

Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say scrap the modern era.

I'd say improve the modern era, and make it more meaningful. Make a game where there are more important things to your strategy than "occupy as much land as you can in the first 50 turns". That would make the late game interesting.

Heck, if they made the modern age full of new twists and turns rather than a congealed decrepid extension of the middle ages, then I'd say go ahead. If you still have the energy after developing a game that's exciting from 400 BC to 2000 AD, make an orgasmic future age full of even more twists and turns, with new frontiers to fight over.

But yes, barring any improvement in the modern age, I'd say scrap it. Either make the game end by industrialization, or slow down expansion to an unrealistic pace such that it takes you until 1950 for the expansion phase to end.