warpstorm
Yumbo? Yumbo!
Is realism what we really want in a game?
The rising expectations of realism killed the wargames and military flight sim markets. It was costing more to make a realistic flight sim that would make the customers (and maybe more importantly the reviewers) happy with their rising expectations than they would ever hope to get back. These once thriving genres are now essentially gone (and I miss them).
The further you go down the path of demanding more and more realism the sooner Civ becomes a small niche title (at which point the big publishers won't touch it).
I would much rather have fun and excitement than realism.
The rising expectations of realism killed the wargames and military flight sim markets. It was costing more to make a realistic flight sim that would make the customers (and maybe more importantly the reviewers) happy with their rising expectations than they would ever hope to get back. These once thriving genres are now essentially gone (and I miss them).
The further you go down the path of demanding more and more realism the sooner Civ becomes a small niche title (at which point the big publishers won't touch it).
I would much rather have fun and excitement than realism.