Sid Meier

[VirtualMark]

Did Sid Meier actually participate in the development of Civ 6? I remember that someone else took over 5, so just wondered who headed the team for 6?

 

[bladex]

he hasn't been in charge of a civ game for a long time. i think his last was II?

 

[Disgustipated]

I thought Brian Reynolds mostly handled 2. I always figured he handled the big picture stuff, but was never in charge of actual development.

 

[Louis XXIV]

He does some playtesting and gives some feedback, but he hasn't been lead designer since Civ1 (Brian Reynolds was 2, I feel bad about this but I'm drawing a blank on 3, Soren Johnson was 4, Jon Shafer was 5, Ed Beech is 6). I remember some talk about him having a more active role in Civ Rev, though, I don't know.

 

[player1 fanatic]

Sid worked on original Civ1 and CivRev and that's all.

Everything else is branding due original Civ being his creation and sequels being done by his company.

 

[Browd]

Jeff Briggs on Civ 3, I believe.

 

[Jabulani]

I still recognize Sid as the greatest genius in game history and not only because of civ of course.
His mind is still brilliant even in latest interviews but that has a counter effect, the other ones near him seem to be dumb....

 

[Danzo_87]

I always wonder how does a dev/lead got their name onto the game like sid meier, tom clancy etc etc

 

[SupremacyKing2]

I always wonder how does a dev/lead got their name onto the game like sid meier, tom clancy etc etc

That's just a marketing gimmick. If your name is big enough then they put your name on the product to help sell it.

 

[player1 fanatic]

Another reason is that they could probably not trademark "Civilization", but could "Sid Meier's Civilization".

 

[rastak]

I believe he's the creative director at Firaxis and as previously mentioned a fantastic game designer. Jake Solomon the lead designer on XCOM said he ran things by Sid all during the design process. I would assume any designer with any common sense would walk down the hall to his office early and often no matter what the game.

 

[Ryika]

There was an Interview on Eurogamer a while ago, where he talked about how he was basically fed up with Civ after having finished Civ 1, and that since then every Civ has been developed by a new team of people who have all created their own version of the game, basically keeping the formula fresh, and the concept interesting.

Here it is:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-10-19-25-years-of-civilization-we-talk-with-sid-meier