Whom would you like to see as lead designer of civ 6: edited to add sulla to list

[LegioCorvus]

Sid him self. I'd love to see how his game would turn out.

That was CivRev.

Awww...

You beat me to the punch.

 

[jagdtigerciv]

Well, looks like Jon Shafer was fired. Will this get him more votes for civ 6? Not likely.

 

[ThERat]

The best would be that some other company takes over the franchise. I wouldn't mind Brian Reynolds or Soren Johnson to take over, however I guess they already created 'their' version of civilization.

Sullla would be my first choice for the team of advisers as I guess he wouldn't agree to be a lead designer. In fact, someone being open to criticism is very important for such a massive game. One of the failures of Civ 5 is the fact that those beta testers either didn't dare to criticize or were not heard.

 

[h0ncho]

Sulla is a pretty cool guy but I think CiV proved to us that goodwill and enthusiasm alone can't make you good a game. For that, you also need experience combined with vision.

 

[bob_page]

Brian Reynolds.

 

[Dale]

Brian Reynolds.

We'd get worse than CivRev then.

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[Me,myself,and,I]

I voted Kael, because he would be awesome, and I don't give much for the odds of a previous designer returning.

*sigh* Alas! However for Kael is already suitably employed.

 

[Geddy]

Arghhh! No more modders as designers. Someone with a track record.

 

[Me,myself,and,I]

Well if a track record is your requirement then the same people would design games over and over. Besides Shafer HAD a track record, it's not like Firaxis just whisked him away and said go make ciV, he did extensive work on IV first.

And Kael will have a track record by the time civVI is in the works. So I suppose we'll see what he deos at Stardock.

 

[Blitzscream]

....,

 

[CHEESE!]

Montezuma would make a good designer.

 

[Bibor]

Brian Reynolds' ideas polished by Soren Johnson. That's what we need.

 

[playshogi]

Didn't Brian Reynolds leave development of Civ 3? I think his idea for Civ ended up as Rise of Nations, an RTS game. I don't want an RTS game.

 

[Sir Sir]

I would like Brian Reynolds to drop all his mobilphone crap/money grabbing and get on with what he was ment to do!!!!!

 

[ezwip]

Brian Reynolds' ideas polished by Soren Johnson. That's what we need.

Yes, that is what I want.

 

[CivFanaticMan]

Soren Johnson. I loved this guy, he understood AI and its roll in a game like civ more than anyone else. Please come back!

 

[moscaverde]

Brian Reynolds' ideas polished by Soren Johnson. That's what we need.

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Revoran]

No offense to Sulla, but a good game critic does not a game designer make.

 

[SHaW1986]

I think the more important question is, "who do you think should continue ciV?" now that jon shafer is gone.

 

[whb]

Well, obviously the person I'd like to see as lead designer is "me". (This is CivFanatics after all, not CivLukeWarmKindOfInterestedBystanders)

Realistically, I think Civ 6 is likely to be very different, as the devices people want to play games on become more diverse.