Will there be alpha centuari II

[The Lodian]

If they made SMACII i don't think i would want a totally new game. I think if they are going to make a second alpha then they should keep the game essencially the same and just touch up the graphics and add some new minor features. Kind of what they did to CivII, CivIII is not drasticly different from CivII it just adds new aspects to the game and the graphics are 100% better.

 

[The Lodian]

If they made SMACII i don't think i would want a totally new game. I think if they are going to make a second alpha then they should keep the game essencially the same and just touch up the graphics and add some new minor features. Kind of what they did to CivII, CivIII is not drasticly different from CivII it just adds new aspects to the game and the graphics are 100% better.

 

[The Lodian]

srry about the double post

 

[orangebear]

In these forums seems to be good programmers and graphicers..
Why are u gonna start developmenting ac2..?
Some would do units, some base scripts.. etc..
It could be a totally new mod or even a new game..

Okay.. Maybe taken from too far, but..

 

[orangebear]

ËDITED: this was second post of the upper one..
sorry

 

[puglover]

Two double posts in a row!

 

[Terje]

good suggestion, orangebear, IF they could afford the rights to the name, story, etc.

suppose that would be expensive....... very.

 

[HAND]

I'd would love to see AC2....Get Reynolds back in there!

 

[Falcon02]

Potentially reviving this thread, I've gotta ask, why not an AC2? even if Fraxis does a poor job, why not let them take a crack at it. Not like people who don't like Civ III still don't have Civ II to go back on to....

You never know Fraxis might even surprise y'all and make AC2 better then AC1. Really hope that Sid qoute is false, and if it is true that that Sid changes his mind....

 

[CamBot]

Originally posted by Falcon02
Potentially reviving this thread, I've gotta ask, why not an AC2? even if Fraxis does a poor job, why not let them take a crack at it. Not like people who don't like Civ III still don't have Civ II to go back on to....

You never know Fraxis might even surprise y'all and make AC2 better then AC1. Really hope that Sid qoute is false, and if it is true that that Sid changes his mind....

It's not really sid's call in this case, but Brian reynolds, and he's plenty busy with real-time games and Big Huge Games.

The Smac story is pretty much close-ended- You transcend and essentially become "one with Planet" or whatever it is they do. I wouldn't be sure how they could pick up the story where it left off.

I would like to see a sequel as well, but I think it's highly, highly unlikely.

 

[HAND]

I reckon you should never say never! I loved AC along with alot of other people. Civ3 didn't include alot of AC features which was puzzling to me. AC was such a leap forward.
I don't think that the storyline is a problem, since the all civ games are just the same in premise.

 

[ipris]

well i wouldnt want some other orginization to try and make SMAC 2. If they make it, i'll try it, and probably like it... I like civ3.

 

[Falcon02]

Story line would either be exactly the same, or some really creative person could make up a "sequal" but I'd say keep the plot essentially the same.

Imagine a redone high quality moving Diedre leaderhead.....

 

[Gojira54]

or better yet decent-looking terrain. I love the way the planet-generator worked, but the really need to improve the variety on the terrain

 

[warpstorm]

It's not really Brian Reynolds' call. When he left, the rights to the game stay with Firaxis. The corporation owns the IP rights, not an individual. (I'm assuming it's this way, it is with most every other corporation in the world).

FWIW, I'll be the dissenting voice. I think that Firaxis could do a great job on it (but it'll never happen as EA will never fund a sequel as it's not a sequel to a sports game).

 

[Andro]

...it'll never happen as EA will never fund a sequel as it's not a sequel to a sports game....

Or The Sims... or SimCity.

 

[Bart2k4]

People should be talking about Alpha Centauri 2.. Not Civilization 4!

Damn right! A majority of my suggestions for the offical Civ4 tread where ideas from SMACx and the multimap(earth and earths outer orbit) from CTP.

 

[Gojira54]

Originally posted by warpstorm
It's not really Brian Reynolds' call. When he left, the rights to the game stay with Firaxis. The corporation owns the IP rights, not an individual. (I'm assuming it's this way, it is with most every other corporation in the world).

It really depends on the contract. Firaxis would be stupid to do anything different than what you are saying, but it MAY have been written so that BR has the rights. What is more likely is a "Joint custody" of the game where they both have rights to it - together. Which leaves us all screwed.

I wish we could get some straight answers from Firaxis on this...

 

[Lazarus Plus]

What I would like to see for a SMAC2 would involve maybe a wider view of the TBS experience in the future. Like maybe involving more than one planet? Space? After all, most endings in that game gave you wide and far perspectives of the future, like returning to a nuked earth, and building a Dyson Sphere around Alpha Primary.I would certainly like to see the futire, rather than a rehash of the same story like the Civs.

 

[Gopal]

Unless Civ 4 is going to be allot like AC Im not getting it civIII was the worst game ever