[Tuna-Fish]

Originally posted by Arryn:

Civ3 had a *huge* development budget, and some of the best programmers and designers in the gaming industry, including Sid.

Not including Sid, which is a good thing. Sid had his hands in with Civ 1, all other projects have been lead by Brian Reynolds. Sid Meier himself hasn't had absolutely anything to do with the games "Civilization 2", "Alpha Centauri" and "Civilization 3", only reason they are all under his name is because it sells. Kinda makes you undrestand why Reynolds left Firaxis, looking at how easily Sid accepts all praise given to him and doesn't bother to mention that he hasn't actually DONE anything civ-related since the early 90s.

This especially true with Civ 2, that is often voted as one of the very best games there is, and all Sid had to do with it was 2-hour briefing with the actual makers of the game, Brian Reynolds, J. Briggs and Douglas Kaufman. yet he still always remebers to accept all thanks directed at him.

And no, he isn't even a master designer who invented the Civ franchise, as it orginally started out as a computer Version of the Avalon Hill board game "Advanced Civilizations". When it comes to undeserved "glory", Sid Meier is the leech of the game industry.