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Originally Posted by JimMorrison
Battle for Emperor was sooooo -almost- awesome..... It had the atmosphere (got to love a cherished IP to work with, AND a strong legacy), and for the time, cutting edge visuals for an RTS. As far as I'm concerned, the UI was really the only thing standing in my way of joygasm.  |
There were a whole wad of factors affecting the area. E:B4D wasn't being developed in-house, so EA and Westwood had a lot of say-so over the UI because it had to 'remain true to the C&C series'. The tabs for unit/building construction were (I think) our innovation (I joined after the in-battle UI was finalised), but I got the impression that generally there were a lot of restrictions on ideas we had put forward.
It's understandable that they'd worry about a third party working on their prized (and highly lucrative) IP, but maybe they were over-cautious.