Another game down the drain

Fyron · #1 August 11th, 2003, 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
I know MicroProse published Birth of The Federation, but didn't they also publish Moo and Moo2?

All three of those games were good games. So what happenend with MOO3?

Yes. They also published Civ and Civ 2, and Colonization, and some other awesome strategy games (as well as a few dozen other good games). Sadly, they are gone.

oleg · #2 August 11th, 2003, 11:22 PM

There is a fundamental difference between Publisher and Developer. I tend to ignore publisher' label and look who is really behind the game.

Fyron · #3 August 12th, 2003, 01:35 AM

Yes, but Microprose was the developer of most of those games. MOO and MOO2 were developed by Simtex, but the rest by the Microprose team.

Iron Giant · #4 August 12th, 2003, 04:33 PM

Wow, this is sad, sad news. I played that demo, and it was awesome.

You felt like you were in the middle of a real space battle.

If I could get that feeling, with the tactical game of SEIV.... *goosebumps*

Loser · #5 August 12th, 2003, 05:12 PM

I live in Colorado Springs and we have an airport. Once upon a time a ambitious company called Western Pacific decided to make us their hub for their new airline. This was during the boom and the city was growing wildly as companies brought technical and customer service jobs to the area. They made a lot of money and were quite successful while they stayed in their niche.

Then one day Westpac decided it was time to grow, time to take risks, time to make more money. They moved their hub to Denver International Airport, where they could reach more, where they had a larger local pool to draw from, where they had more prestige, and where they got beat down by TWA. Westpac was not ready to play with the big boys. TWA beat the snot out of them and the company went under.

The moral of this story "stay in your place" in this case does not apply to the developers or the publishers but in a fit of personification, to the genre itself. Right now maybe this genre does not belong on somewhere that it has to compete with click-fests, walk-through adventures, MMORPGs, RTSes and racing games. To attempt to design a 4x game that will compete for the attention that is typically given these other genres has resulted in failure.

As long as a 4x game stays with its, admittedly limited, 4x audience it can still be successful. That's my opinion and wacko theory for this specific moment. I might be wrong, and I might just let it go.

narf poit chez BOOM · #6 August 12th, 2003, 10:59 PM

you want to feel like your in the middle of a battle?

homeworld.

yeah, i agree. people who play strategy games don't want a click-fest 4x and people who don't play strategy games don't want to sit for up to an hour to play there turn. on the other hand, i don't really want to sit for an hour either.

solops · #7 June 28th, 2004, 05:24 AM

I hear a german firm is still doing Imperium Galacta 3.

I guess until someting better comes out I'll play a bit of SEIV. I did find a really delightful and simple game called "War! Age of Imperialism" that fills in the idle time. Quick and not complex...kind of an upgraded Risk. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for some quick strategy fun...no heavy brainpower required.