Posted Jun 17th 2008 11:00AM by Samuel Axon
Filed under: Interviews, Strategy
Sid Meier told GameSpot that
Civilization IV: Colonization is "a very different game" from
Civilization IV. While it's based in the same engine (a customized version of
Gamebryo), it features a totally redone interface, all new assets (art, etc.), and greatly improved graphics -- better unit shadows and water, more complex models, and higher resolution assets of all kinds.
We suspect the game is vastly improved over the original
Colonization from way back in 1994 as well, but few details about gameplay were given in this particular interview. Meier did say that the decision to make a new
Colonization game was made because fans have passionately requested it for years, though.
Now if only Meier could get the
Alpha Centauri rights from
EA -- then there might even be rejoicing in the streets. How's "We love the Game Designer Day" sound?
[Via
The Escapist]
Tags: 2k-games, civ, civilization, civilization-iv, civilization-iv-colonization, colonization, firaxis, gamespot, graphics, interview, sid-meier, stand-alone
I'm not usually into games like this but for some reason this game is holding my anticipation. They can't release this soon enough.
...bysmittyPosted at 11:10AM on Jun 17th 2008 by bysmitty