20th November 2004, 12:11 AM
Yeah, Impressions died back when the last remnants of Sierra were killed, a month or two ago. I think I made a post about it. But Tilted Mill is the survivors of their 'city-building-series' team, who by the end was their good team anyway (the other guys finished with the quite mediocre Lords of the Realm III), so it's not so bad... like Black Isle and its children at Obsidian and Troika, though, it's still sad when a good developer goes under.
But as a division of Sierra, a company which has been closing studios for five years, I was expecting it to happen one of these days...
But this thread should be about Sid Meier, not Impressions... okay, they are both PC strategy game developers, yeah... Sid is better though. :)
I was dissapointed by Civilization III, but I still trust Sid. I don't know if Civ 4 will satisfy me either, though, as it was the guy who left (Brian Reynolds, of late the developer of 'Rise of Nations') who did my two favorites -- Civ II and Alpha Centauri -- and not Sid or ... eh, the other guy whose name I forget... But Pirates! is a different kind of game, so I'd expecting very good things (I also loved Gettysburg!, which also was a different kind of strategy game (really wargame)) was i and it looks like it matches them. It was high time that a new Pirates! came out, and it's great to see it not only be done by the original designer but for it to be a great game. :)
But as a division of Sierra, a company which has been closing studios for five years, I was expecting it to happen one of these days...
But this thread should be about Sid Meier, not Impressions... okay, they are both PC strategy game developers, yeah... Sid is better though. :)
I was dissapointed by Civilization III, but I still trust Sid. I don't know if Civ 4 will satisfy me either, though, as it was the guy who left (Brian Reynolds, of late the developer of 'Rise of Nations') who did my two favorites -- Civ II and Alpha Centauri -- and not Sid or ... eh, the other guy whose name I forget... But Pirates! is a different kind of game, so I'd expecting very good things (I also loved Gettysburg!, which also was a different kind of strategy game (really wargame)) was i and it looks like it matches them. It was high time that a new Pirates! came out, and it's great to see it not only be done by the original designer but for it to be a great game. :)