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(buys gal civ III =))
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For reference, I just found this post by kryo from Stardock: [B] February 12, 2008 23:04:56 GC2 won't be getting multiplayer. Aside from patches, TA is pretty much the end of the road for it. GC3 will most very likely be based on the fantasy game's engine, though. [/B] This sounds good (as the unnamed fantasy game is mentioned as being turn-based and supporting multiplayer).
If multiplayer ever gets considered for one of the expansions, I'd suggest looking at a Pitboss-like multiplayer type. Personally I'd prefer this many times over to i.e. online / LAN play. Pitboss refers to a multiplayer type in which (in general) the players log on to a server ran by one of the players in the game. The server player can specify a time limit in which the turns have to be made. If someone hasn't made a turn in time, his turn is automatically skipped (or the AI plays his
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Exactly... how many multiplayer gamers will be visiting a singleplayer game website to vote? Stardock should consider all potential customers not just those from this singleplayer fishbowl. I'm one of the few which visit and comment since I do both multiplayer and singleplayer, but I don't buy games which are missing multiplayer. From what I've been reading this game is gr
Frogboy: I've been making games for over a decade and on top of that, let me just say that game developers talk to each other quite a bit. And the consensus is, multiplayer in a 4X game is a luxury. It doesn't really make a big addition in sales.
We did do a survey with over 2000 GalCIv I players , it wasn't even close. +90% said it wasn't important to them that GalCiv II have multiplayer. I have one major thing to add to this discussion, which hasn't been said yet (for as far as I can tell). Namely that the poll was done with