Alpha Centauri remake- Will it ever come?

[Martimus]

Originally posted by: Hadsus
Speaking of remakes, how about Master of Magic.

Stardock tried to buy the rights to make the sequel to Master of Magic, but they wanted too much for it. They are making their own Master of Magic now called Elemental: War of Magic. An open beta starts in June if you pre-order.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
AC is one of my favorite games. I pretty much bought it on a whim after reading the review in PC Gamer (I forget what they gave it, 98%, 100%? but it was the highest score ever). I'd love to see a sequel/remake
Nerve gas + 2000 years of sanctions FTW

they gave Crysis a 98% as well

 

[minmaster]

it would just make too much sense to release such an awesome game. such has not been the trend of the general PC game development.

i don't know what firaxis is waiting for, but i wouldn't be surprised if civ5 comes out before another smac.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
AC is one of my favorite games. I pretty much bought it on a whim after reading the review in PC Gamer (I forget what they gave it, 98%, 100%? but it was the highest score ever). I'd love to see a sequel/remake
Nerve gas + 2000 years of sanctions FTW

they gave Crysis a 98% as well

Yeah, most publications have fallen into ruin of late. I blame the commercialism and corruption, also the bribe taking to give good reviews.

 

[Pollock]

I sure hope so. SMAC is an all-time great. Just so much depth to that game.

 

[MStele]

I think its very likely. SMAC2 would be cash in the bank for a company like Firaxis, and SMAC is regarded as one of the best games of its generation. Firaxis recently went through a move to Maryland, which is probably why we haven't heard about any new projects, but i'm sure they are up to something.

 

[Via]

To me the original is still very playable.

I guess some new graphics would be nice. Maybe some new factions and design shop choices.

But the tech tree and secret pojects? Still legendary today.

 

[datalink7]

Alpha Centauri. One of my favorite games of all time.

Where my username came from actually.

 

[CPA]

The guy behind it (Brian Reynolds) left Firaxis

If it came, it would likely not be as good.

If anyone can do it, Sid Meier can.

 

[Kadarin]

I enjoyed playing that game back in the day... Would love to see a new one come out.

 

[Malladine]

It has been years since I played this. You could create your own units in this game like you can in GC2 right?

yup, often to great effect

 

[evident]

i just read the wiki on this game. i never played a turn based strategy before ( was always a RTS guy), but it seems pretty cool.

could i get into the genre by playing this game?

 

[WhipperSnapper]

I love SMAC too and hope that they'll make a SMAC-2 but I'm not going to hold my breath. If they were going to do it I think they would have done it already. However, sometimes old, successful games will receive sequels or remakes years later. I agree that I wouldn't have much confidence in anyone to make a good sequel because of the trend towards consolization. I do think it becomes an increasingly dicey proposition the longer it takes because fewer and fewer current gamers will remember the game as time goes on.

 

[minmaster]

knowing EA owns the rights to it, they will turn out a shitty game if they do decide to make one.

 

[TheVrolok]

Interesting necro.. don't even remember posting in this one, but yeah, like I said before, AC was awesome .. I might try to find my disc and play again.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Were there ever any mods released for AC? I've never heard of any.

 

[paperfist]

Were there ever any mods released for AC? I've never heard of any.

Over at the civfanatics.com site you can find one or two if I remember correctly.