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Posted January 11, 2014
OK this is properly interesting (unless it was posted before and I missed it) - last week The Escapist reviewed Alpha Centuri in its 'Good Old Reviews' feature

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/131024-Good-Old-Reviews-Sid-Meiers-Alpha-Centauri

and signed off with the paragraph

"Come back next Saturday where we'll be continuing Sid Meier month with another game that we can't really talk about just yet."

then this week they reviewed Colonization with the closing phrase:
"Due to some changes in GOG's scheduling, we had to postpone the review of the mystery game promised last week. Come back next week when its identity will finally be revealed."

Tres interesant, non? Mon Amies?

Now I'm fairly sure its not Civ and OMG TAKE 2 CONFIRMED!!!11!1 time as we'd have more teaser by now so what is it? Gettysburg?

Over to you guys...
Posted January 11, 2014
my singularly masculine multiple exclusively-female friends
Posted January 11, 2014
Sword of the Samurai is something I've heard tossed around quite a bit in speculation threads.
Posted January 11, 2014
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gibbeynator: Sword of the Samurai is something I've heard tossed around quite a bit in speculation threads.
I'm pretty sure its something from Sid Meier as is Sid Meier week on there, so its definitely something from Microprose (via Tommo, presumably) but Sid doesn't seem to have been too personally involved with making this one:

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game[/url])

so I'm thinking not...
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grimwerk: my singularly masculine multiple exclusively-female friends
Yeah I got an 'E' at GCSE French, I really shouldn't try, sorry!
Post edited January 11, 2014 by Fever_Discordia
Posted January 11, 2014
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Fever_Discordia: Yeah I got an 'E' at GCSE French, I really shouldn't try, sorry!
My own French is similarly awful! I just found the complete mismatch entertaining. I'm in no position to level any serious criticism.
Posted January 12, 2014
Actually the only game on the Tommo list that is prefixed with "Sid Meier's" that isn't here already is Covert Action
http://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-covert-action

That one looks at bit TOO dated though....

Actually wasn't Sid also a big flight sim guy as well as pretty much inventing 4X (although Civ was based on a board game, admittedly)? Maybe its one of the MP flight sims like a Falcon or Stealth Fighter pack or something...
Post edited January 12, 2014 by Fever_Discordia
Posted January 12, 2014
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Fever_Discordia: Actually the only game on the Tommo list that is prefixed with "Sid Meier's" that isn't here already is Covert Action
http://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-covert-action
Wow, looks like a beefed up Mean Streets. That I was unaware of this is very troubling. Do want!
Posted January 12, 2014
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gibbeynator: Sword of the Samurai is something I've heard tossed around quite a bit in speculation threads.
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Fever_Discordia: I'm pretty sure its something from Sid Meier as is Sid Meier week on there, so its definitely something from Microprose (via Tommo, presumably) but Sid doesn't seem to have been too personally involved with making this one:

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game[/url])
Sid made the dueling part and the AI, that's not a little...
Posted January 12, 2014
covert action COVERT ACTION

COVERT ACTION

can i preorder ?
Posted January 12, 2014
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Fever_Discordia: I'm pretty sure its something from Sid Meier as is Sid Meier week on there, so its definitely something from Microprose (via Tommo, presumably) but Sid doesn't seem to have been too personally involved with making this one:

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game)]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game[/url])
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Licurg: Sid made the dueling part and the AI, that's not a little...
Oh yeah just noticed the part where it says
"MicroProse co-owner Sid Meier helped develop the NPCs' artificial intelligence and the dueling"
So I guess its still possible, depends on how broadly The Escapist are defining the criteria for their Sid Meier month on GOR, I would label it a 'Sid Meier game' from that but he DID have a hand in it, turns out...
Post edited January 12, 2014 by Fever_Discordia
Posted January 12, 2014
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Fever_Discordia: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game[/url])
You forgot to add the closing parentheses to the link. Try clicking on it to see what I mean.
Post edited January 12, 2014 by Grargar
Posted January 12, 2014
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Fever_Discordia: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_the_Samurai_(video_game[/url])
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Grargar: You forgot to add the closing parentheses to the link. Try clicking on it to see what I mean.
That's weird because I didn't use the URL tags, I just posted the URL and let the boards generate the link themselves, so the auto gen system must have eaten the closing parenthesis somehow!
Should be fixed now, thanks
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