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WOW. That engine takes what Bioware and kicks down a long tunnel, evolving technology discluded. I don't know how much work it was to create a map that detailed with the engine, but while watching it my jaw literally dropped. Anyways, I have a new theory about Troika's troubles. I just...

An a feeble attempt to look on the bright side, I am now "one poster", the big times baby! Sigh... I guess Troika ran into some trouble around November, and have been trying to find some way out of it ever since. I mean, are they still holding out for a publisher's project? I was under the...

I think the sale actually came before the announcement. If it was one person selling I wouldn't think twice about it, but apparently quite a few people did simultaneously. You are right, though. There is no reason to believe Activision is having financial trouble, except for that stock sale...

Yeah, I don't think Exitium told me anything that wasn't already common knowledge to more veteran posters at this forum, but he could have been more polite with his comeback. Anyways, I'm rather hesitant to blame Activision. Activision did allow for a longer development cycle, and it was...

Is Mandrew in the industry? I think an Obsidian fellow posted earlier that Troika talent had gone else where, but this is the first time I've heard about financial difficulties beggining in November. It would make sense, though, as thats when they stopped talking about adding a third team and...

Yeah, I'd be tempted to measure how well it sells compared to Rome: Total War, described by IGN as the best RTS ever... to be taken with a grain of salt. Anyways, it did feature a guy on the front cover. Big, tough, legion looking guy.

Calling it unfinished would be an overstatement, they never even started, as far as I understand. The only made the tech demo and were in touch with a few publishers. With out a publishers, I doubt they even got past concept art.

Ugh... I couldn't stand the crucible, though I know it was allegory to the McCarthy hearings. Death of a Salesman, however, I thought was pretty good. My sympathy goes out to the family, if any should just so happen to visit this forum.

If there is any one who could go out with a gag like that, it'd be Troika. They never really took themselves seriously, I think. I think thats one reason why Bloodlines seemed such a great game to me. Every other nook and cranny had an obscure refrence to one of the developer's names. If...

I'd love to, let me go ask all the industry insiders on my email address list. All done. I'll check around some of the sites, but I really wouldn't know how to "verify" it. I guess I wait until somebody else with Boyarsky's phone number calls him up, like HomeLan did. Hmmm....

I don't suppose you could tell us the reliability of the anonymous source, could you? Or is it anonymous to you, too? I mean, if this is coming from a development company in Irving, its a bit more serious than a letter from some fan. But an earlier poster was right, that email shows signs...

I guess I stand corrected, here is a screen from that Settlers game. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/thesettlersv/screens.html?page=52 Sure enough, medieval themed game unit with something out of a Street walker's wardrobe.

Not to beat a dead horse, but on its surface there is nothing wrong with having them. I've been around a little too long, though, for it to make any game more appealing in my eyes. I just fear we are going to get water down real time strategy games meant to appeal to the "mass market"...

I suppose thats one way to look at it. Also, it is only one game and thats probably looking for a quick and cheap way to get an edge in sales. As for the "combative advantage", I don't think thats why they included that unit, or boxart, or whatever. I thinks its a deliberate effort to...

Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, but I was at IGN and saw this interesting picture. http://media.pc.ign.com/media/729/729470/img_2598918.html Why do Real Time Strategy games need scantily clad women units, or is she just box art? I think RTS games did a very good job sticking to gameplay and...

GTA: Vice City is mine. I bought that while shopping for a gift for my younger brother, remembering all the hype behind that thing. I started on it, and soon realized I wasn't having any fun. All it seemed to be was an excuse to be violent, really violent. That, and no one had any redeeming...

The omens have been better, but this morning an eagle circled the camp three times...OK, I just got my hands on Rome: Total War and that opening speech is stuck in my head. Anyways, I don't think CRPGs are going to fall off the map, there is still a fanbase for them. They are just going to be...

I was going to post this in a new topic, but it relates so well to this one. I saw this at RPGcodex and began to think the world really is going down the drain. Its about an industry group's award ceremony. I'll tell you the punch now, Kingmaker beat Bloodlines for Best PC RPG. I say things...

That indie post-apoc game wasn't Troika's tech demo, was it? Troika is an independent studio, even though they have always worked with a publisher. It could still happen. I heard the screenshots released actually attracted some publishers.

In America, the minimum wage is bottom barrell. I think its been documented many times over that no one can raise a family or even accumulate savings on it. There are plenty of minimum wage jobs out there, but you have to be pretty desperate to take one. Anyways, I think it should be...