A little info from Strategy First...

Renegade 13 · #1 September 18th, 2005, 11:46 PM

Well, when it says winter 2006, I assume Oct, Nov, Dec. I don't think anyone has officially heard anything from anyone who'd know for a long time now, so any date could be plausible.

Kana · #2 September 19th, 2005, 03:52 AM

And that would be a shame...GC2 will be out before that...and Civ IV, and well...lets just say I dont' think I can wait a year...

Kana

Will · #3 September 19th, 2005, 05:21 AM

Well, technically 'Winter' (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least) is December 22 - March 20/21.

I guess the Aussies won't be seeing SEV until around July 2006...

Randallw · #4 September 19th, 2005, 05:42 AM

Well I was planning to import it anyway as I didn't expect it to be in stores here. On the other hand I have seen O.R.B in the shop here and that's a strategy first game.

NullAshton · #5 September 19th, 2005, 08:33 AM

O.R.B. is a really old game. I've had it for a couple of years now...

Baron Munchausen · #6 September 19th, 2005, 02:28 PM

Winter starts on December 21st, remember. So most of a given Winter falls in the next year.

The end of 2006 is certainly a more realistic date. But I wonder if they (both MM and SF) can actually exercise that kind of restraint. Everyone from the Mega-Evil Empire itself (Microsoft) on down to the smallest developer has fallen back on the 'release and finish it later with patches' method since the earliest days of the PC industry. Does MM have the cash to just keep developing until it's really ready? Does SF have the patience to allow MM to do this? I doubt it. At the pace its currently going, they would be releasing without several of the major planned features in Feb 2006, just like they did with SE IV (no drones, etc.). That's likely what will happen.

Enigma · #7 September 19th, 2005, 03:17 PM

My concern is the "Real-Time Strategy" Game. Is that right?

Renegade 13 · #8 September 20th, 2005, 04:17 AM

Pausable real-time is what Aaron has said.