Comments on: THQ buys BHG

By: JonathanStrange

JonathanStrange — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:34:11 +0000

Alpha Centauri concepts seemed so cool – they still do – but…actually playing on the ugly planet really dimmed my enjoyment. I’ve only played three or four times and always left it for Earth.

By: Alan Au

Alan Au — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:36:20 +0000

I agree that Alpha Centauri had its share of quirks (e.g. the artistic style, unintuitive tech tree, late-game micromanagement, supply crawler hi-jinks), but to me the genius of the design was that the player’s priorities had to shift during the game to take full advantage of new discoveries.

By: Scott R. Krol

Scott R. Krol — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:19:07 +0000

Ya know, I’m going to lose some gaming cred here but for some reason AC just never did it for me. I can’t put my finger on why, it seemed like such a great idea; a science-fiction version of Civ with many interesting gameplay improvements. What’s not to love?

I even reinstalled it a couple months ago wondering if my tastes had changed, but no, still just wasn’t doing it. Mind you, I don’t find it bad, just can’t rave about it like some folks I run across.

By: Geeek

Geeek — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:24:37 +0000

You left out Saints Row. Talk about a game that exceeded expectations in all the right ways…

-Geek

By: Dave Long

Dave Long — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:13:49 +0000

Rumor has it they were also working on a god game for Wii. Dunno if Troy knows more about that or not.

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:53:39 +0000

Brian Reynolds, the founder of BHG, created Alpha Centauri while at Firaxis. I think Alpha Centauri’s IP is still owned by Electronic Arts, the original publisher.

I’d love to see a sequel, too, but I don’t think that’s going to happen so long as Reynolds and Meier are both subsidiaries of other companies.