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Originally posted by Avatara:
**Who said Cythera was a bad game? It just loses some of its suspense after you've played it hundreds of times. The low replay was the earlier point.The D2/UT comparison don't work too well with Cythera. I only used them because you asked about them earlier, but those are different types of games than Cythera. Its difficult to fairly compare a full-fledged RPG with a first-person-shooter, the focus is too different. (usually the main focus isn't on storyline in FPSes) Something a bit closer to Cythera would be along the lines of Baldur's Gate (or perhaps Final Fantasy?).
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That's the problem. Ambrosia doesn't want to make any sequels to Cythera, which sucks.
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Does it make sense to make a sequel? There are probably under twenty people who would really like to see one. Now, you could argue that this is the fault of the original for having bugs, and that if they made a good Cythera 2, then people would gain interest. But is this sound business logic? It's much safer to sequel a successful game (such as EV) or come up with something entirely new, than to sequel a unsuccessful project.
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Ambrosia has no problem with making a Cythera 2, given that there is only one new game on the upcoming page.
That said, Glenn Andreas does have a problem with making a Cythera 2.
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Well no, not a sequel, but kind of a downloadable update for Cythera that squeezes in MUCH more gameplay, making Cythera a long, long, long, long, longer, and I mean REALLY LONGER game. That, and they could carbonize both the update AND Cythera along with it. Besides, though mostly everything is revealed after playing Cythera numerous times, I still don't lose most of those great feelings. When there aren't questions about what is going on for me, I simply marvel at the power of the emotions that Cythera offers. Plus I still have that intrigue and ghastly feeling. Even though I know what will happen, most of these feelings don't leave me. I still love Cythera. It is SUCH a great game. I swear, if I had to take out all of my games but one, one of my absolute choices would be this game, Cythera. Or Marathon or something, some other game that I think is just as good, but this game is one of them. As I said before, there are games that aren't as good, there are games that can be JUST as good, but you just can't beat Cythera.
Goodbye!
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Don't know what to tell ya. Still can't happen without Glenn Andreas.
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hmmm...
Perhaps we could find Glenn and use the bayonett!
If not that we could always flood his E-Mail with spam...
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**hmmm...Perhaps we could find Glenn and use the bayonett!
If not that we could always flood his E-Mail with spam...
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I don't think that is going to get us any closer to what we want at all. If we're going to e-mail him, we should ask him if he could please consult with ambrosia about this matter. I don't know... something.
Could somebody post a different thread about this? I dont' want to throw this thing completely off topic.
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If you're going to bring up bayonetting, you might want to do it in a topic that I've got a chance to actually read (morbid curiousity made me wonder just what was so exciting about SETI@Home to actually check this thread).
And for the record, (b)I(b) don't have a problem with doing a sequel to Cythera. There are, unfortunately, other issues (like having the time to dedicate to complete it, pesky litte thing called money, and the like - so if I win the Powerball...)
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Originally posted by gandreas:
**If you're going to bring up bayonetting, you might want to do it in a topic that I've got a chance to actually read (morbid curiousity made me wonder just what was so exciting about SETI@Home to actually check this thread).And for the record, **I **don't have a problem with doing a sequel to Cythera. There are, unfortunately, other issues (like having the time to dedicate to complete it, pesky litte thing called money, and the like - so if I win the Powerball...)
I suppose I acted rashly, But it is good to hear that you would be willing to make a Cythera2 if you ha the resources. Your problem of time however could have been solved by recruiting the legions of eger young volenteer programers who (would gladly work for free) while Cythera was in its prime. However since you also have a problem of funds why did you not kindly ask for donations? As far as I can see you might at least be able to ment the gaping holes and pesky bugs in Cythera's senario--We frankly don't care if the Delver Engine� is hardly an ideal editor, many EVers use raw ResEdit data. I also understand that cythera is far more complex than EV, but (b)the game itself can be broken down into basic components such as MAP, SPRITES, BITS, PEOPLE, OBJECTS, and CODES
