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Old 07-06-2011, 04:46 PM   #275
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Yeah, to be honest, I always thought the game was supposed to be over a bigger map, or at least have an expansion. After all, what's the point of having St. Patrick, if you can't go to Ireland and use his bonus?
Agreed. I never asked Hendrick about that, but then, this was Microprose. They didn't do sequels. Meier has certainly gotten more savvy about that, though I'm not terribly impressed these days with the obvious dumbing-down philosophy he espouses.

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But brand new game with similar gameplay would be great.
Makes you wonder why nobody's picked up that gauntlet, doesn't it? Even the obvious player-made ones (that probably would have been crushed by the rights holders) haven't gotten very far before falling apart.
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