C&C 4 Developer Chat Download - Secrets & Insight

[Sonic 296]

For those of you who missed the Command & Conquer 4 Developer Chat with Sam Bass, hosted by IGN.com Editor Eduardo Vasconcellos via Facebook and Vivox Chat. Now is your chance to download an MP3 of the chat and find out what was discussed. Questions were asked, new secrets revealed, and more insight was revealed in to the development and design of Command & Conquer 4 than ever before.

 

Command & Conquer 4 Developer Chat with Sam Bass (48.4 MB)

[sith_wampa 6]

I was there for most of it. He didn't really discuss anything we hadn't already heard. Hardly worth the dl imo.

[Johnnyxp64 20]

i think the only interesting part was when he said that people that loved harvesting and base building should wait after cnc4 to see what we are making.....

 

do you think the team will make a new rts under an other publiser? or something like that?

 

the only sure is that the cnc is slowly dying and i can see it in the community too......fading away and loosing interest........

[Nmenth 291]

i think the only interesting part was when he said that people that loved harvesting and base building should wait after cnc4 to see what we are making.....

This is the first news I've heard in waaaay too long that actually sounds good!

[PurpleGaga27 40]

Not to mention he denied about a Generals 2 development. Sam Bass has been involved in a number of interviews lately. Where's Jason Bender and Jim Vessella in the field? By the time CNC4 is released, who's responsible for the patching and balancing? Sam Bass is the lead designer not gameplay balancer. Jeremy Feasel is gone, so I am thinking Jim Vessella might do the job.

[Johnnyxp64 20]

Not to mention he denied about a Generals 2 development. Sam Bass has been involved in a number of interviews lately. Where's Jason Bender and Jim Vessella in the field? By the time CNC4 is released, who's responsible for the patching and balancing? Sam Bass is the lead designer not gameplay balancer. Jeremy Feasel is gone, so I am thinking Jim Vessella might do the job.

 

 

dont worry the "cleanning lady" of EALA offices will stay behind and provide us "with cover" :rolleyes:

[sith_wampa 6]

i think the only interesting part was when he said that people that loved harvesting and base building should wait after cnc4 to see what we are making.....

He said the future of the franchise is blurry at the moment, and that harvesting may be included in a later game if one were to be made. He promised nothing, and currently they're not working on any other C&C games.

[recover 2]

How can they harvest anything if they remove the tiberium in C&C4?

[sith_wampa 6]

How can they harvest anything if they remove the tiberium in C&C4?

New games don't have to be further down the C&C timeline. They could make a game that takes place between C&C3 and C&C4.

[Nmenth 291]

They could make a game that takes place between C&C3 and C&C4.

Or... possibly even... a Red Alert.

[sith_wampa 6]

Or... possibly even... a Red Alert.

The Japs use the Chronosphere to enter the Tiberium universe and start C&C5!

[Gben 20]

He said the future of the franchise is blurry at the moment, and that harvesting may be included in a later game if one were to be made. He promised nothing, and currently they're not working on any other C&C games.

 

Well I hope community reviews will help speed the return of the core RTS game play elements of economy and base production. From Sam's later interviews its clear their intention is to move the series forward... only mod projects would retcon through a time travelling travesty!

 

I don't equate economy to merely harvesting... but neither does pop-cap act as a substitute for the dynamics of economy. I think it wouldn't be too hard to create an alternate harvesting mechanic in the future... it's just that Tiberium was such an integral part of the C&C universe it was sadly lacking to have it missing from the game.