Duck and Cover

Also, platform matters.

There IS a widely played mainstream TBS series which I really should of remembered immediately. It's called "Advance Wars".

Because the PnP market is the same as the CRPG... oh wait, it's not. Final Fantasy is pseudo Turn-Based and also has strong brand recognition - and a home market far more friendly to turn-based games. Take a look at ToEE's sales if you think that pure TB plays well in todays market. There are plenty...

Basically Majorem are doing this becuse they have NOTHING to lose.

Ballerium development was allready suspended because their previous investor pulled.

P.S. Ballerium si shit

...probably more people in multiplayer, more pathfinding nodes for the AI and a larger maximum map size.

You missed something

They missed the Christmass buying period by a good month. Owned.

And I'm sure chuckie anticipates it

As I've read on the BIS boards, the technical design was basically complete. And the interview said he was getting out of RPG's.

I suspect burnout, more than anything.

The X-Com Enforcer team DID piss on the community. Except they got told to play nice. And it flopped. Badly. Oh, and Red, nope. This name's picked 'cause of Jovian Chronicles. http://www.dp9.com/Worlds/Jc_page4a.htm (3rd Exo-Armour down) What I don't get is why there HASN'T been a deacent X-Com type...

And fucking up their relationship with Bioware and losing NWN.

You may not LIKE the game, but it's been a hell of a money spinner for Atarigrames. (what? )

If it bombs, I give it a 60% chance they can Fallout 3. That's being conservative. One note: posting phone numbers just (surprise) sends devs into bunker mode (Yes, I'm involved in the industry. But not on the developers side of things. No, I do not work for any major develop. Yes, I like Fallout 1 ...

Yes, the difference being that there are a LOT of other deacent post-apocalyptic games. And sod-all in the style of X-Com. Except the non-tactical abortion known as Aftermath. Imagine Fallout:Tactics, with less tactics. That's UFO: Aftermath. Oh, except you have seven guys rather than six. And you c...

S-A-R-C-A-S-M Yes, I know some of you are infidels from America, but surely SOME of the readers of this site come from civilised countries and can understand the concepts. Or maybe not. (Hint: The above paragraph is also sarcastic) I'd point out two things about SA, as well. Firstly, they occasional...