I thought I would counter Red Green's bogus thread "Why there will never be an SFC4".
It's baffling why Red Green would slam SFB fans since they are mostly the only one's left supporting the SFC series and even bothering to post here.
I think SFC4 could happen if the right publisher came along and if the liscense was partitioned properly to allow the much mentioned "all eras" game that could cover the entire history of starships, wars, races, etc. in the Trek Universe.
I would like a game that took OP and expanded on that. Adding both Pre-TOS, and TNG+ eras. With the combat system based on SFB and then extrapolated into the earlier and later eras so that it makes sense relative to the SFB based system.
David Ferrell is right when he says that OP is the pinnicle of SFC. That game is now near perfect. With Firesoul's and others mods, the game is very close to fulfilling my dreams. The only thing I would want now is Tholians and Andros along with an F&E based strategic campaign generator. I envision a game like the Total War series with equally deep strategic as well as tactical gameplay.
To show you why you should never count a game series out I give you the example of another game I love that looked like it was dead for good......the Starsiege/Earthsiege series. I loved the Mecha based Starsiege (which spawned the Tribes series) and eagerly awaited Starsiege 2. Unfortunately the 3rd game in the Earthsiege series bombed commercially....mostly because it could not compete with Mechwarrior in a saturated Mecha genre. This ment that it was all but sure there would not be a Starsiege 2.
In spite of this, Starsiege maintained a rabid, if tiny, fanbase that would not give up on a sequel, just like SFC fans have not given up on SFC4. Fortunately the publisher Sierra, who aquired the rights to Starsiege when they bought Dynamics, kept a Starsiege forum going long after it looked like the game series was history. That forum is where the rabid fans continued to froth at the mouth for almost the last 5 years.
Well low and behold, I was reading my PC gamer mag a few weeks ago and what do my eyes see but an article by the title of "Starsiege Lives". "Whoa", I said to myself. Apparently the Sierra company has agreed to support the series through retail marketing of a FAN-made sequel to Starsiege called Starsiege 2845. Sierra will not pay development costs but still plans to sell the game retail from what I understand. A group of fans with the skills needed to make a Starsiege sequel will make the game free of cost for Sierra, and Sierra still gets to make money off it. Here's the website for Starsiege 2845:
http://www.mechnex.net/Needless to say I'm pumped about this.
My point with this story however is to get us thinking about what is possible in the future for the sfc series given the fact of it's own rabid fan base and modding community's skills. All it would take for an SFC4 is the right publisher and a creative business arrangement. Perhaps Amarillo Design Bureau will eventually wear Paramount down as Star Trek enters a slow period? Who knows what could happen?
We will have to wait and see what happens.....it might take 5 years like Starsiege did.......it could take more. But hey, SFC is not out of the picture yet in my view.
You have SFB fans mostly to thank for that............Red Green.
Topic: Why there could be an SFC4!! Look at Starsiege 2845!!! (Read 5260 times)