December 14, 2001, 13:36
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So is this game never coming out?
I wouldn't have thought so, the idea was terrible.
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December 16, 2001, 02:39
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Why was the idea terrible? 
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December 27, 2001, 17:29
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I don't know, well, I don't even know the idea about the game since it was cancelled before I ever heard about it, so I didn't bother to find information about the game anyway...But from the title the game sounded ok 
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February 2, 2002, 22:08
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I think a game about dinosaurs would be interesting... but the gameplay would be a problem...
Just what would the player do in a dinosaur game?? Control a single dinosaur??
[BadJoke] Control a group of dinosaurs from the beginning of time, have them become masters of their piece of land, become civilized and slowly build a nation to stand the test of time?? [/BadJoke]
Thankfully not many ppl will see this 
But seriously, what would the players objectives be, and how could they be made interesting?? Finding food and sleep as the only objectives would quickly become boring and repetitive, controlling all aspects of a single dinosaur would be a cheap imitation of the Sims and the player would't identify with "their dinosaur" as well as they would controlling a person in the Sims.
Its a good premise for a game, but the ideas behind the game arent that easy to decide upon. For me at least.
Re-reading what ive wrote, im really glad not many ppl will be reading this 
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February 3, 2002, 04:16
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maybe i should link this thread in my sig 
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February 3, 2002, 04:19
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Wouldn't surprise me 
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February 3, 2002, 06:48
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I believe that you would control packs of Dinosaurs. The goal: survive.
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February 4, 2002, 18:32
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Sounds like a FPS with claws, teeth, and horns instead of guns.
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February 5, 2002, 14:24
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Originally posted by Dugrik
Sounds like a FPS with claws, teeth, and horns instead of guns.
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Alien versus Predator already has that. 
IMO, Dinosaurs was going to be like The Sims. Thank God it isn't! 
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February 6, 2002, 06:54
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It's getting harder and harder to keep the riffraffs out. 
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February 6, 2002, 12:55
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It's getting harder and harder to keep the riffraffs out.
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Get out of my HOUSE!!!!
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February 6, 2002, 13:50
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Originally posted by DaShi
It's getting harder and harder to keep the riffraffs out.
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What's a riffraff?
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February 6, 2002, 14:20
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i thought it was dashi's house... anyway, whoever's house it is, got any bananas?
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What's a riffraff?
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scum, peons, people like you and me
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February 6, 2002, 21:15
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Originally posted by DinoDoc
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Hey, I was here first. Now where's my whiskey bottle, I'm going to sleep. 
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February 7, 2002, 06:34
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Originally posted by ColdWizard
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What's a riffraff?
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scum, peons, people like you and me
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It also encompases skanky people.
Dont discriminate against us
*Passes a bottle of bourbon around*
Just to make sure I can stay here
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February 8, 2002, 16:26
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Where's my shotgun?!? 
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February 17, 2002, 16:54
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Hmmm....thought the original announcement was that it was simply 'set aside'. I guess only time will tell if it come to fruition, hopefully as RTS as most have disappointed and would like to see more of Sid's influence in the genre.
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February 20, 2002, 01:58
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Set aside, cancelled, postponed ... er, why keep this forum active then? Perhaps Markos and Dan could free up a bit of space by shelving this place until the fate of Sid Meier's Dinosaurs is known for sure? Anyway, I bet Sid's too busy with golf and Civ III to really ever get back to his Dino game.
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February 20, 2002, 02:12
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Damn gate crashers
Sid doesn't care about Civ III.
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February 20, 2002, 09:22
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Damn possessive crazy people ;)
From what I remember of what I read, Sid didn't think the dinosaur game that they had was enough fun, so it was shelved until they had a better idea of implementing the game.
Shame.
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February 21, 2002, 12:26
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Sid didn't think the dinosaur game that they had was enough fun
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and yet civ3 was released...
how boring must dinosaurs have been 
civ3 = 
dinosaurs =  ?
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February 21, 2002, 21:50
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I disagree, Civ 3 is fun.
However, Firaxis neglected to finish the game before releasing it.
What with them releasing patches now, the game is nearing its potential. It is fun at the beginning (where Firaxis tested)
I guess the Dinosaurs game wasn't fun at the beginning at all.
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February 22, 2002, 02:56
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I disagree, Civ 3 is fun.
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*pulls out flamethrower* *remembers that this isn't the civ3 general forum*  *puts flamethrower away*
must be my being an MPer. i even find civ2 SP boring these days 
maybe dinos was dumped for simgolf? now that is a fun game
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February 24, 2002, 20:45
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*Phew* 
Saved by the . . . dinosaur forum . . .
I would have preferred Dinosaurs to Golf... at least I like dinosaurs
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February 25, 2002, 12:02
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Would have liked to have seen a dinosaur workshop game. Build your own from the feet up and pit them against others in MP action.. 
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February 25, 2002, 14:44
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I would have preferred Dinosaurs to Golf... at least I like dinosaurs
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yin likes simgolf, so it must be good
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Would have liked to have seen a dinosaur workshop game. Build your own from the feet up and pit them against others in MP action
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that sounds interesting
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February 27, 2002, 21:31
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* slinks out of shadow *
" hello everybody! "
I was looking forward to Dinos. From what I gathered it was a cross between starcraft and civ. hence the indecision on RTS or TBS.
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February 28, 2002, 03:40
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Hey Dr Darknight!!
(sorry, watching Simpsons... Dr Nick joke...)
They could have gone XCom style - have parts of the game realtime and other parts turnbased...
It could work with that Dinosaur Workshop idea.
Or maybe not...
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February 28, 2002, 19:34
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Yeah I was thinking Dr Nick too
Ah old Xcom games. Little unintelligible blobs of colour flying across the screen destroying all the cities
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