Interview with Mark Skaggs!

Monday 10th February, 2003 · 0 comments
Posted by Mats0174, .

As the game nears it release, (For EA-P's time it's only 12,5 hours left) Reviews come in, but not only reviews, oh no! Also Interviews!

Like C&C Matrix Reported about a German interview with Harvard Bonin, however in German, if you want the translated version, pay C&C Matrix a visit!

Secondly we have Mark Skaggs interviewed by Game-over, this is a nice interview, especially for those that still have to make up their mind wether to buy Generals or not! Here's Mark his words an bandages....ehm...not literally of course!

Jeff: Was there a specific balancing problem with the Generals concept that was presented at E3?

Mark: We had that idea, and we kept trying to work it, but we?d have a problem. However, we?d say to ourselves, ?Hey, we still believe in the idea,? and we?d put a Band-Aid on it. We kept running into problem after problem, and we?d continually put Band-Aids on it. Finally, in late August or so, we looked at the way the game was going and said, ?You know what? We?ve got so many Band-Aids on this thing, it?s not going to be any good. Let?s throw it all out, and go back to the idea where you are the general, you gain experience points that can be used in a system that?s almost an alternative tech tree.? It added a tremendous amount of depth. We wanted to get away from the whole ?pick-a-General? thing. First of all, what does he look like when he?s on the battlefield? Generals in the real world do not go out and shoot; they?re not Arnold Schwarzenegger or Rambo. It turned out to be a smart decision, and it?s easy to understand. You don?t have to sit there and wonder, ?Which General am I? What does he do??



The interview is right here!