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[edit] Bunk

I've just returned from EA Los Angeles (for the Kane's Wrath summit) and I've asked around. There are flat-out denials going on and no-one gave the typical "I can neither confirm nor deny" line. They hinted strongly towards a Medal of Honor game which would use the engine this is a much more likely and plausible scenario anyway.

I'll write it up on the Gamespy site I'm an editor for when I get home (ATM I'm in Amsterdam Schipol airport, check the IP address) so I can add it to this wiki page.

W3bbo (talk) 12:09, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

EA just announced Command & Conquer: Tiberium which is what this is, I assume? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=50337 TomeOne (talk) 23:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

EA has announced no such thing yet. --MrStalker talk 09:08, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes they have. It's apparently in a gaming magazine. In the following thread on Petroglyph Games's forum, a former employee confirms it's real, and that he worked on it 2 years ago. http://www.petroglyphgames.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7104 - 150.209.44.81 (talk) 16:57, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Still doesn't qualify as an announcement. --MrStalker talk 12:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] X and Tiberium

The article name is Command & Conquer X. A more "official" title name of Command & Conquer: Tiberium has sprung up. Maybe a reference to both names in the article (as opposed to conflicting information between the infobox and the actual article), or a change in the article name.

Or we can just wait for more confirmation. - 69.224.41.98 (talk) 07:51, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

What I want to know is why is it not simply Command & Conquer: Tiberium? The name is confirmed in the article, which is released. It's a print source and about as encyclopedic as you can get.
Enfestid (talk) 23:55, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
O'rly? Reference please. --MrStalker talk 02:20, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
What do you mean reference?! The magazine has been released! If you want a reference go buy the magazine. A source doesn't have to be online to be worthy of being a reference.
(Edit: The magazine is Game Informer. Online source: [1])
Enfestid (talk) 02:52, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Not everybody have access to a store that sells the magazine, f******d. You need a reference that can be checked! Anyway, the Game Informer entry can confirm the title. BUT, the title is not Command & Conquer: Tiberium, it's Tiberium. --MrStalker talk 13:55, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Please read Wikipedia guidelines. Just because not everybody has access does not make it unencyclopedic. Click on the "verifiable" link below the edit summary to get a better explanation of this.
Furthermore, there is absolutely no use for hostilities here. Please check your anger at the door when you come to Wikipedia and assume good faith. Please read up on Wikipedia rules and regulations.
Enfestid (talk) 06:21, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh, well, the latest issue of Svenska PC Gamer says the game is going to be called Tiberium Donuts. --MrStalker talk 10:44, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm not quite sure where all this hostility is coming from, but a print publication is no less valid than an online one; in fact, nine times out of ten it's normally a more respectable source -- simply because you don't own the publication is no reason it's not worthy of reference.
Saying "Fake Publication X" reports the game will be called "Silly Name Y" is simply asinine, as it's not even remotely valid comparison. The same comparison, in fact, could be made about "Fake Website X" reports the game will be called "Silly Name Y", and it'd probably be a much more likely scenario, given that the Internet is anonymous and anyone could make the statement.
Enfestid (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 01:52, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Btw, Svenska PC Gamer is not a fake magazine. For all you know, they could have reported that the game is going to be called Tiberium Donuts. --MrStalker talk 12:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't know what hostility you're talking about. The funny thing is that despite your good reference, the title you stated was incorrect. --MrStalker talk 13:24, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Well, I would say sarcasm would normally be a hint of hostility ;) And, yes, I got the title incorrect on accident. I think we've all made accidents before.
Edit: Also, what is your insistence with not admitting your mistakes? The game has not yet been released, hence why the verbs are in future tense when referring to elements of the game. Please look at the future games (you can navigate to it easily through the templates) and see. Furthermore, Latin abbreviations really aren't needed in an article -- why have them? It's harder to follow for those that don't understand.
Edit 2: Let's try and compromise this, to avoid a revert war. I don't think a Latin abbreviation needs to be in an article at all, as it is harder to follow and seems unprofessional for an encyclopedia. I can see how you can use a present tense verb, however, as somewhere, the game does exist, even if it's not yet out and has the risk of being cancelled -- it still is "in the present" at EALA. Fair?
Enfestid (talk) 16:24, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at the manual of style, it should clear things up regarding what tense to use. Quote: "By convention, these synopses should be written in the present tense, as this is the way that the story is experienced as it is read or viewed". And okey, fine, I won't use "i.e.". --MrStalker talk 19:58, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Press release from EA confirms the title is simply "Tiberium". The Press release can be seen on EA's extranet site. TomeOne (talk) 12:01, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Which is because it's not part of the Command & Conquer series. Quite naturally actually, given that Command & Conquer is a pure RTS-series, exept Renegade. Only God knows why they put Command & Conquer in front of that shit (same goes for Generals). Tiberium Incursion FTW! --MrStalker talk 12:41, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I guess cooly waiting for further confirmation isn't that bad of a thing afterall. -69.224.41.98 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 00:49, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

When they started working on the game two years ago, the project was called Command & Conquer X though, so maybe that title should be mentioned somewhere in the article.81.80.174.165 (talk) 17:40, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Did they? Do you have a source for that? For all we now C&CX could be another game unrelated to this one. --MrStalker (talk) 17:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I visited the studio when the game was in early development, it was called Command & Conquer X at the time (2005). Obviously I wasn't allowed to take pictures there to keep photographic evidence of that, so unfortunately, I guess there is no "verifiable" source. It's still true though. 81.80.174.165 (talk) 09:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
It really doesn't matter if it was anyway. The game is called Tiberium. --MrStalker (talk) 11:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Engine

This new gamespot article says that the engine used for this game is unreal, not crytech2 http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/tiberium/news.html?sid=6185200&tag=topslot;title;1&om_act=convert&om_clk=topslot Oldag07 (talk) 03:39, 29 January 2008 (UTC)