Civ 4

Thon · Post by **Thon** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:57 pm

it'll be in stores tomorrow i think.

i know there's addicts here

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:26 pm

Thon · Post by **Thon** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:05 pm

your a PC gaming noob if you don't like the Civilization series

Post by **Lyion** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:02 pm

I'll pick up Civ 4 soon after release. I have yet to play a bad Sid game. Heck, even the Pirates re release was brilliant. It'll be a nice change of pace from the regurgitation of FPS and RTS.

Post by **Lyion** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:37 am

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3279

Tuggan · Post by **Tuggan** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:52 am

lol that took me a second. was thinking wtf..

i'll probably pick it up this friday when i have a lil extra cash to spend, i loved 3. played that game for hours on end.

Donnel · Post by **Donnel** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:57 am

I've got 2 loaded here at work for some windowed mode action lol

Post by **Lyion** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:06 am

We need to get an Online gaming session rolling this weekend.

Donnel · Post by **Donnel** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:27 am

What's the incoming port I need to open on my router for this?

Naginataka · Post by **Naginataka** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:52 am

Thon wrote:your a PC gaming noob if you don't like the Civilization series

No, you are a PC gaming noob if you loved the civ series after Civ 2. Everything after that has been complete crap.

Thon · Post by **Thon** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:26 pm

i'll take civ3 and it's expansions over anything else in the genre released in its time

Naginataka · Post by **Naginataka** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:56 pm

GalCiv>>>>> civ3. Try it. It is what MoO3 should have been. http://www.stardock.com

The only other ones in that genre were what? CTP3 which was light years ahead of Civ3 in gameplay as long as you only played against other humans. The AI could not kill you, ever, even if you left one city open and declared war on all other civs adn cycled through until 3000AD. But for MP is was great, depending on how Civ4 is you should see about finding a bargin bin copy of CTP3 and playing some online games. MoO3 also was out, which was an abortion. And I am sure there was something else, but I can't remember what.

Thon · Post by **Thon** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:52 am

Galciv was good, but being able to design your own ships is half the fun in any space TBS. as is being able to control the battles. galciv2 might be worth buying though.

i have Call to Power 1, but not 2, i don't think there's a CTP3? if it's got crappy AI i wouldn't want to bother with it. AI difficulty is one of the most important parts of a game like that. multiplayer is another story, but how long can you get ppl to sit down and play a game that takes hours upon hours. civ3 got around any AI shortcomings by good 'ole massive cheating and aggression.

a definite improvement i do remember from CTP though, was not having to build umpteen million workers to irrigate/mine/road every square.

Thon · Post by **Thon** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:17 pm

any points are moot, buy civ4 and let it have your babies

Naginataka · Post by **Naginataka** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:16 pm

Yeah Civ4 is a good game. Buggy, but easily the best since Civ2.