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Civ 4
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:57 pm
by Thon
it'll be in stores tomorrow i think.
i know there's addicts here
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:26 pm
by Tikker
bleh
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:05 pm
by Thon
your a PC gaming noob if you don't like the Civilization series
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:02 pm
by Lyion
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:37 am
by Lyion
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:52 am
by Tuggan
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:57 am
by Donnel
I've got 2 loaded here at work for some windowed mode action lol
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:06 am
by Lyion
We need to get an Online gaming session rolling this weekend.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:27 am
by Donnel
What's the incoming port I need to open on my router for this?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:52 am
by Naginataka
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.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:26 pm
by Thon
i'll take civ3 and it's expansions over anything else in the genre released in its time
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:56 pm
by Naginataka
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.
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:52 am
by Thon
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.
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:17 pm
by Thon
any points are moot, buy civ4 and let it have your babies
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:16 pm
by Naginataka
Yeah Civ4 is a good game. Buggy, but easily the best since Civ2.