Civilization

[Hitcher]

OK. Who here builds civilisations? Those who do will know what I mean...

Has anybody yet bought Civ4?

[parsley]

Haven't played it for years, but I used to be an addict. What's new in V4?

[James Deuce]

Don't start - we'll never hear from you again. I have to work with an addict who hasn't slept since Civ4 came out.

[Hitcher]

I hope it's better than Civ3. Civ1 was the best game (graphics notwithstanding). Civ3 remedied some of the shortcomings of Civ2, added some of the lost features of Civ1 but became ponderously bloated. It takes way too long to achieve a meaningful result, city performance is tediously slow and the game is unsatisfyingly unplayable at its hardest levels. Not that I would claim to be an addict...

[sanchez]

I hope it's better than Civ3. Civ1 was the best game (graphics notwithstanding). Civ3 remedied some of the shortcomings of Civ2, added some of the lost features of Civ1 but became ponderously bloated. It takes way too long to achieve a meaningful result, city performance is tediously slow and the game is unsatisfyingly unplayable at its hardest levels. Not that I would claim to be an addict...


You'll like 4 then, it's possible to play a game on a small map right through in a few hours.

I think it's too fast.

[Drum]

I started playing on the Commodore 64 and am still going with CivIII. Many hours/ days/ weeks/ years "wasted". Havn't bought Civ4 yet as it will likely be half price in 6 months.

Reviews sound pretty good.....

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/civilizationiv/index.html?q=civilization%20IV

Apparently theres several multiplayer modes including play by email. Sounds interesting.

Official website: http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/home.htm

[Ixion]

One word. Freeciv
<a href="http://www.freeciv.org">Freeciv</a>

Because civilisation should be free

And with a compiler you can make it do anything you want.

[Hitcher]

What's a compiler?

[Marmoot]

blew my savings on Dawn of War.......still trying to save up enough $ for Civ4.......anybody know if it is any good?

[MacD]

OK. Who here builds civilisations? Those who do will know what I mean...

Has anybody yet bought Civ4?

The pillion is the megalomanic in this relationship, personally I like a good FPS, although had to go cold turkey on Everquest after a while. She says that she didn't like Civ3, prefers Civ2. She is currently destroying Cultures across the room. ;)

[Magua]

Civ4 is SHITE! Don't buy it until they release the inpending patch. 8 out of 10 users are having major issues with the game.

[Hitcher]

One word. Freeciv
<a href="http://www.freeciv.org">Freeciv</a>

Because civilisation should be free

And with a compiler you can make it do anything you want.
Mate, this free thing is shite. Just been mucking around with it for about an hour. Tedious. I'd ask for a refund if I were you...

[SPORK]

Mate, this free thing is shite. Just been mucking around with it for about an hour. Tedious. I'd ask for a refund if I were you...
Oh I see what you've done there!

[avgas]

loved civ1....but didnt even pick up the next versions.
Too busy with Halflife(1/2), Unreal and the Quake series over the years.
However....
Hi, my name is avgas..... and im a Mechwarrior fanatic, but dont judge me..... (oh and fuck you very much microsoft - give the game back to activision....least they did a good job)

[manuboy]

Check out the review

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/civilizationiv/review.html?sid=6136659

The long and the short is (i've never played any civs) it's better than the rest by a country mile (as opposed to a city mile).

I'd even think about it but apparently sleep deprivation becomes even more of an issue than it is now

[jrandom]

I remember fondly many 3am 'just one more turn...' Civ2 sessions.

havent played it for several years now, though. just dont have the time for gaming apart from the occasional FPS session.

[Aaron]

Fuck it, just typed a huge reply and lost it because I wasn't logged in :doh:

Right, in summary: Game is great, the graphics are nice and the movies (for Wonders) have sex'd things up a bit. Civ has never needed flash graphics though, the game play has always carried it through.

Sound track is amazing, I moved the sound track from the intro screen into the folder for each of the eras as I thought it was wasted there, never to be heard while actually playing the game.

Some of the micromanagement has gone (I think), I felt like I had no input into what was happening. Lots more options and automated workers do a good job. Cities have a greater sphere of influence and as such you build less of them. The workers will identify which squares are most suitible.

Been a bit of a blouse and only been only the 3rd easiest difficulty myself, still the AI packs a sad and starts a war with me :(

Now you really can have a 'huge' map, and the islands one is unreal, hundreds of islands only one or two squares, good fun if you like naval battles.

It's fallen out of favor ATM as I save Civ for wet days or when I'm not feeling well. F.E.A.R is awesome (current vice), and hoping Call of Duty 2 is as good as the first one).

I'd recommend getting the demo first if there is one, simply because they've changed enough things that might put some Civ fans off, (not many though).