[Puke]

heh, i dont know if i would go comparing civ to a std. i played civ 1 ALOT. and liked it, even for its failings. but all the other games in the same serise and in the same tradition have played EXACTLY the same, and have had EXACTLY the same failings. sure, there was more eye candy and more stuff, and more options.. but the experience was the same. no new gameplay.

and all the old irritating bits with the cheating AI and poorly balanced battles remained forever unchanged.

but thats a topic for another thread, we dont need to hijack THIS thread with civ gripes. enough good threads have fallen into that trap already.