[Cyrien]

I have to disagree with the smarter AI comment. Civ 3 AI isn't that bright actually. It just cheats alot more. Sees things it shouldn't be able to see. Gets production, research bonuses, the diplomacy you can get on it is almost worthless. And as stated earlier most times it runs into war. If you try for a more peaceful path then you get walked all over with totally unreasonable trade requests and demands. Is the AI hard? Yes. Is it smart? No. It is quite simple to stop most AI attacks. They just come in wave after wave.

I still enjoy the game. Specially once the next patch comes out and aircraft aren't a total waste. As for modding it. You can still do quite abit. Not as much as I would like, but still alot. Specially if you get the hacked editor exe that adds back in the add remove options for most areas of the editor.

My biggest complaints here are with things that can't be moded. Lethality of nukes (or lack of)and impotence of aircraft (which should be fixed soon).

SE4 is better game, but Civ3 is still a goodish game. I don't feel I was wasting my money buying it.

In short. I expected more. Specially after the CTP's and Alpha Centauri. I think they removed more than they added looking at those that came before. But it adds enough to be its own game. All in all I find I can't really play Civ2 or CTP anymore. They have their own weak spots which are imho more glaring.

[ 14 April 2002: Message edited by: Cyrien ]