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October 31st, 2005, 07:54 AM
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
One question tho:
Why the heck does everyone call Civ3 rubbish? I seem to be the only person here who actually liked the game. Next to Makinus, but I haven't seen him here in a while.
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October 31st, 2005, 11:13 AM
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
The best recommendation I can give Civ IV is that on "Warlord" difficulty, it plays like Civ II with a better graphics engine. And Leonard Nimoy, of course.
I have an ATI card and had the "render" error that is now on the Civ IV website. I managed to fix it myself, doing essentially what they said - update drivers and reload direct X.
EDIT To reply to Strategia - I can't put my finger on it, but I didn't like the way culture was implemented in Civ III and I just couldn't seem to do well in the more advanced levels of game play. It was frustrating and I couldn't ever seem to get an edge on the AI. Civ IV isn't like that and I can't be more specific than that.
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October 31st, 2005, 01:19 PM
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
Perform a forum search for the game to see many reasons. Repeating them here would only clog this thread, which is not about Civ 3.
The ATI card problem with Civ 4 smacks of a rushed release... I wonder what other critical problems are in the initial release?
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October 31st, 2005, 01:22 PM
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
I liked the idea of culture, but I wanted it to be more like borders where the other empires couldn't cross without declaring war. They always plopped down their city 2 squares from mine. I also thought corruption rose to fast after a certain distance. Also, after modding in SEIV, Civ III seemed constrained a bit. I did enjoy the game, but I only played it for a month or so then got bored.
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
So far, two thumbs up for Civ4, no thumbs down.
Up: Wildcard06, Kana.
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October 31st, 2005, 01:55 PM
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
I am still eating, sleeping and going to work, so it can't be that great 
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
I just found out that combat has been reduced to a single defence stat.
Blarg.
Well, hopefully someone will mod that.
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November 1st, 2005, 08:56 PM
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
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I just found out that combat has been reduced to a single defence stat.
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This is a highly misleading statement.
I have been a big Civ fan since Civ 1 and am awaiting delivery of Civ 4 right now.
Each Unit does have only one combat strength, but almost every unit has special abilities that modify combat. Plus victorious units earn "promotions" that can be things like a free shot in combat, +50% vrs Mounted Units, etc...
So while each archer has the same base strength, two different archers can have vastly different combat capabilites.
Since I haven't played yet, I can't judge yet, but I expect the new combat system to be a double edged sword.
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November 1st, 2005, 11:18 AM
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
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The best recommendation I can give Civ IV is that on "Warlord" difficulty, it plays like Civ II with a better graphics engine. And Leonard Nimoy, of course.
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Err OK..... what's up with that? 
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November 2nd, 2005, 08:06 AM
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Re: OT: Civilization 4
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One question tho:
Why the heck does everyone call Civ3 rubbish? I seem to be the only person here who actually liked the game. Next to Makinus, but I haven't seen him here in a while.
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Yes, i liked a lot Civ3 (especcially conquests), but only after i modded it a lot to suit my tastes... and if what i hear is tru, that Civ4 have a lot of modability in it i´m sure i´ll like it even more...
Other thing you must realize about my taste for civ3 is that i bought it when it was already in the Conquests expansion, that had a lot of bugs squashed and new things to play with and, even then, i bought it in a bargain bin for $15 dollars or so (i don´t remeber the exact value) and found a very good game for the price...
That aside, the best incarnation of civ to date is Civ2 Test of Time, as it had a lot of modability in it, specially the capability of playing in 4 map "layers" at the same time...
I´m waiting to see Civ4, but the reviews to date are making me hopeful that i´ll get a good game... now i only need to wait for my friend in Germany to come home (Brazil) for christmas and bring me the list of games i sent him...
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