Off Topic DO NOT BUY CIV 3 - Page 4

Mephisto · #31 December 21st, 2001, 04:23 PM

It is very sad, but Dani Bunten has died due to cancer.

She made games that I will ever have in my memory (M.U.L.E, Command HQ).

zen. · #32 December 21st, 2001, 04:26 PM

Dracus, Phoenix-D: Yah, they just said that Myth III was nowhere near Myth II in terms of quality. Of course, like Phoenix-D said, this is the same mag that gave Civ3 quite a high rating. Guess first-hand experience is always still the best!

Spyder, Saxon: http://www.illwinter.com/dominions.html

Do most sites/mags rate Civ3 highly? I usually settle on games that there is a consensus of high opinion upon. Although it looks like the scope of Civ3 might take more time than I would have.

zen

God Emperor · #33 December 21st, 2001, 04:35 PM

On operating systems;

err, I'm still running Win95 on a DOS platform, on my "2 cylinder" P233. Must admit though, I havent used my DOS features for a couple of years......

On the positive side, I've never had any incompatibility problems and my machine is very stable....

Wrt CivIII, thanks for the warnings. Think I may receive it as a Xmas present so at least now I have an idea of the issues...

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mac5732 · #34 December 21st, 2001, 05:51 PM

My kids were going to get me CIV3, but I told them to hold off until its fixed and told them to order Napoleon's Le Grand Armee from Matrix, just came out, instead (mail order only). How about a remake of Empire Deluxe? Upgrade to current technolgy, I really enjoyed that game and its partner Empire...

Also looking foreward to the book "The Shiva Option" by Weber & White (sequal to In Deaths Ground) similiar to SE4 and Starfire

just some ideas mac

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Growltigga · #35 December 21st, 2001, 06:06 PM

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Originally posted by mac5732:
Also looking foreward to the book "The Shiva Option" by Weber & White (sequal to In Deaths Ground) similiar to SE4 and Starfire

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I am also looking forward to the Shiva Option - dont know about you but I sometimes find David Weber's books to be a little bit gloom, doom and despondancy - it would be nice for a starfire book to be a little upbeat and not sure of religious nutters or bugs that scoff the locals

SEIV - Starfire - cut from the same mold if you ask me but the charm of SEIV is that you are not stuck doing all the wretched paperwork

3rd edition starfire could sometimes feel like an accountancy exam

mac5732 · #36 December 21st, 2001, 07:43 PM

Growltigga, have you checked out Baen.com, it gives preview of the lst 10 chapters of the book, good reading. I agree some books become dry or go to far outbound from where they began, one such was the GOR series, lst number of books were ok but then went down hill to where I quit reading them. Another good series is the Lost Regiment by Fourchan (not sure on spelling).

PS. tks Atrocities for heads up on CIV3, from what most everyone hear says, I'll wait until they clean it up first before I decide to buy it.

just some ideas mac

Resident Alien 2 · #37 December 21st, 2001, 07:51 PM

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Originally posted by zenbudo:
Dracus: I just finished reading my latest PC Gamer Last night...Myth 3 got something like 50%. Purchase at your own risk.

Personally, I'm picking up SEIVG and perhaps an FPS like Max Payne or Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Although I suppose I'd better finish Ghost Recon first. Simply need something team-like to quench my TFC needs. heh heh

Also, I hear Illwinter's Dominions is also a good turn-based fantasy strategy game. It's produced by three guys, I believe, and their patch list reads frighteningly similar to our own SEIV. Not the best in graphics, but great in scope and execution. Maybe the SEIV for fantasy folks?

zen

If you are looking for a FPS try the demo for Aliens v Preditor 2. I bought this game yesterday and was just playing the first section of the space marine campaign - very intense with lots of dark corridors full of spooky shadows and nasties. And you get to play as a marine, a preditor or an alien. Time to de-compress with with EU2 or SE4.

Wardad · #38 December 21st, 2001, 08:12 PM

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:

Windows XP = Windows Exposed

Oh, yeah, I wanna have the very LATEST software and be up to date!

Think I'll stick with 98 and a decent third-party firewall, actually. [/QB]

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Win98 for me too. But sooner or later... upgrades happen.

Will my old MOO run on XP? How about Privateer II?

Spyder · #39 December 21st, 2001, 08:14 PM

My Win XP has been great so far...so much better than '98 in terms of reliability. It also seems to use much more of my available memory and use it more efficiently.

Growltigga · #40 December 22nd, 2001, 01:03 AM

[quote]Originally posted by mac5732:
[QB]Growltigga, have you checked out Baen.com, it gives preview of the lst 10 chapters of the book, good reading. I agree some books become dry or go to far outbound from where they began, one such was the GOR series, lst number of books were ok but then went down hill to where I quit reading them. Another good series is the Lost Regiment by Fourchan (not sure on spelling).

Mac, I checked out the Baen site, damn good reading and a nice way to while away a few hours in the office one afternoon but Baen are cruel to taunt fans like this with only half the story!! by chapter 10, I was getting anxious to work out how the Star Empire turns the tide

Messrs Weber and White are class. The Honor Harrington books by David Weber are damn fine reads I think. Altho' I love the Starfire books, I do find myself occassionally stopping half way through and turning to Terry Pratchett as the starfire story has just got a bit depressing

You are so right about the Gor books - I still pick up Tribesmen of Gor every now and then and read it - fantastic fantasy story - imaginative and fast flowing - after about book 12, John Norman seemed to get more obsessed about enslaving girls - obviously got carried away!!