Do You Ever Get Tired Of Playing SEIV?

Wardad · #1 January 15th, 2004, 05:24 PM

Last night was the first time I have fired it up in over 9 months.

Of course I had RL distractions, and GalCiv, Tropico I, Tropico II, Rail Road Tycoon II, STARS!, Star Fury, etc...

Ragnarok · #2 January 15th, 2004, 06:08 PM

I at one time got burnt out on playing SEIV. That time period Lasted about 2 or 3 months I think and it was before I started playing on PBW. Once I came back I decided to join PBW and see what it was like, I loved it and have never stopped since. I was in as many as 12 games at one time and have been in many others that have since ended. As long as PBW is around I will be playing SEIV.

But I need to find some time to play single player so I can get back into my story that I was writing (see sig). I will have to read the entire story from beginning again to gather my thoughts and remember just where I was going with it. But thankfully I have alot of notes and ideas still stored in a text file somewhere.

EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro · #3 January 15th, 2004, 06:22 PM

Yep, haven't played in 3 months. Currently playing CIV 3. I am also eyeing Dominions 2. Looks like an equally addictive game. Once again some low budget low key guys with nothing to do in Norway put down the yummy rotten fish and decided to make a good game. I think Ed Kolis hangs out in that forum too. But keep coming back to this forum. Lots of good smart people here.

rdouglass · #4 January 15th, 2004, 07:02 PM

For myself, I've been playing SE?? for quite a while and I tend to go on "binges" for a month or two then leave it alone for a month or two. When I binge, I'll play at minimum 3 hour episodes at least 4 times a week. But to be honest, I think SEIV is the only game I've played for over a year (except maybe a few games of FreeCell on the work PC

).

Cipher7071 · #5 January 15th, 2004, 07:27 PM

I'm a lot like rdouglass when it comes to SEIV. But until very recently I had never tried PBW. The only trouble with that is that, so far, I find it grindingly slow.

Right now, I'm about to win another single player game, using the TDM Modpack. I've just eliminated the Ukra Tal by surrender, and have stolen another three or four systems from the Terrans. The writing is on the wall now...
When I finish this game I will let single player mode rest for a while, and just play on PBW (which it seems will much less time consuming).

I don't have a large collection of these sort of games, but I do occasionally go through my CDs and fish out "Outpost" (Sierra). There's something about that one that still appeals to me, as old as it is.

Atrocities · #6 January 15th, 2004, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ruatha:
It's been the only game I've played 2003.

But I'll fire up CivNet soon.... and then there's that LAN gettogether in March, so 2004 I'll play some other games too.

Lucky you a lan get together. More details please.

capnq · #7 January 15th, 2004, 09:31 PM

Back in September, I was getting pretty burned out. I was playing one PBW game, and that was it.

Then my computer died, and I couldn't afford to replace it for three months. After the forced "vacation", SE IV was the first game I installed on the new computer.

Now I'm in the endgame of a solo game where I've been MEE since turn 100, long ago hit the units limit, and am about to hit the ships limit. This is the first time I've accomplished the latter two.