Do You Ever Get Tired Of Playing SEIV?

[rdouglass]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Voidhawk:
Wait a minute. Are you saying there are other games?! Lies! deceit! treachery!

Yeah, SEIV is one of those rare games that I don't even bother uninstalling when I get bored with it because I know I'll just have to re-install it a few weeks down the line. I think it's pretty much become an extension of my OS at this point. My computer would probably explode if I tried to uninstall it.

Getting tired of playing SEIV is like getting tired of eating chocolate. You know even before you've swallowed the Last bite that it can't possibly Last.

GOOD GOD! It has bee a long time since I have seen a post from you VoidHawk.

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Wardad:
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...

It is uncanny how so many of us have simular game interests at our core, but the further you get out the more we differ.

SEIV is the core, then Gal Civ, possibly a Civ game, then from there the divergance begins, I like the occational FPS, but prefer the solice of SimCity or a good Flag capture game like Tribes.

I think at heart we all just love to create things, and these games give us that chance. So if you think about it like that, *dukes* we are all god wanna be's. *runs and hides*

[Sinapus]

Didn't get burned out on SEIV, though I've been playing Civ3 and other games more. I'm waiting for the next patch that was mentioned Last month or so before I restart more SEIV games.

Hopefully, it won't be too much longer before that comes out.