Any One Here Still Play

[Lemmy]

Alpha Centauri - This is another good game. My favorite thing is to go as the Giains and then just use mind boils to kick the living daylights of all the other factions. At the end of the game when the fungus is blowing up in ten places every turn, destroying all my improvements, I'm even better off then before! Still need to use settler type units for terrain though. It maddens me no end.

What would I use instead of settlers? Good question, glad you asked. I like what Call To Power did. Every turn a certain percentage of total empire production went into a 'Public Works' account. You then spent from that account to built roads and change terrain. You can change the amount you send into the account from 0-100% but the more you send to public works, the less you have to build buildings and units with. Interesting idea, I hope to see more of it in the future.

Yep, of all the civ-games, SMAC and CTP had the best features/ideas, maybe Civ3 with culture, but the bad implementation nullifies that .

Best things from SMAC:
Unit Workshop
Social Engineering
Diplomatic Model
Background stories, the interludes, the tech voiceovers, the faction profiles, it makes the entire game feel alive.
CTP2:
Public Works (micromanagement begone!), may seem as a small thing, but it makes playing a huge map a hell of a lot more bearable, no more hundreds of workers to move as with Civ3

[capnq]

I've played all the Civ games (including the original Civilization board game by Avalon Hill. Anyone remember that one?)

Still have it, and the map expansion. Didn't buy the "Advanced Civilization" expansion, though. Haven't played it in years.

[KirbyEF]

M002... make sure you get the v1.31 patch.... the CP AI is alot better, some other things are changed.

Link to get the patch:
ftp://ftp.infogrames.net/patches/moo2/moo2v131.zip

The best way to run the game.... is to install it using the installer.... then copy all of the files from the CD's root directory onto the hard drive where you installed the game... (don't over write the files already on the hard drive)... then unzip the patch onto the hard drive..... Put away your CD for same keeping. You are ready to play!

Also make sure you have plenty of drinks and snacks on hand (similar to SE4G playing).

Civ3 is fun to play... I especially like that culture feature, it reminds me of the "border wars" in Alpha Centauri! I have yet to get Civ3's multiplayer addon....

Thanks mlmbd for that link to the M003 review.... I am looking forward to play it.....

KirbyEF

[mlmbd]

Yeah, need those drinks n' snack when sitting down with a good game!

mlmbd

[Atrocities]

Civ 3 fun to play?

Your sence of fun is not what I would call mine.

Well I will give the game this, it does have long term, IE 24 hour addictive play, the fact that the AI can take out 16 tanks with 5 musketmen just ruined the game for me.

Granted there are mods like the power bar and such that help the game emensly, they are poorly supported now, and many do not work since the latest patch.

The game had good AI Political settings. Good looking graphics, but the uneveness of the units just was one major thing I could not overcome. The editor helped though. But that was very time consuming.

[mlmbd]

Atrocities, can I ask you why you have such a hard on for Civ III?? I read your post about you playing and the negative feedback about the uneven play. But, hey, that was a year ago. Have you played it lately, with the latest patch?

mlmbd

[Ruatha]

Still play MOO2 on occasion. And Civ3 but not very much. Civ2 more and even CivNet and Civ1 wich is the one game that made me buy a PC!
I still think Civ1 (or CivNET) is a very good game and I play it a couple of times every year.
Never played BOTF though, or any other ST game, yet,

(And no, don't feel sorry for me I have a real life too )

[ November 17, 2002, 16:41: Message edited by: Ruatha ]