Do You Ever Get Tired Of Playing SEIV?

[Atrocities]

From time to time I do get "burned out" on playing SEIV, and move onto other games. But ulitmately I always seem to come back to SEIV. I don't know what it is about this game, but I know one thing, we should turn Aaron into the Attorney General for making an addictive life sucking product.

How would have guessed that nearly four years ago I would still be playing a game made basically by one man in his home and sold exclusively on line. (I still think the shipping charges were to excess guys.)

I know that this forum is a big part of the lure, and more than likely why many of us still play, if we play.

PBW is a great tool for playing SEIV, albeit the turns are really slow sometimes.

Turn Fests / Gamathons are a lot of fun, but after six hours of playing one is just completely pooped.

Modding the game has to be its own reward just like making ship sets. Most mods go unplayed, and most ship sets go unused. A sad but true fact of SEIV life.

I think what keeps me coming back to this game to play it is the combination of creativity, game play, people, and challenge that SEIV has to offer.

I don't know about you guys, but it amazes me that one man, working in his spare time in his apartment could produce a game so highly addictive that it beats time and again hard core time tested titles such as Moo2 and BOTF. How this man has produced a game that is better than all other 4x games to come along since, and better than most that came before it.

This should be a world record. Lets face it, SEIV is just a solid product with exceptional game play and cult like fan following. All hale the mighty Game gods from Malfador. (J/K, but thanks for making such a great game.)

[narf poit chez BOOM]

i don't play it much anymore, but that's just a temporary thing. by the time i'm bored with other games, i'll be interested in SE again.

[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.

[ January 15, 2004, 08:34: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[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.

[David E. Gervais]

"Do you ever get tired of playing SEIV?"

Judging from my observations in these forums, I'd have to say that 2:37AM is the threshold where you people get "Tired of playing SEIV." (waking up with the computer keyboard tatoo'd to your face and drool deposited on the spacebar is a sure sign of this. Right?)

What? That's not what you meant Atrocities?

Muahahahahahaha,..

Cheers!

[Captain Kwok]

I have phases of more or less interest, but like most people here I always come back to SE:IV!

[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...

[Ragnarok]

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]

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]

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 ).