[TheEnglishman]

Has anyone else played the civilization games? Basically you make your own empire, starting at the beginning of the Stone Age and working your way through time to the modern day. It's a surprisingly addictive game. Anybody else play it?

[Golden Djinn13]

I played civilization, and I liked it, but I don't own a copy of it. Its a really good series, and I want to try civilization 4.

[TheEnglishman]

Well I bought Civilization 4 on Saturday and I didn't think much of it compared to the previous games. The graphics are brilliant but it's very tough.

[Saturos S.]

I only really played the 3rd one, and it addicted me for bout 3 months so it's quite good (I'm normally finished with a game after 1 month)

[TheEnglishman]

Saturos Striker, on Dec 7 2005, 01:38 PM, said:

I only really played the 3rd one, and it addicted me for bout 3 months so it's quite good (I'm normally finished with a game after 1 month)

3 is the only one I never played. Is it good or not?
2 was my favourite. It was simple but fun at the same time.

[Saturos S.]

I thought it was quite good, but I can't compare cause it's the only game I played

[Golden Djinn13]

I remember the 2nd one. I had great memories from it. I remember I took over half the world and the Carthaginians took another half, and it was world war 3. So many lives were lost. :(

[l3lueMage]

lol we had to play civilization in one of my classes in 7th grade lol, and he was like we had to get to a certain point to pass teh assignment lol x.x; it was really wierd XD

[Golden Djinn13]

l3lueMage, on Dec 7 2005, 05:58 PM, said:

lol we had to play civilization in one of my classes in 7th grade lol, and he was like we had to get to a certain point to pass teh assignment lol x.x; it was really wierd XD

My school would never do something that cool. I would pwnd everyone else at that game, and finished first. :(

[Someone Else]

l3lueMage, on Dec 7 2005, 02:58 PM, said:

lol we had to play civilization in one of my classes in 7th grade lol, and he was like we had to get to a certain point to pass teh assignment lol x.x; it was really wierd XD

You are so ****ing lucky. Play games to get good grades? ****ing awesome. XD;

Never played it. Might play it eventually.

[TheEnglishman]

Wind Dude, on Dec 7 2005, 11:16 PM, said:

You are so ****ing lucky. Play games to get good grades? ****ing awesome. XD;

Never played it. Might play it eventually.

If you do then you should play one of the earlier ones first. The series gets more complicated as it goes along so you might want to start when it's easier. That's what I did anyway.

[Golden Djinn13]

Its the opposite for me. I played the very first one on snes, and it was really confusing.

[TheEnglishman]

Golden Djinn13, on Dec 10 2005, 08:16 PM, said:

Its the opposite for me. I played the very first one on snes, and it was really confusing.

On Snes? I thought it was PC only. Are you sure you're not thinking of something else?
Maybe you're thinking of Simcity. That was on Snes.

This post has been edited by Me111: 10 December 2005 - 02:20 PM

[Mars Djinni]

Me111, how would you compare Civilization to Age of Empires/Mythology? My mom suggested to try it if AoE was out of stock because it looked similar.

[Golden Djinn13]

Me111, on Dec 10 2005, 03:17 PM, said:

On Snes? I thought it was PC only. Are you sure you're not thinking of something else?
Maybe you're thinking of Simcity. That was on Snes.

Yep, I had it for my snes emulator, and it had horrible graphics.

[TheEnglishman]

Mars Djinni, on Dec 11 2005, 09:24 PM, said:

Me111, how would you compare Civilization to Age of Empires/Mythology? My mom suggested to try it if AoE was out of stock because it looked similar.

I can't compare them cause I've never played Age of Empires. Maybe I'll try it in the future.

[Mars Djinni]

Ah, Thought so. You'd agree that they look sort of similar through some screens, though.

[TheEnglishman]

Mars Djinni, on Dec 14 2005, 12:45 AM, said:

Ah, Thought so. You'd agree that they look sort of similar through some screens, though.

Yeah I would agree. They do look similar.

[Golden Djinn13]

I think that Age of Empire and Empire Earth are mostly alike. In some areas, they are.

[Someone Else]

Uber-bump. I borrowed Civ IV from a friend recently. It's FUN! Contrary to what Me111 said I found it easy to grasp and fun to get into. But maybe that's because I'm playing on a "Huge" map with "Settler" difficulty?

[TheEnglishman]

I haven't touched it in quite a few months. I like it, but I still prefer II. It was simple but a lot of fun as well.

[FlamingDuck]

The only one I've played is 3, and I never could really get into it...I would always get demolished by some other empire an hour into the game...

[TheEnglishman]

I remember my old strategy if it looked like I was going to be conquered. Keep building cities over and over again! As long as I had one left I wasn't beaten!
I wasn't that good at it when I was younger.

[FlamingDuck]

I'd either run out of money and run my citizens morale into the ground, or finish the game with my highest tech thing being an iron-clad steamship. I was pretty horrible. I might try it again sometime...

[TheEnglishman]

I always found that partway through 2 I'd run into some problems with the Government and everyone would start a revolution against me. If I changed the Government then I'd run into tax problems. It was pretty annoying.

[TheEnglishman]

Okay I know this is

• Reviving an old topic
  
• Double posting

But I have to give a new verdict on Civilization IV, now that I have something that will play it properly and not screw up on me. It's brilliant and more addictive than cocaine. It wouldn't surprise me if they'd lightly dusted some on the disk...
I'd agree with Wind Dude. It's easy enough to get into and I might even say that it's more fun than II. I'm glad they've announced a fifth one now, and I may get the expansion packs to keep myself going.

[Golden Djinn13]

ZOMGNOFCKINGWAY

THEY ANNOUNCED A 5TH ONE?!

I've been waiting to hear that since I started playing 4. It better be more addictive than 4...and cocaine. :(

[TheEnglishman]

This is when I found out.
Not on PC though. Strange choice.

[Golden Djinn13]

If its for the consoles, then I'm not as concerned. I'm only interest in the PC versions, such as this next expansion.

Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword

Which should be out by the end of this month.

[Someone Else]

Me111, on Jul 6 2007, 07:29 AM, said:

This is when I found out.
Not on PC though. Strange choice.

Oh goody, another PC game gone console. :D It could have at least been on the Wii.

[Legolastom]

why

[Someone Else]

The Wii's IR is more conducive to the keyboard and mouse controls of most complex strategy games that are on the PC. There's a reason PC games tend to have more depth than console games do as a generalization.

[Legolastom]

True but this is a turned based strategy game and works perfectly well with a controller, and who knows how much more simplified it would be in the content regard if it was put on the Wii.

[Caael]

Civilization Revolution was fine. They balanced it well for consoles, but I see this going tits up. They'll somehow force motion sensitivity onto it in ways other than a cursor, but I'm not going to judge yet until I actually see it for myself. Who knows, could actually be good.

[Legolastom]

ANYWAY

Yeah, I would imagine quite a few people here play Civ 4, would be interesting if we tried to get a game going or something, or not.

But yeah Civ 5, opinions on the changes?

[Someone Else]

Hexagonal movement: good

Stacking units on a tile removed: good

Units retreat after "dying," needs time and resources to be reinforced: good

Religion removed: We'll see... could be a good thing in the end

Am I missing anything?

[TheEnglishman]

I can't ever say religion played a huge part in the game for me but it was a nice addition. Still I'm very excited for Civ V. Maybe it looks a little too close to the last one but I think it'll be more diverse when we get a go with it.

[Someone Else]

Someone Else, on Mar 27 2010, 12:15 PM, said:

Hexagonal movement: good

Stacking units on a tile removed: good

Units retreat after "dying," needs time and resources to be reinforced: good

Religion removed: We'll see... could be a good thing in the end

Am I missing anything?

Game Informer article says:

-Addition of "minor nations," whatever that means
-Gold can buy additional tiles to be used for settlements
-Gold is "a major component of the expanded diplomatic options - particularly with minor city-states" which could mean anything.

A screenshot shows an artillery unit targeting some enemy infantry. A box is displayed on the bottom of the screen showing some stats, such as the fact that the artillery has a 45% Flanking bonus and the infantry has a Terrain Modifier of 25%. The box displays a rating of the outcome of the battle, rating this one as a Major Victory should the player decide to engage. Maybe this means the annoyingly random outcomes of the battles of Civ IV are gone?

[TheEnglishman]

I'm definitely asking for this game at Christmas, maybe I'll just buy it when it comes out.

[Someone Else]

Yeah, it's looking pretty great. It looks like it's fixing some of my main annoyances from IV, and they're promising some changes to the diplomacy system (though they haven't given any concrete information on what is changed.) Diplomacy in IV was crucial in the early stages, but the problem was exactly that. Diplomacy in the early stages basically cemented whom liked whom and whom was at war with whom.

Plus, they're giving extensive support to the modding community, allowing you to browse mods in-game which is amazing. I haven't even dabbled with mods for IV, but I might do so in V.

[Someone Else]

New infoz.

System requirements are bit steeper than I imagined they'd be for the kind of game this is.

On the bright side, there's a demo out next month before the game is released so you can test your system out then.

[Moonear]

Someone Else, on Aug 5 2010, 06:43 PM, said:

New infoz.

System requirements are bit steeper than I imagined they'd be for the kind of game this is.

On the bright side, there's a demo out next month before the game is released so you can test your system out then.

I was nervous when I saw that, but at least my laptop can handle it. I can't wait for the demo, although I really should be focusing on college apps in September. :|

[Someone Else]

I can run it on my lappy too, but I won't max it. Then again, with a turn-based game like Civ you don't need an amazing framerate, so we'll see.

I hate how all the good games come out at the beginning of school.

[Someone Else]

Just beat my first cultural victory on Noble difficulty, first time really trying. Wasn't as hard as I thought it'd be though I got ranked as having the leadership of Eth the Unready. But hey, honestly I don't see how you could get too much higher of a rank without cheating or being a tactical genius considering the amount of time you need to put into developing the culture of 3 towns to legendary....