Sid be merciful -- I've purchased Civilization IV
So, I have a confession to make:
For all that I'm a fan of 4x titles, I have never played -- much less owned -- any of the Civilization games. Not once. Not ever.
I don't know why this is. The series is, in many ways, the "gold standard" of the genre (as much as -- if not more than -- the first two Master of Orion games), so I really ought to have played at least a couple of Civ games by this point. Yet I haven't. (Maybe I was worried about over-hype? I don't know.) :shrug:
However, that's about to change: A few days ago, I found a copy -- an actual physical copy! -- of Civilization IV: The Complete Edition in Target for just $20.00. At that price, I couldn't resist, especially as I'd already been contemplating the lack of Civ in my life. ~D
When I get off work tomorrow morning, first thing I'm doing is going through the tutorials, and then diving into my first full campaign after that. Can't wait!
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How civilized of you. :on_panda:
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Voigtkampf
How civilized of you.
Greg-sensei, is that you ?
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LeftEyeNine
Greg-sensei, is that you ?
He taught me well. :on_hero:
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Voigtkampf
He taught me well. :on_hero:
LÖL.
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Enjoy!
A great deal of your time is about to sucked into an enormous black-hole :)
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I hope you enjoyed your spare time while you had it.
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Voigtkampf
How civilized of you. :on_panda:
*groan*
Great. Now Gregoshi has an understudy. Surely one is enough...??
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HopAlongBunny
Enjoy!
A great deal of your time is about to sucked into an enormous black-hole :)
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CountArach
I hope you enjoyed your spare time while you had it.
While I really ought to have known better, little did I realize how true those words would prove.
Between last night and the night before, I've spent the better part of six hours just playing the tutorial scenario...and I never even realized that that much time had passed! Sheesh.
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Gelatinous Cube
My personal favorite was Civ III.
GAH! Civ III? That's an answer I've never heard before. I've always considered it my least favorite of the entire series, with Civ 4 top and SMAC second. What exactly is it about Civ III that you love so much?
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Martok
Between last night and the night before, I've spent the better part of six hours just playing the tutorial scenario...and I never even realized that that much time had passed! Sheesh.
You are definitely playing Civ my friend!
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Martok
*groan*
Great. Now Gregoshi has an understudy. Surely one is enough...??
There can be only one. :on_charm:
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TinCow
GAH! Civ III? That's an answer I've never heard before. I've always considered it my least favorite of the entire series, with Civ 4 top and SMAC second. What exactly is it about Civ III that you love so much?
While I wouldn't say III was the best, there's a certain enjoyment to doing this to poor, underdeveloped countries:
https://i182.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1241995474
Airpower, while not exactly balanced, was ridiculous amounts of fun. Helped make up for the less enjoyable, zerg-rush settler and army spam you had to do early on to keep up.
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Martok
While I really ought to have known better, little did I realize how true those words would prove.
Between last night and the night before, I've spent the better part of six hours just playing the tutorial scenario...and I never even realized that that much time had passed! Sheesh.
Oh, don't forget the mod community! There's some excellent mods out there.
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issaikhaan
Airpower, while not exactly balanced, was ridiculous amounts of fun. Helped make up for the less enjoyable, zerg-rush settler and army spam you had to do early on to keep up.
Infinite City Sprawl was one of the things that really annoyed me about Civ 3. It made the late game a massive chore and I was very pleased that they cut back on it in Civ 4. I'll admit that it was even more of a problem in SMAC, particularly after ocean city tech arrived, but the rest of SMAC's features made up for it in a way that Civ 3 never managed.
