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EXPANSION PACK CIVS VOTE ENDS
(3 December 2001, 07:51 | Civ3) As Locutus decided to drop civ3 and return to ctp, the Expansion Pack Civs vote has ended after 277 votes and 38267 points. Here are the top 16
| # | Civilizations | | Points | Votes | % |
|---|
| 1. | Spanish | | 3131 | 181 | 8,2% |
| 2. | Mongols | | 2831 | 167 | 7,4% |
| 3. | Arab | | 2665 | 160 | 7,0% |
| 4. | Inca | | 2533 | 163 | 6,6% |
| 5. | Vikings | | 2368 | 147 | 6,2% |
| 6. | Turks/Ottomans | | 2304 | 149 | 6,0% |
| 7. | Phoenicians/Carthaginians | | 1489 | 100 | 3,9% |
| 8. | Maya | | 1314 | 95 | 3,4% |
| 9. | Celts | | 1291 | 88 | 3,4% |
| 10. | Portuguese | | 1228 | 82 | 3,2% |
| 11. | Dutch | | 1178 | 86 | 3,1% |
| 12. | Hebrew/Israelis | | 1108 | 78 | 2,9% |
| 13. | Ethiopians/Aksumites | | 956 | 62 | 2,5% |
| 14. | Poles | | 943 | 59 | 2,5% |
| 15. | Koreans | | 799 | 48 | 2,1% |
| 16. | Khmer | | 662 | 44 | 1,7% |
Locutus has also left his position of project leader for the
Apolyton ExtraCivs Pack, the effort to create a pack with the most wanted (and not included already) civs. However, work on the project will continue.
Thank you for your work on civ3 Locutus!
- MarkG
NEW DATA DUMP
(3 December 2001, 07:21 | MoO3) Master Marcus brought us the good news once again.
Check out Orion Sector for the new planetary pollution dump, and 3 known engines now added to the dumps: Sector Gov't and reserves ( note the text about a surprise attack sim ΰ la Pearl Harbor ), "The Speech" ( I don't corner that yet- Storm, Sencho, is that similar or related to the Events ?), and spying generator.
Give you comments on the forums. - MarkG
FULL TECHTV REVIEW AVAILABLE
(3 December 2001, 02:00 | Civ3) At the end of last week, TechTV broadcast to the world for the first time its review of Civilization III. An archived version of the video, as well as a text transcript of what reviewer Andrew Bub had to say, is now available on the site for access at one's liesure. As eluded to prior to the broadcast [see earlier story], the site awarded the game 4/5 possible stars.
It would be a mistake to call "[CivIII]" a mere update to CivII, Bub remarks. Behind the familiarity (and it is familiar enough to easily pick up if you've played the previous games) there are a remarkable number of compelling and often brilliant changes. The changes ensure that even CivII and SMAC veterans will have to change their playing style and bump the difficulty down a couple notches.
The individual category rankings are as follows: Graphics (4/5), Sound (4/5), Playability (4/5), and Gameplay (5/5). - DanQ
AYE, IT BE GOOD MATEY
(3 December 2001, 01:53 | Civ3) The Riddler has thrown his hat into the CivIII review ring; no, this is not a reference to the criminal of the same name of Batman fame but rather the one over at GameAddicts (GA).
With a flare worthy of a pirate, the GA staffer awards the game a 8/10 score accompanied by the following concluding paragraph:
Is the game good? Aye. Is it worthy of its name? Aye. Should you buy it? Aye. Right now, the only things that are preventing me from giving Civilization III a perfect score are annoying little problems that can be solved with a simple patch. So do yourself a favor, and pick up this great strategy game.
- DanQ
SECOND TO DATE IN GSPY FAN AWARDS
(3 December 2001, 01:49 | Civ3) After the first two weeks of fan voting on GameSpy.com's "Best of 2001 Awards", CivIII stands in second behind Black & White in the 'PC Strategy Game of The Year' category.
The former has garnered 4,321 votes (19.2% of total) while the former has captured 3,350 votes (14.9% of total) to date. Empire Earth is a running third spot with 10.8% of the total voting base or 2,447 votes. Voting continues on GameSpy's website up to and including December 23rd with the final results being announced shortly thereafter. - DanQ
CIVTRIVIA OVER
(3 December 2001, 01:42 | Civ3) After a long and successful run, the "CivTriva" feature over at the official CivIII website has come to a close. The Leaderboard was hotly contested throughout the duration of the competition as is evident by the strength of the scores and the tight race that ensued [see related stories below and in news archives].
In the end, Gramphos beat out PK by only 10 points with the competitors earning 2490 and 2480 points respectively. Below is the final 'Top 10' scoreboard with the point totals listed being out of a possible 2510.
1. Gramphos -- 2490pts
2. PK -- 2480pts
3. radius -- 2410pts
4. GS -- 2380pts
5. Locutus -- 2330pts
6. SkankyBurns -- 2320pts
7. StefanBaert -- 2320pts
8. kebzero -- 2260pts
9. jnewsom_gnr -- 2220pts
10. auburn -- 2200pts - DanQ
