To 2000AD or beyond?

[Menlas]

Same for me. The futuristic aspect of CtP was definitely great, we want some fusion tanks and space stations damnit

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Daz
3000AD, and if you dont like it, finish earlier...!

I'd rather play 100% of a game than 75% of a game.

I'd also prefer the game not to go into science-fiction. Its too open to going pear-shaped. Leave the future to a dedicated extension/expansion pack if demand is high enough for it.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Dauphin
Leave the future to a dedicated extension/expansion pack if demand is high enough for it.

Unlikely.

[Robert]

If you play the future, all feelings of reality are gone.
Pherhaps that's the reason why I never liked SMAC.

Playing civ is like you actually ARE one of the world leaders. CtP lost me in the end game, it's science fiction to run water and space-cities, but it isn't very satisfactional to my mind.

[Odin]

I loved CtP, it is what introduced me to TBS. I cIV to go to 2200, that is probably the earliest we would have the technology to have inter-stellar travel. Also, the system that is colonized should be changed, I dought there is an earth-like planet at Alpha Centauri, it is a multiple star system, planetary orbits would not be stable.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by CyberShy
If you play the future, all feelings of reality are gone.
Pherhaps that's the reason why I never liked SMAC.

Playing civ is like you actually ARE one of the world leaders. CtP lost me in the end game, it's science fiction to run water and space-cities, but it isn't very satisfactional to my mind.

I suppose its just a matter of personal taste. I think it would be more fun to be a world leader in 2500AD than in 2500BC.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Odin
I loved CtP, it is what introduced me to TBS. I cIV to go to 2200, that is probably the earliest we would have the technology to have inter-stellar travel. Also, the system that is colonized should be changed, I dought there is an earth-like planet at Alpha Centauri, it is a multiple star system, planetary orbits would not be stable.

I liked the spacerace victory even if it is unlikely to find a habitable planet at Alpha (or Proxima) Centauri. What I sometimes do is after I have a successful AC launch and the game ends I pull out MOO2 or 3 and play my race in that game to simulate their expansion among the stars.

[roidesfoux]

I want to see the game end in 2050, with a few near-future techs (definitely more outer space involvement). However, make sure that the number of eras is moddable so that people can go crazy with their giant robots and whatnot.

-RdF

[Joseph]

I will go with 2050.
However I would like to see a Stealth DD and Cruiser since they are now on the drawing boards will be in service by 2010 or so.

The F-22 is now in service and the F-35 will be in service by 2007/8.

[Vince278]

We really don't need giant robots. This is not Battletech. They wouldn't stand much of a chance in a near/far future battlefield even if we developed the technology. Much of the mass is used to move and balance them anyway. Anything walking on a battlefield (including people ) is vulnerable.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova
What if you want to keep playing after 2050, just to finalise the conquering you weren't able to do earlier?

Maybe set a cap on the tech tree, but let people play on!

You already can. You've always been able to.

[Dominae]

2000-2050AD.

Save all the future stuff for Alpha Centauri 2.

[lajzar]

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[lajzar]

Originally posted by roidesfoux
I want to see the game end in 2050, with a few near-future techs (definitely more outer space involvement). However, make sure that the number of eras is moddable so that people can go crazy with their giant robots and whatnot.

-RdF

Get rid of eras, and you solve this problem. Eras was one of the worst ideas in civ3. Everything they do game-wise could be done just as easily by linking events/interface changes to specific techs instead. The one thing they helped (viewing all teh techs in a logical way) could be implemented in ToT-style by having the local tree for a given tech generated dynamically. This simultaneously reduces teh workload for modders.

[fezick31]

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
I think we can have civ go all the way to 3000 AD, when the calendar year is 2950!!!

Totally agree with you DarkCloud.

Now there's a game I'd like to play! What would that be, Civ 73?

My vote would be around ~2100. My opinion is that Civ is just as much about where our civilation is GOING as it is about where we came FROM. How many people play the Zulu trying to recreate their defeat by the British? I like the idea of a Mars colonization being an end goal - afterall, we know WHAT we need, just not HOW to get it yet. It adds grandeur to the game. It could even be a vistory condition option, that way, if you don't want future technology at all, you can disable it and be done with modern technologies.