First Civ 4 Screenshots!

[Solver]

Expect a very PC/marketing answer. ( which I would do too).

I want to have a non-marketing one from Soren .

[Maniac]

How about health influencing population growth?
City improvement such as Aquaduct, Sewer System and Hospital could reduce the number of food needed to make the city grow (similar to Children's Creches in SMAC), while high mineral production & thus pollution could reduce health and thus slow down growth.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Solver

Expect a very PC/marketing answer. ( which I would do too).

I want to have a non-marketing one from Soren .

I'm afraid I can only say: Dream on...

[Boris Godunov]

Re Civ and kids:

My nephew is now 5 and he watches my brother play Civ 3 all the time, even demanding to help out by making the little units fight.

What I loved about Civ I, which I first played as a teen, was that in addition to being a fun game, it sparked a genuine interest in history and a desire to learn more about the civilizations in the game. I think it's no coincidence that so many posters here are huge history buffs and that their enthusiasm, if not sparked by Civ, was certainly fanned by it.

If Civ 4 can continue that with youngsters, I say it will be doing something great.

[alva]

It's even used in some schools IIRC. ( think it was Sweden )

[joncnunn]

Is there a direct link to the article somewhere?

The CivFanatics only had a link to PC World's Main site, and google's site search on PC World for civilization 4 only found some old articles there for civ 3 [back in 2001] and and some random games with "4" in their title.

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by alva
Expect a very PC/marketing answer. ( which I would do too).

Correction: Expect no answer.

Soren came to post one thing to clear up some long-running misconceptions. If he posts here again (especially about something like that) I would be very very surprised.

[alva]

I would be very very surprised.

ANy particular reason why?

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by alva
ANy particular reason why?

Soren's not one to offer any more information than necessary.

Note he's only posted twice in this forum, one to verify he's watching the list and the other to correct some false beliefs. He comes here to read, not to post.

[alva]

Ah ok, I thought you meant it was a Poly(Vs CFC ) kind of thing, which would have made little - if any - sense.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by joncnunn
Is there a direct link to the article somewhere?

The CivFanatics only had a link to PC World's Main site, and google's site search on PC World for civilization 4 only found some old articles there for civ 3 [back in 2001] and and some random games with "4" in their title.

The article is not available online, only in print. And from what I gathered for now only to subscribers of PC Gamer. It will be another week or two before non-subscribers will be able to purchase the issue (or that's what I heard anyway).

Originally posted by alva
Ah ok, I thought you meant it was a Poly(Vs CFC ) kind of thing, which would have made little - if any - sense.

If your ego needs feeding (and I know it does ), I believe Apolyton is 2-1 up on CFC as far as Civ4-related Soren sightings are concerned

[Boris Godunov]

I don't quite see why Firaxis would let such early screen shots be published. Seems to me it is just a surefire way to get people *****ing and moaning about something despite it not being remotely done.

Or maybe it's a subtle trick! By releasing them, it makes everyone think the graphics will suck, so when the game comes out and they don't suck, people will be more impressed. AHA!

[MattPilot]

gawd damn..... where can i see the screenshots? :/

[Solver]

Originally posted by MattPilot
gawd damn..... where can i see the screenshots? :/

You can't see them online, you need to buy PC Gamer January issue.

[MarkG]

wait a few days for pc gamer to come out


i guess some marketing guys thought it was time to start the hype machine early