Small elements that made Civ fun to you...

[Shogun Gunner]

zoom....where did you go multi-step zoom control....

[Kuciwalker]

Nuclear holocaust

[MiketheYounger]

One small thing I like from CIVIII is the fidgeting motions the units do, 'specially the pikmen with hayfever

[Odin]

Bring back the wonder Movies and those hilarious advisors from Civ2.

[LordofMysteries]

I second that motion, and will push this nuclear device here if I do not get a third.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Odin
Bring back the wonder Movies and those hilarious advisors from Civ2.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker

[Addled Platypus]

global warming that increased water levels


AND

the C2 nuc wave file after launching.
I had my speakers up, the wife had to ask what was that...

Oh, just nucked a city

[LordofMysteries]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!May all you civs put down your spears and stop harassing those poor tanks and share the gift of love.

[Mr. President]

This is a good thread. Atmosphere and flavor are everything, whether you're playing Magic: the Gathering, Baldur's Gate, or Civilization.

[Sirotnikov]

Could a mod delete some of the more spammish posts?



I'm interested to hear what else you think is part of the Civilization atmosphere and flavor.

OR possibly where am I wrong, and what is just plain silly...

[LordofMysteries]

Civilization games are great because they give you a taste of being special.You can be a humoungous and mighty empire, or a small and sophistacated republic, or afairly sized and wealthy democracy.

[Brent]

Re: Small elements that made Civ fun to you...

- Make changing ages meaningful. Add a free tech. Change the map and interface style.

I hate it when GalCiv does that.

- Keep advisors. Make them useful, and perhaps find ways of give them automated tasks (just like you give govenors)

Yes, good idea.

- Make a fuss about discovering new large continents or for clearing most of the world map.

Yes. 51%? Everything not counting landlocked seas?

[Alex]

In Civ I : The newspaper and the tech discovery screen.

In Civ II : Wonder movies, advisors, the list of the richest/happiest/largest civs (can't remember if this was already in Civ I), the sounds that played when you found/conquered a city or when citizens revolted... lots of little things

In Civ III : some funny messages in diplomacy and from your advisors, some of the cool animations for the units (riflemen sneezing etc.) and... hm... ok, Civ III was less atmospheric than Civ II, IMHO.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Odin

Small elements that make Civ fun generally should include actual elements of the game...