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Well, that settles it. The official Apolyton stand on Civ4 is "10 out of 10".
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- Trade
- Globe map
- SMAC-like social engineering (civics)
- Great people
- Simple mass-public-not-dubbed-down oriented
- Modder-friendly...
Actually, the only MAIN idea in my list that's not there is a supply system (= expansion limits, supply lines, plundering, supply/attack units balance, strategy...).
So it seems excellent... while we'll see if it reaches close to apotheosis
I voted 7 - Good. I would've voted higher, but Civ3 was a bit of a disappointment to me, so I'm not going to get my hopes up too high.
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We're being way too premature to fairly grade the game. (and why top it?)
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Originally posted by CyberShy
It's not "grading" the game.
It's expression your expection for the game, based on your current knowledge.
Insufficient data. If I did that for MOO3 I would have given it a 10 based on what we were then told.
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Originally posted by Vince278
Insufficient data. If I did that for MOO3 I would have given it a 10 based on what we were then told.
Well, you can give Civ4 a 10 now and if the game turns out to be another MoO3 you can give it a 3 in January (because again, we *will* be doing this poll a few more times in the future). If enough people agree with you, Firaxis will know they did something horribly wrong
Originally posted by Platypus Rex
Even at their worse, it will be better than MOO3, IMO
Undoubtedly.
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I loved the way civ3 looked
In civ4 the units are disproportionately big, the map is still grid-like, the global view is ridiculous, no state or nation had that kind of planetary view until the 20th century, they had maps, that's it
Though, I like the novel city labels and state borders and WYG/WYS depiction of city improvements
The in-game movies may be exciting
Another disappointing news is that they're going to have about 18 civilisations, leaving Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians and many more out, hopefully Macedonians will be there
What are Zulus and Aztecs anyway?!?!?
Nobody knew Aztecs existed until 16th century and they were massacred out in a few centuries
Zulus are in stone age forever
I'm afraid their plan is to sell 2 or 3 expansions with more maps and civilisations, to rip off $100-150 from each civ fan, again.
No other game have such insanely ordinary and outrageously expensive expansions coming few months after the game release
Originally posted by ISTANBUL
Hope it's gonna have improved AI and gameplay
You'll have to wait for the next expansion.
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Originally posted by ISTANBUL
Another disappointing news is that they're going to have about 18 civilisations, leaving Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians and many more out, hopefully Macedonians will be there
What are Zulus and Aztecs anyway?!?!?
Nobody knew Aztecs existed until 16th century and they were massacred out in a few centuries
Zulus are in stone age forever
I'm afraid their plan is to sell 2 or 3 expansions with more maps and civilisations, to rip off $100-150 from each civ fan, again.
No other game have such insanely ordinary and outrageously expensive expansions coming few months after the game release
Hope it's gonna have improved AI and gameplay
Erm, Bulgaria? When was Bulgaria even considered in a Civ game?
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