Question about gameplay

[DrSpike]

It's hard to sum up d=me. Best is that you try it and see for yourself.

[Prussia]

But it's definetely addictive, and you won't realize how addictive until you are sucked into it.

And when those reviewers talk about you installing it at night and deciding to play for a little while, they aren't kidding when they say you will look up and realize that it's 4 in the morning.

That's why there is a genius clock and alarm system installed, probably because businesses around the world were complaining that their employees weren't coming into work anymore, or if they were, they came in 5 hours late.

[Solver]

Yes, as if anyone cares about those alarms. You just disable them and play one more turn .

[Prussia]

"It's okay, I'll just play one more turn," is probably the most common thought that runs through players minds at 4 in the morning.

It is addictive, but not as much as Guild Wars... Oh, Golly......

[d=me]

I haven't played it and I don't know how exactly is it addictive. I thought that since it's so abstract people will get bored very soon with the genericness of the tanks and archers and papermaking. How does Civ III compare? Is it a good idea to get the civ III complete (ver cheap now) first and have a taste of the civilizations series?

[DrSpike]

No.

[Solver]

You should download the Civ4 demo instead. Civ3 would give you a very general idea of what the series is about, but it doesn't really compare to Civ4.

[d=me]

I finished playing the first round of the expansion as the Romans. It wasn't boring as I thought and I do some what understand what people mean by addictive. So on Noble the AI is the strongest before it starts cheating right?

[Will9]

No. The AI cheats in every level. On pre-noble levels you get benifets such as cheaper techs. The closer to noble you get the less benifets you get. On noble the only benifets on eithier side are the benifets the AI has on every to conter your mind. After noble the AI starts to get the same benifets. On the highest levels the AI gets extra units. If that is what you ment by cheating than yes, but it is not commonly refered to as cheating since you let them cheat.

[Solver]

The AI doesn't havy any "cheats", no. It does, though, have advantages/discounts on levels higher than Noble. For example, cheaper research. Even on Noble, the AI has a few discounts that are essentially required to make it play well - such as cheaper upgrades. Making the AI understand which troops to upgrade and when is too difficult of a task, hence just a global discount for the upgrades.

But basically, Noble is the level where you're on equal grounds as far as the building, research costs, etc., go.