First Impressions (screenshots, etc.)

[alva]

Tanks still lose to pre-gunpowder units

Full health tank?

The little pieces of bread (for food) and hammers (used to be shields) are everywhere.

Option setting

btw, you can minimise the UI, IRC "Controll+i"

I prefer just a double-click on the city.

That should be possible.

In general, the UI took a step backwards -- kinda disappointing.

Give it some time, let it grow on you.

[alva]

Originally posted by LaRusso
yin, did you get clobbered by now? too busy playing? all your base are belong to them?

Suffering from food poisoning

[Egbert]

Originally posted by alva


Suffering from food poisoning

Perhaps he has developed "unusual" tastes?

BTW Yin, I am looking forward to seeing your opinion on whether or ICS is viable.

[Fidel]

cmon, yin, don't tell me you are actually SLEEPING?

[yin26]

Yep. Went to sleep. At work now.

Civ4 slows down when you pull out and doesn't let you remove all the labels on the map so that you can just see terrain and cities.

There is a button on the bottom right of the screen for this.

No simple way of getting straight into the city window without clicking on city name and typing "e". I prefer just a double-click on the city.

Double click on the city name, not the city. Anyway, I really like the UI so far. I think it's not cluttered at all and represents a great movement forward. But these things are a matter of preference.

I just barely started to play around with ICS issues, but my first impression is that you have to WORK to get good growth ... and that's fantastic! Cities do not automatically start producing wild population growth, even on good tiles, unless you begin to add some farms, build roads to various resources, etc. I can say that getting my first city to grow at anything like a good pace took some thought and effort. Frankly, the idea of producing another Settler couldn't even enter my mind until I got at least a decent growth curve going. But we knew the early game would pose this issue, so I'm curious to work on more optimization of builds, etc., and see what can be done in the latter parts of the early game in to the mid game.

[Solver]

So, Yin, are you telling us you like this game so far ?

[yin26]

Well, if first impressions count for anything, yes! I won't go on record about the meat of the game --the AI-- until, of course, I actually know what I'm talking about. I really hope that end of things is as strong as a number of the elements I'm seeing so far.

[Harovan]

My first impression is, that this game has serious problems! I played but one hour and already discovered one!!

I lost a Warrior unit with 2 promotions to the lions!

I mean, I lost perfectly healthy, experienced men, armed with big clubs to some blown up pussycats?!??

WTF Firaxis??!! That is NOT historical accurate!! Every ****** knows, that our anciestors died only to nothing less than mammoths!!

Teh Warrior vs Lion problem needs do be fixed ASAP!!! I demand a patch tomorrow at the latest!

[Solver]

I mean, I lost perfectly healthy, experienced men, armed with big clubs to some blown up pussycats?!??

Yin - well I'm glad there . I'm sure you'll find the AI to be quite fair, too.

[alva]

Should I tell SR that he (probably) had a bonus against barbs too?

[Nikolai]

Yin liking Civ4 is a great sign.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by alva
Should I tell SR that he (probably) had a bonus against barbs too?

What, you're still calling me SR? After I was doing my best to imitate one of our famous Civ3 critics? I demand to be called Coracle II from now on.

[hexagonian]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
What, you're still calling me SR? After I was doing my best to imitate one of our famous Civ3 critics? I demand to be called Coracle II from now on.

Wish granted... I'll shorten it to CII

[Harovan]

Originally posted by hexagonian
Wish granted... I'll shorten it to CII

Shoot, I knew I should have chosen Coracle IV.

[The_Aussie_Lurker]

Oh, come on Sir Ralph....oops, sorry, Coracle II , even someone like me-who doesn't even HAVE the game-knows that you don't fight lions with warriors unless you absolutely HAVE to. Use Scouts, which get a bonus against animals. Also, there could have been any number of underlying terrain factors which led to your defeat. Now, if you lose a spearman or a swordsman to a lion THEN I would be pretty upset.

Oh and, as I have said before, if Yin simply says he LIKES/LOVES civ4, then that is ALL I need to hear, and so far his words have been music to my ears !

Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.