Judging by traffic on Civ 2 related sites, there's still a lot of interest in this 7 year old game. So, my question is: are the people currently enjoying the game all sad geeks (such as myself ), or has Civ 2 become retro and hip with todays young folks?
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43Yes - everybody playing it is riding the wave of popular culture18.60%8No - we're all geeks and/or just hate Civ 367.44%29Banana!13.95%6'Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from - self-righteous sixteen year olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.'
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I don't think it's retro - at least not in the same way that Space Invaders or Pacman is, but it's quite simply the best Civ game. Civ 3 made improvements on Civ 2, but also cocked certain things up and although many will consider it the better game, particularly those who have never played Civ 2 (), it is basically a matter or personal choice and we happy few (hundred, on the various websites at least ) have chosen the second incarnation of Civ to fulfil our megalomanic needs!
Civ 2 - It's cheaper than running for President and there's less outcry when you want to play with nukes!
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Civ 2 - simply the best!"Our words are backed by empty wine bottles! - SG(2)
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Doing a thing because it is considered retro seems to imply that the thing is only being done because it is old. Judging by the comments of the folk who frequent here, this group is far from being the shallow, empty-headed trend followers that the term retro calls to mind. We are far too witty, sophisticated, intelligent and subtle of thought to do something because it is old!!
I am quite sure we "still play Civ2" because we love it. There is no other like it. It is the best!!!
Monk beingso long and thanks for all the fish
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Not all of us consider ourselves geeks, but it is not cutting-edge or super popular.Vote Democrat
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I'm a geek"Our words are backed by empty wine bottles! - SG(2)
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Bah!
Since Civ2 is clearly the superior product it could never be retro—not until the DOS/Windows based platform itself is retro.
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CivIII sucked. So the only alternative for us die hards was to continue playing II.
RAH
Die hards sounds better than geeksIt's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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If I read the forums correctly, Civ 3 has about twice as many total posts as Civ 2 (~327,000+ vs. ~168,000+). That simple evidence suggests that Civ 3 is currently more popular than Civ 2. But, for a game that's about seven years old to be drawing half as much attention as its two?-year-old offspring is pretty impressive, I think. As others have said, it's just a much better game. (Of course, different opinions might be found on some other forum .)
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Originally posted by debeest
If I read the forums correctly, Civ 3 has about twice as many total posts as Civ 2 (~327,000+ vs. ~168,000+). That simple evidence suggests that Civ 3 is currently more popular than Civ 2."I'm a guy - I take everything seriously except other people's emotions"
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