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[Tiberius]

It seems to me that with this new XP Civ3 will be finally the game it should have been from the beginning.

Or, rephrasing it, we will finally get most of the features we were hoping for since the very beginning (at least I hope so!).

Many will say that paying for 1 game + 2 XPs is too much/expensive. I don't agree: 100 $ for 3 years of playing seems cheap to me (1 year Civ3 + 1 year PtW + at least 1 year of C3C).

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Originally posted by Louis XXIV
The Emperor Fabulous, you might want to change it back

Celts are already in the game

You'll have to excuse me. My head was in my rectum.

I change it to a Native American group.

[The Templar]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous


You'll have to excuse me. My head was in my rectum.

How did THAT happen? (And did you get a picture?)

[Master Zen]

Originally posted by Tiberius
It seems to me that with this new XP Civ3 will be finally the game it should have been from the beginning.

Or, rephrasing it, we will finally get most of the features we were hoping for since the very beginning (at least I hope so!).

Many will say that paying for 1 game + 2 XPs is too much/expensive. I don't agree: 100 $ for 3 years of playing seems cheap to me (1 year Civ3 + 1 year PtW + at least 1 year of C3C).

And considering past experience that a new civ game comes out every 5 years, that's $20 a year. Not bad...

Still, that for no reason justifies Firaxis and Infogrames' irresponsability in releasing some of the buggiest software I have ever played.

[Ribannah]

The Mesopotamia scenario suggests that possibly the Assyrians (Nineveh, Nimrud, Assur) are included as a seperate civ.

[BigFurryMonster]

Isn't Nineveh a Babylonian city already?

[Spiffor]

There are already Civs that share the same cities, with a different name. Lutetia and Paris, Lugdunum ans Lyons, Burdigala and Bordeaux, Byzantium and Istanbul. If the Firaxians find the Assyrian names of these cities, they'll work it out

[Ribannah]

They may simply have split up the present Babylonian city list for the purpose of the scenario. Chances are that Sumeria and Assyria will NOT be available outside it.

If it's only Sumeria then that would be a way of preventing the problem of what to do with the Barbarians who now occupy the 32nd slot.

But if Firaxis are planning a third expansion pack they may want to leave several slots open.

[Hagbart]

Nahh, assyria is to close to babylon i think. that would be like adding denmark to the game, where scandinavia already is present.

[Hagbart]

Originally posted by Spiffor
There are already Civs that share the same cities, with a different name. Lutetia and Paris, Lugdunum ans Lyons, Burdigala and Bordeaux, Byzantium and Istanbul. If the Firaxians find the Assyrian names of these cities, they'll work it out

I cannot remember, but does the romans have londinium in civ3? i don't think so.

Btw: have any of you played ceasar III, that is where i've learned all the old roman citynames, and of course from playing civ too.
it's good you are learning something while playing.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Captain THC
New civs:

1) Incas
2) Mayans
3) Sumerians
4) Hittites
5) Poles
6) Portugese
7) Polynesians
8) Hebrews/Israel

hi ,

is that a fact

great list , but where do the poles fit , we need a bigger map

have a nice day

[History Guy]

Captain, good list...except for the Poles...

Hagbart...my favorite is Sarmizegetusa.

I doubt that the Sumerians will be available only in the scenario. It seems highly unlikely, and I'm quite sure that they will be one of the 8 new civs. The Assyrians don't stand much of a chance of getting included.

[Azeem]

Europe is really overcrowded with all those civs. I agree with Panag that we certainly need a bigger map.

Those extra civs would be great for a European scenario, though.

[kring]

Originally posted by Hagbart
Nahh, assyria is to close to babylon i think. that would be like adding denmark to the game, where scandinavia already is present.

The same is true for Sumerians being too close to Babylon as well unless they are only in a scenario, in which case having the Assyrians probably wouldn't be a problem.

[Tiberius]

But this "too close to" is only true if you are playing on a world map, which never happens to me ... Maybe I'd try some scenarios (and probably will, when C3C comes out) on a WM, but then geographic proximity is not a problem anymore.

Originally posted by Master Zen

Still, that for no reason justifies Firaxis and Infogrames' irresponsability in releasing some of the buggiest software I have ever played.

Absolutely true. Maybe this is why they are recruiting hundreds of beta testers for C3C.