Deleted boring CIV3.. its back to CTP2 for a real game

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, George... get Civ3... and then SMAC. SMAC is a very fun game, with Social Engineering and vastly different factions and a great story.

[Urban Ranger]

George,

Forget the <em>Call to Power</em> series. I had the first one. The interface was terribly awkward. Too many units, with a number of them completely unbalancing (e.g. Slavers). Acctivision designed the whole thing differently from <em>Civ</em> just to be different. Look at all the Wonders in the Ancient Age. What, no Pyramids and no Great Wall?

The only things that were good were unit stacks and public works. PW wasn't that superior to the settler/worker system either.

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
George,

Forget the <em>Call to Power</em> series. I had the first one.

But not the second.

The interface was terribly awkward.

Ditto SMAC. Get used to it, its just different. Everything is easily accessible, and its not hard to use.

Too many units, with a number of them completely unbalancing (e.g. Slavers).

Game balanced by mods (fusion drive in Mustang )

Acctivision designed the whole thing differently from <em>Civ</em> just to be different. Look at all the Wonders in the Ancient Age. What, no Pyramids and no Great Wall?

Activision were avoiding copywrites. The pyramids are in CtP2, and is the great wall such a loss? You could add it back if you want. Editing wonders, how ingenious. Was that possible in Civ2?

The only things that were good were unit stacks and public works. PW wasn't that superior to the settler/worker system either.

Pah, that mustang is crap. All it has is a fusion drive and a top speed of 800mph. But it looks crap, so lets not give it a test-drive.

[Dinner]

So why is it a troll thread? Because he says the mod version of CTP2 is better then, the yet unpatched version of, Civ3? Well I happen to think the moded version of CTP2 is a fine game. Especially if you play it multiplayer.
If all you guys who have been knocking CTP2 for the last year would bother to install the patch and the Apolyton pack then you would find it is actually a very fun and addicting game. If the rest of you who say "I never play Multiplayer" would actually bother to *play* a game of multiplayer you would probably agree that it is more fun. It is certainly more social and more challenging.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by GP
If I get either CTP1 or 2, which should it be?

If I get one of Civ3, CIV2MGE, CTP1, CTP2 or SMAC, which should it be?

I'm experienced with Civ2.

Personally, I like CTP2 better then CTP1 but that's just my choice.