Will Civ 3 be better than Civ 2, and if so, how?

[sboog]

I'm just getting into Civ2 and liking it.

But I know around the corner will come Civ3. Do you think it will be better than Civ2? (I have heard that Call to Power,ToT and all the other Civ games since Civ2 have been inferior...)

And how do you hope/think/ that Civ3 will be better?

sboog

[Bereta_Eder]

The best improvement for me would be intraconnectivity. It will be more difficult to achieve that special balance in your civ that will permit you to win.

The worst is unique units.

[Roman]

Hey sboog,

I invite you to have a look at the Civ 3 forum, which has just started to receive a wealth of new information on Civ 3. Indeed, it will be better - see the Civ 3 forum for details (eg. there will be things like the ability to construct armies, there will be resources (ie. you will not be able to build tanks without having iron), they have added the concept of culture and so on...)

The only bad thing is that they are keeping the 7 civilization per game limit also present in Civ 2. If it annoys you, though, you can petition Firaxis about it in my long thread .

BTW: It will be possible to turn off unique civs, so that should bot be a problem.

[Eyn]

http://www.firaxis.com/civ3 ---> JUST SEE IT

if seems that, Diplomacy , battles and ressources exploitations... looks really better than in Civ2... and Civ3 should also be easy to customize !

Terrains (and Units) looks good >>>>> CtP2 !

1996: Civ2, 2001(2002?):Civ3... it's time to have another good civ-like !

[Wiglaf]

quote: The worst is unique units.

Why do so many people dislike that idea? Games like starcraft had them and it made them so much more interesting because you were constantly working to exploit the other sides' weaknesses. Personally I think they should have a "unique units" option in the pregame screen. The more options the better.

[Devil's Advocate]

I just had a look at that civ3 stuff (from the links you posted) and I think it will turn out to be a great game!