I've played Civ 3, but I'm back to Civ 2 - Why?

[Traianvs]

I don't play it anymore, but I want to (I see the civ2 folder everytime i browse explorer )

Thing is, I don't have much access to my computer anymore, and when playing civ2... it's a time consuming game, unlike FPS or RTS games... When i reload a game, i lost all contact with it (i have to search where my units are located and don't know my current tech tree anymore etc) so I don't bother with it.

Otherwise I would play it a lot especially because of the absolute mass of scenarios out there that make it challenging. (I'm not a good player unfortunately, deity is just that bit too hard.. unrest problems which makes democracy impossible, and enemies that annoy me with building tons of cities within my civ area, and worse, naval units or just units that just move up and down near my coast or border! sometimes it's up to 50 destroyers which make turns last 15 minutes with every civ accounted for)

That's the only bad thing bout civ, the retarded unit movements..

[Straybow]

Problems with Demo? Go Commies. Problems with neighbors? Reduce the number of ships wandering near your coasts by suitable means. Want to walk all over your neighbors without breaking much of a sweat? Go Fundies, kick butt.

[rah]

I haven't played more than one or two CIVII SP in over a couple of years. The only thing that keeps CIVII interesting and that one more turn feeling is MP. Human opponents rock. CIVIII MP still needs considerable work. Playing that felt like work. CIVII MP is still the best.

RAH

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Rather than run out and buy Civ3 when it came out (like I did with CtP ), I waited for the positive reviews to come rolling in here...

... and they never did.

So I don't own Civ3 - but I own enough computer games to know that it's very unlikely that the Civ2 phenomenon will be duplicated. Civ2 was recommended to me by a friend who advised me that if I liked Civ1 (I did), I'd love Civ2. He was right - when I got Civ2 I played it for something like 9 hours straight (Christmas Day, incidentally - Mom & Dad are still mad about that ) No other game has come close to being that addictive.

[CapTVK]

I still play Civ2 thanks to the SUPERB selection of quality scenarios (historical, WW2, fantasy) available. Civ3 can only do modpacks and those don't equal scenarios in my book.

Frankly I doubt if we'll ever see proper Civ3 scenarios in the way Civ2 has. The learning curve and graphic skills you need to create something decent one in Civ3 are far higher. So for the moment Civ2 still reigns supreme in the mod community.

[player1]

I play Civ2 Hotseat only with my friend who has poor comp.

We somethign play some Civ2 sceanrios together too.

But, still, I would not go back from Civ3 to Civ2 even if payed 100$, sicne when playing Civ2 with my firend I rememebr how poor Civ2 AI was. Hardly chnallnge at all. And all those nicely looking scenarios were spolied by bad AI strategy.

[War4ever]

i like to create my own maps and play the seven different starting locations, then i move on to another map.

civ 2 sp is the same old same old, its mp for me, scenarios for others, and the ai for those of you whom aren't great at it, this game appeals to all.

only downside is the time commitment...

[Scouse Gits]

Warz,

OK maybe the Civ2 AI is not the strongest in the world - but it still gives we poor benighted SPers a game to play - so we win and the AI loses, but the games the thing....

Civ2 for ever

SG[1]

[War4ever]

sorry no slight intended SG (all of you)......the ai can give you a run for your money and there are many different styles, customizations, etc to play, which adds years to replay value........

then there is mp......... whatever floats your boat, civ 2 had many boats it can float for you

[Scouse Gits]

... and there lies it's beauty!

SG[1]

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Besides, the succession games lately have been handicap matches (no trade, or no wonders, or other restrictions). Still winnable by us noobs, and a bit more entertaining to the civ experts.

[rah]

Saturday night, no MP game for the first time in a long time. So to pass the time I loaded up an 2x prod MP game with no humans and 3 AIs on the typical small rock that we play on. No challange. By 240 AD all AIs eliminated and I could have done it sooner but I kept feeling the need to expand. and it was fun to get every wonder for once. The only two I didn't get were MP and LH, and the civ that built LH never build a boat.
But I digress......

The point being, I looked back at my normal checkpoint years and rated my expansion, tech, infrastructure, etc.
If this had been a normal MP game, I would have gotten my BUTT kicked.

But I still had fun and it was worth it to blow 3 hours.

Rich

[War4ever]

amen to that, i would rather play sp x1x1 civ2 than x2 sp anyday, its an absolute joke....

and Scouse Gits, i will never win a challenge game, i am not going to set records....apolyton helped me understand how things worked, it certainly didnt' teach me how to play.....

i will say this about civ2 ai on a large map, if the ai can "hide" from me, then yes, they can be a problem, but once i find them, its only a matter of time....the ais biggest weakness is its inability to counter punch or launch an effective strike....

some MPers suffer the same illness

[Finvola]

I just started playing Civ 2 again. My nephew had basically swiped my CD while I was staying overseas. I finally got it back after a year. My Civ 3 CD is still overseas where I was staying a few months ago, so I decided to try Civ 2 again. I am really enjoying getting to know it all over again, sort of like an old friend. It must have been a good 2 years since I played it!

[Scouse Gits]

Welcome back Finvola ...

SG[1]