What are you gonna do when Civ3 is out?

[Smash]

Will you rush out and buy it or take a wait and see strategy?

Most of my "computing"(ya right) is on a mac and in past I had to wait.Which was good and bad.I don't own many lame games but I had to sit on the sidelines for awhile..

but now I have access to the darkside....and access to much much more as far as gaming goes.So ,shall I rush out and get stuck with a CTP?Maybe I'll wait and let everyone else figure out the bugs and whether or not it is a winner.I don't know.I imagine here in Canada it will run $60+ when released.Its not the expense but rather being shafted with another high tech frissbee

[The Mad Monk]

I picked up Master of Orion 2 in 1999. $15.

I picked up Civ II in Jan 2000. $8.

TOT? last month. $20.

I don't regret a thing--'the sidelines' rule!




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The Mad Monk

"Oh, the morning it stumbled, right in through the window
And this getting up early, gets old anyway
And if you listen closely, the crying that you hear
Is the night time lamenting the start of the day."
-Lyle Lovett, "Icewater/Fly Swatter Blues"

[WarVoid]

You cheapskate!!!

[My Wife Hates CIV]

I'll go out to the store and see it sitting there for $49. I'll look at the box and see how nice the screen shots look. I'll walk up and buy it (feeling like a sucker). I'll take it home and install it. I'll start the game and notice how they screwed up the entire thing with fancy worthless graphics (now understanding why I felt like a sucker earlier). I'll close up the box and find a place for it probably next to CTP. I'll fire up CIV II and be happy again.

[Smash]

hehehe.... thats pretty much the way I see it happening also.....crosses fingers

[finbar]

I'll rush straight out and get it. When it arrives for Mac. I've been to the "dark side".

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finbar
Mono Rules!
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[Empress]

Well, I still haven't bought Test of Time or Call to Power after my disappointment with Alpha Centauri. However, since I feel like I have had input into civ III via the forums, I will probably rush out and buy it The curiosity is killing me!

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Apolyton Empress
My first Web Page

[WarVoid]

I'm going to end up doing the same thing MWHC is going to do. Alpha Centauri is Ok but, oh, it could have been so much more. The same goes for CtP. ToT is actually very good I think. The SciFi game is the best.

[Jim W]

I was a little impressed with what it said on the box of CtP, and I might have bought it, but it said that it needed more Hertzes than I've got (I got 133, it needs 160, IIRC).

So I said "No, not this year," and went back to trying to win on the MPGE.

And I strongly suspect that Civ III will outHerz me again.

Jim W

[Alexander's Horse]

I'd like to say I'll wait but I can just imagine a few of my MP buddies going to the new game as soon as it comes out and then I'll have to get it

[Carolus Rex]

I'll buy it the second it's out!

And probably cry and tear my hair off after installing it... [sigh]

Man, when I think about the long wait for SMAC and ToT and the disappointment... Depressing!

Carolus

[Gatekeeper]

Everyone:

Well, I'll probably buy the product — that is, if they ever port over to the Macintosh. In that case, I sure as hell hope TPTB took some ideas from Apolyton into account. Personally, I'd love it if they used the Civ II game engine with extra techs, civs, a map/scenario editor and other doo-dads. After all, there's a reason why Civ II and MPG remain the most popular games in the Civ tradition.

C:CTP had some nice innovations — public works, conducting trade, sea/orbital cities — that would be interesting if brought over into the *original* Civ II environment.

CYBERAmazon

[vlad]

As I was quite late to civ(got civ II gold Nov.1999) I plan on driving to the factory where it is pressed and hijack the truck,only taking enough copies for me and my MP buds,then I will find as many amphetamines as I can afford and play 72+hours until I know more than Markus and Eyes,then challenge them,win,and perhaps never play again LOL
Definately will be a good time to get my friends to take vacations and leaves of absence from work. :-)

[Ming]

I will do the same thing I did with Civ Gold MPE... Rah and I will track it down the day it is released. We will both fire it up and play with it a little bit to see how it works, and then we will start a MP game if it seems worth it. But like MWHC, if it sucks, there will always be Civ II to fall back on.

[Steve Clark]

I got the money and horsepower, so all it comes down to is this: if it's NOT real-time and if it's NOT scifi/fantasy-based, then I will most definitely pay full price for it the second it hits the shelves.