Aliens? What aliens?

[fluffy]

They were in TOT, they were in SMAX.

If they are going to all the effort to have 16 civs in the game, at least make one alien...

[Gangerolf]

There's one problem though: in order to be "alien" the aliens would have to start out on another planet.

Their unique unit could be the UFO. When they invent that they can travel to Earth and harass the human civs.

[Dauphin]

Last time we had a discussion about aliens we concluded that the French were aliens (or at least from another planet) and so ET was represented in the game.

[Steve Clark]

If Civ3 doesn't end right at 2001 or it includes anything futuristic, I will absolutely NOT buy it.

[Akron]

Originally posted by Steve Clark
If Civ3 doesn't end right at 2001 or it includes anything futuristic, I will absolutely NOT buy it.

I feel the same way. The fact that ctp went into the future really detracted from it. It was as if i was playing with action figures. Let the scenario makers have alien scenarios if the want, but don't put it in the game. However, civ 3 should extend until say 2025, just to have more of the modern age (which is the most fun).

[jdd2007]

aliens sound like a terrible idea...
however they should have bigfoot and the boogey man walk around scaring the crap out of ur citizens, making them move away from your cities ...

[Inverse Icarus]

who need aliens with pink french?

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by UberKruX
who need aliens with pink french?

Whats with this whole French = Pink thing??

[Madine]

Actually I would like some sort of option to continue into the future. Of course it should be an option so that the purists don't get too upset

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns


Whats with this whole French = Pink thing??

look in any screenshot with French cities/units. they are colored PINK.

a knight regailed in pink-clad armor charging at your riflemen is enough to make anyone fall over in laughter.

[Mister Pleasant]

What's "futuristic" and what isn't?

Is nanotechnology?
Is bioengineering?
Are stealth aircraft?
Clones?

These things already exist in at least rudimentary form today. So why shouldn't an alternate history allow some of these things to get discovered in 1980?

As for aliens, I'd like to see a chance of alien invasion each turn once SETI (if its in) is built. They could replace the barbarians - capturing cites only to enslave inhabitants and punp out more saucers!

[shade]

Why shouldn't future techs not be included??(FUSSION IS STILL FUTURE TECH and it is accepted in civ2(as is the spaceship))
There are a hole lot of things that could be added just by extending the theory we have these days.

And what is the problem with aliens???Oh it's true the bible tells only about human beeing...c'mon ppl,have a little flexibility,if you can live with the possibility that a civ could laung in 1300AD to AC.
tsstststss

Shade

[JellyDonut]

They should make the game last until ~2050 so that you get a few future techs. Alternative energy sources and a unified theory of physics would be neat new techs, but don't get into the whole sci-fi alien thing. Civ is not about aliens but about HUMAN history, it has been from the start, and it will most certainly be so in the next game.

[Dauphin]

The only context in which I am willing to see aliens in the game is as a discovery wonder.

You place x amount of research/money into it and every turn you have a 1 in (y times x) chance of discovering an alien radio signal. Alternatively you can fund a mission to Mars or one of the moons of Jupiter and get a 1 in z chance of discovering ancient bacteria.

The nation who discovers aliens should get some bonus, not sure what though.

Because face it, aliens aren't going to turn up on our doorstep, and we are not guarenteed of ever finding a signal.

[Mister Pleasant]

Because face it, aliens aren't going to turn up on our doorstep, and we are not guarenteed of ever finding a signal.

How do you know they're not already here? And just what DO you think happened at Roswell?