Unofficial Poll: How important is multi player?

[The Rusty Gamer]

In light of the fact that Both Civ 1 and Civ 2 were initially designed and released as single player games, how important is multi player to you in Civ 3?

What I should have said for options 2 and 3 (but I can't edit them):

• Release earlier as single player, add multi player as a patch later.
• Release later as both single and multi player.

This might make the poll a little more sensible.
It was simply in light of the understanding from what I've read that Firaxis have mainly been developing for single player; very little (if any) work has been done on multi player. So it was a question of whether it is worth the delay to have multi player implemented as well.

[phoenixcager]

They'd better have PBEM! That's the most important IMO!

[Urban Ranger]

To me, or to the sales of Civ 3?

To me, not important at all since I hardly play MP. OTOH, MP is vital to the sales of the game.

[MacUser]

MP is CRITICAL for any new game; the exception would be "edutainment" titles aimed a young children. When you look at the top selling PC games all have strong MP functions. Playing "solitar" is fun only for a little while. Play against real people brings an entirely new aspect to any game. Civ III needs not only Windows MP, but cross-platform MP with Linux and OS X as well!

[Alexander's Horse]

Multiplayer Rules!

Single player is okay for mild short term amusement but multiplayer is the future and really the only way to play these games!

I would go so far as to say if you have never multiplayed, you have never civved!

[tniem]

I had to vote for the both option. MP is essential but so is single player.

Poll maker, you should have had as an option "Won't buy it without either."

[BeBMan]

Of course both - single AND multi player are important

[Provost Harrison]

Well, I play both MP and SP games of SMAC at the moment, although the latter tends to have faded in quantity over time relative to the other. But both are a must. Even if you just intend to play MP, SP is a necessity to sharpen your teeth and get used to the game.

Personally, I enjoy a good few games of SP myself of any game, even now...

[Ralf]

"Multi player only, forget all this AI stuff"

Please, only bother with options that make any logical & commercial sense.
After all; Civ-3 isnt exactly "Unreal" is it?

Also, the first option is ridicules - everybody expects multiplayer these days.

[ancient]

it depends how good the ai is

[Wittlich]

I would have to say that I play multiplay in about 95% of the time. So Multiplay is very important to me, but then again, I like playing single player too (5%)

[Provost Harrison]

Well it is imperitive to have both. I want to have choice in what I play. Sometimes I like single player or multiplayer. But often, to me, multiplayer is not feasible because I have to coordinate a suitable time to be online and often I don't have that kind of time free in one lump. So as well as these two basic functions, PBEM is an absolute necessity...

[The Rusty Gamer]

Originally posted by Ralf
"Multi player only, forget all this AI stuff"

Please, only bother with options that make any logical & commercial sense.
After all; Civ-3 isnt exactly "Unreal" is it?

Also, the first option is ridicules - everybody expects multiplayer these days.

And yet...both these options have been voted on.

[The Rusty Gamer]

Originally posted by tniem
I had to vote for the both option. MP is essential but so is single player.

Poll maker, you should have had as an option "Won't buy it without either."

I thought the option Release as both single and multi player covered that.

[me_irate]

i like multi play the best, so i definately want that. but my prob with it is that its so time consuming. So when i am short of time, single player is a must. so if it doesn't have both i will be severaly dissapointed.