Opinion on the Current Civ3 Graphics

[Robert]

c'mon, the graphics are ok !
I don't really care about graphics (I still prefer the civ2 graphics above anything else)

Those bugs with rivers over mountains etc. need to be tweaked indeed, but I think it'll be ok.

Actually I like those mountains ! Am I alone in that ?

[campmajor!]

I really hope this will improve. The names of the cities are not clearly readable and lots of other things look silly. Like LaRusso, I hope they are smart enough not to bring civ3 on the market this way...

[Akron]

How can anyone say these graphics are great!?! They are plain horrible; I like civ 2's better, and that was 6 years back! Ok, maybe some people don't care about the graphics, but for me it is very important that they be good enough (they don't need to be great) that I'll enjoy looking at them for several hours and they will give me a feel for the world. Sometimes it's just nice to sit back, look at the world and then try to imagine what it would be like to live in your own world. It's a nice break from micromangement and lets your head cool down a little . That won't be possible with these graphics. (This was one of the reasons why I enjoyed playing ctp for a few games, until I saw all the horrible bugs and ai which made having a good game impossible.) Without decent graphics, you just can't become part of your world; the game becomes too pure micromanagement mixed with strategy.

But before you blindly accept the graphics, look at games like ctp and all the other recent games. I'm not asking for great graphics. I don't care about 3d leaders and units and this animation. The graphics just have to be crisp, clean, bright, and somewhat realistic and detailed. Forests are not patches of trees separated by large expanses of grassland; they are supposed to be uniform. Mountains should form connected mountain chains. And the ocean is not supposed to be yellowish! These are just a few of the many problems with the graphics.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

I can just hope graphics will improve before they ship the game, or that they are customizable so someone can upgrade them with a mod.

[Imran Siddiqui]

How can anyone say these graphics are great!?! They are plain horrible;

I say they are great .

These are the best graphics in a Civ game by far. The animations are top notch and I'm very much looking forward to playing the game!