Civ 3 graphics - what's the fuss about?

[OneFootInTheGrave]

To me CTP II map looks better. (If civIII does not improve) The colors are my problem. Green sea and river color. Ok it is not totally green more like green/blue. But I liked bl;ue color of Civ II and than scale it to show the deeper/shallower parts. To me that green color of the deap sea would suoit better to the shallow water and hace deap sea dark blue like in real life. (well that is only just me) but PINK FRENCH LOL!

That is the best joke . I hope civ colors can be adjusted, if this is default and than no other civ has similar color scheme to them. All of the other civs looked OK from what I could remember.

[Lee Johnson]

While we're at it, can we prevail upon the 3-D modelers to fix the leaders so they don't all have teeny-tiny eyeballs? The eyes in all of the screen shots look strange to me.

[One More Turn!]

Originally posted by UberKruX

and how come all this "hype" is set early-game? i never saw a video of someone playing with tanks and battleships.

Not mention railroads

[yin26]

Now, WHY would Sid put his name on a below-par game? He never did such a thing....

Research Covert Action and CPU Bach.

[Colonel Kraken]

Graphics are important in so much that they be crisp, clean, and concise allowing the user to easily distinguish between units, cities, terrain, and terrain features, et. al.

I don't see this from the screen shots. The desire to use realistic tones and such makes for a muddled view of everything at once. Sure, individual items by themselves look beautiful. Put them all together and you find yourself squinting in an attempt to make out exactly what you're looking at.

To me that's not an improvement, that's a problem. My wife still plays CtP2 (modified by me, of course ) and is still a pleasure to watch simply because most of the features are crisp, bright and easily distinguishable.

I hope viewing the screenshots is merely a muddled representation of what it actually looks like on a computer screen.

I'm sure it will be.

[Sabre2th]

I hope viewing the screenshots is merely a muddled representation of what it actually looks like on a computer screen.

I think there's a pretty good chance of this. Remember that the screenshots are compressed and are smaller than the screen would be.

[Imran Siddiqui]

This, of course, is ONE of the problems. I think the graphics look WORSE.

You got eyes?

You looking at JUST the screenshots, or did you also see the movie of Civ3 Gameplay? The graphics in that were utterly breathtaking..

[Inverse Icarus]

whatever.

the graphics arent that good.

but really i could care less.

if I can tell that a Knight is a Knight and not a Crusader at first Glance, then hell, i'm ok with them.

(ONLY 90 MORE POSTS TILL I GET AN ICON)

[Seeker]

C'mon guys I still have Civ I installed where the tank is maybe 30 pixels...

All I really want is Civ II but with everything the way it should've been when it was released, plus a few 'more ofs' and 'biggers'.

Graphics=Schmaphics

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by yin26
Research Covert Action and CPU Bach.

What 'bout them?