Civ 3 news at gamespot!

[Mahdimael]

Looks like some interesting info

"Though players can in fact win a game of Civ III by taking control of 75 percent or more of the world's landmass, they can also achieve victory through two new means: either through diplomacy, by building the United Nations and garnering enough support from neighboring countries to be voted into power, or through culture, by encouraging their country's own culture to flourish by improving education and encouraging the arts."

check it outhttp://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...801449,00.html

[Eli]

75% of the landmass... Interesting.
I just hope they dont force us to win, so if I take 75% I wont have to win and my points will still count till I win as I want, for example the diplomatic victory.

[Mahdimael]

Something like civ2 where you can keep playing would be nice, though with score calculated, I think

I like the fact you can prevent your people from emigrating by stationing soldiers..hehe

[Imran Siddiqui]

News item based on this link posted. Thank you Mahdimael, for the tip.

[Provost Harrison]

Hey cool, looking at the new screenshots as well. Note how the borders tuck in neatly behind hills and rivers. These seems like a far more recent screenshot on the first one, but on the last screenshot, they are simple overlays. I think the issue we have is that some of these screenshots are not the same age as the others; some are far later and advanced than the others...

Interesting article, some interesting tidbits of information. What is this about the aqueduct allowing certain types of tile improvement?

It also suggests different gradations of experience for units as well, which is a good thing (mention of veteran and elite). I hope it is a sliding scale model.

There are kinda hints here that there is a lot more to this game than we are expecting, and that Firaxis are just keeping their mouths shut. I hope the pessimists look really stupid after release!

[java4me]

Screenshot #2

Out of curiousity, what do the T's mean on the advancement chart?

[Adagio]

Hey, what is that Pyramid building trick? Is that a the thing about being able to buy the wonders so they can be built in one single turn, or what does it mean?

The game itself is now in QA

What does that mean???

[MarkG]

QA=Quality Assurance

[Adagio]

thx

[Steve Clark]

Actually, I'm wondering about the one-turn wonder building statement as well. Does that mean that there is no way to disband a unit and have count towards the cost of building? Since there are no caravans, it makes sense that you can't apply them towards Wonders. But to prevent building a wonder (or any other unit/improvement) in one turn, you have to disable disbanding altogether (unless disbanding returns no costs).

[Eli]

What Pyramid Building trick are they talking about???

[d_dudy]

i bet those T's are place holders (this has been discussed before!)

this game is going to be so damn cool. i hope it runs on my G3 iMac

[Inverse Icarus]

whats the "pyramid building" trick he is speaking of?

surely it is not just BUYING them.

[Eli]

The mountains are a bit better now, but they still didnt fix the "UV" font problem.

[Steve Clark]

That's right. If you have the cash, you should be able to buy any wonder (or unit or improvement) in one turn. They didn't take that feature away did they?