Its going to be a lonely experience playing civ III all alone

[Alexander's Horse]

I haven't single played a civ game for over 3 years. Once you get the mulitplayer bug, SP seems rather dull.

I'll miss the banter on icq, the arguments, Mp is like a good game of cards if you have a steady group of friends to play with. The standard of play is much much higher because any human should be able to outplay the AI.

I suppose the Multiplayers will be comparing notes on games but that will be weird.

Its like they are destroying civ playing internet communities

[ColdWizard]

darn horse

now you've gotten me all depressed

[Blake]

Talk to the leader heads

[Alexander's Horse]

That hot sexy Foreign Advisor is out too

[Jaybe]

AH, use that loneliness to good effect to learn the game. You don't want to learn the game while you are playing MP, do you?
Wouldn't want everyone else in the game getting upset that you don't know how it works, now would we....

[Inverse Icarus]

stop working on sim golf and finish civ3's multiplayer.

[Alexander's Horse]

Actually the social side of the game was most important to me

Sure, you could be slut and go to Gamezone for a 'quickie', but I preferred to play with a regular group of friends.

I'll miss stuff like the time Hydey started the game in the arctic skirt and we wouldn't restart until he'd gone right around the world and found no land

"Be a man, Hydey - play the hand your dealt"

[Ozymandous]

Originally posted by UberKruX
stop working on sim golf and finish civ3's multiplayer.

Heh, someone should have told Firaxis that 9 months ago. The announcement that SimGolf would be delayed was about 6 months too late.

[Lefty Scaevola]

Re: Its going to be a lonely experience playing civ III all alone

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Once you get the mulitplayer bug, SP seems rather dull.

Get your tubes snipped and spend more multiplayer time with the mare.

[Moral Hazard]

Yeah Horsie!

Spot on, no MP, and in depth scenario creation is looking rough. Hopefully the new additions will give me a month worth of enjoyable play.

[Alexander's Horse]

Single player is the PC game equivalent of masturbation

Its so anti-social

[Lorizael]

Don't be so sad everybody! The AI is supposed to be a lot better. They got Soren Johnson, Governors, and no cheating (which suggest the computer doesn't need to cheat).

SP games will be more challenging than they used to be. Don't give up hope yet.

And besides, what's wrong with masturbation?

And MP takes too long...

[Alexander's Horse]

Well masturbation is okay I guess but

Originally posted by Lorizael
The AI is supposed to be a lot better.

Ho ho ho!

And MP takes too long...

Not if you play with good reliable players and play the game in nightly sessions of say 2-3 hours. Its very convivial.

[cassembler]

no sexy foreign advisor...
sniff... sob...

[Moral Hazard]

Agreed about taking too long, I mainly enjoyed 1 on 1 duels on small maps. TBS really needs to improve it's MP, but I have no Idea how. MP Scenario's for example help alot.