SinglePlayer - MultiPlayer or in between ?

[Fredric Drum]

I love multiplayer games, especially civ, but it's so much trouble to set it up, find someone to play with etc., and besides I don't have a decent Internet connection (yet). In fact, despite CTP was generally lousy, I had my best gaming experience ever playing multiplayer CTP over the Internet.. I actually laughed and laughed... all the plots and deals and broken promises.. the caht feature was of course essential. So if CTP can be good, just imagine how good CIV will be! Multiplayer is the ultimate thing, but it takes very long (you must prepare a stock of food and keep beside your computer) and it's difficult to find several people that can set aside 20 hours at a time. And in CTP I found that it was very difficult balancing the game rules in order not to ruin the game with too much waiting, i.e. setting time limits per turn, size and things like that. Hotseat could be an option if you just get a mate over to play a game.


Fred

[Grumbold]

I can't give an objective vote because it will depend greatly on how good the AI is. If its appalling then the game will be returned to the shop fro a refund before I ever try MP. If its terrific then I won't need to MP much. If its good enough to keep the game but bad enough to be uninspiring then I could be 90% multiplay.

[ColdWizard]

80% MP 20% sp

sp is ok, but it gets boring after a while. i have more fun at MP despite the cons (turn length and difficulty at setting up continue times)

[Solver]

I chose 100% SP. If the AI is good, I don't want much MP. It's time consuming, and not that good. I might have been 90% SP, though, but I liked 100% more. If only the AI is good.

[PDA-CIV]

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[Sarxis]

Wow! I am still the only person who voted 40%-60% S-M.

I am very special

[MidKnight Lament]

80-20% S-M for me. And that's probably biased towards MP because I'm hoping I'll enjoy it more than I currently do.

[PDA-CIV]

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[PDA-CIV]

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[Bakunine]

20% S + 80% M

[vlad]

I think with the advent of faster computers and much faster and more stable internet connections a MP option in any game is essential for success. People in genral who don't like MP games either have slow computers,56K connections or a lack of skill in the game. To learn an AI pre-determined play sequence is about as challenging as using a calculater to do math in multiples of 100. Of course if your the kind of person that enjoys car racing alone,then MP is not for you
100% MP and proud of it!

[dainbramaged13]

i was striclty an sper in civ2, but i hope to become an mper in the civ3 community

[Rasputin]

i would ahve said 99% MP

[hetairoi22]

90%-10% Sp-Mp.

I've never played a MP game. Didn't wanna pay for Civ2 MGE, just to get MP. But, OTOH, I will try MP for Civ3 when it comes out (if it doesn't cost to much ).

[ChrisShaffer]

Originally posted by yin26
Me either...it's just hard to imagine what else they could be hyping. ???

I voted "80% S + 20% M : Actually MP is interesting , but lacks certain refinements !" because I'd love to play multiplayer...but I can't play direct-connect (LAN / Internet) games due to time considerations, and I simply can't face the idea of another two-year-long PBEM.

Yin, I can imagine something...I'll be shocked and amazed if it happens, but it would make me so happy -- asynchronous server-based simultaneous turns. See http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum28/HTML/000343.html#5
for details.