new screenshots from gamespy

[korn469]

these appear to be new

Granary Construction Complete
Catapult in action
World Climate options
Another game shot
Diplomacy screen

the most interesting shot to me was the climate selection screen

[Sarxis]

As usual- good catch, and thanx

That first one looks to be about full screen size.

[ixnay]

The more I see, the more I want the game...these look nice.

Does the city in the forest look a bit strange to anyone?

[Slax]

Good find! We've seen the climate screen before, but the others are new. And this is a better version of the climate screen.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I thought the Granary Complete Screen was most impressive .

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by ixnay37

Does the city in the forest look a bit strange to anyone?

Which screenshot are you talking of?

[aaglo]

The granary construction complete -
Very good! It is so nice that you don't have to zoom to the city to check the production; you can make the necessary changes right away.
Catapult in action -
Nothing very special (except for the bended "arm" of the ctplt)
World climate options -
Again a very good testimony of nice graphics of this game. Nice, nice, nice
Another game shot -
Very very good! The forest looks very nice (maybe it is a rain forest), the rivers look nice (but they go very straight lines.. ) and the towns seem to be partially behind the trees - and I mean it is cute
Diplomacy screen -
Humour, again. If a turn is one year long, of course it is a birthday everyday

Nice work, korn469

[korn469]

aaglo

to me it looked like the catapult had just launched a projectile...check the screen again and look for the brown ball

[aaglo]

korn469

That's just what I ment with the bended "arm" (or whatever the launching pole called)

Edit: HEY! that's not a flying ball. The same kind of ball is by every unit (it's a part of the unit's health meter, or "thermometer" as someone called...)

[korn469]

aaglo

i looked at the screenshot after i posted, and realized that it was the health bar...the brown color threw me off, btw does the brown color of the health bar mean that the catapult is fortified? or can units without an attack and defense even fortify?

[Grunthex]

Originally posted by ixnay37
The more I see, the more I want the game...these look nice.

Does the city in the forest look a bit strange to anyone?

It looks normal to me, just the active-unit circle on there makes it look a little odd. What I like, is one of those players (red or green) must be a computer player, and they both have relatively hard-to-grow cities in the middle of the forest, my guess would be to stake a claim to the borders.

[aaglo]

Originally posted by korn469
...the brown color threw me off, btw does the brown color of the health bar mean that the catapult is fortified? or can units without an attack and defense even fortify?

It may be so. Or the brown colour in that screenshot might mean that the unit has already moved, or the opposite. Will see...

[Adagio]

"Granary Construction Complete"
Like it, nothing special, but it's ok

"Catapult in action"
Just a screen, nothing special

"World Climate options"
This one is great, it looks great...can't wait to see that screen on my computer (with the Civ3 CDrom in the drive )

"Another game shot"
Just a screen, nothing special

"Diplomacy screen"
Cool, happy birthday Cleo

[Andy]

I am most impressed with the Granary constuction complete screen. Granted, this feature is a rather little thing. But it just proves to me the thought and excellent design put into the game by Firaxis. It really seems to me that they have done it right.

[Don K Hotay]

has anyone preordered yet? I preordered from from eb games, so I could also get the game risk for free (actually it is not so free considering at other sites/stores, CIV3 goes for 5 dollars less than at ebgames). We all know its gone "gold", and I guess it ships on the 30th to store shelves...I'm just wondering, when the **** will I have CIV3 in my hands!!!

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