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  • #1

    Anyone still holding out?

    I was planning on being cool headed about Civ3. You know waiting for reviews and readers comments before plunking down cash. Hell I wasn't even going to buy the Limited Edition but somethings come over me, and I'll be off to Best Buy or EB tomorow morning after my 8:30 class, I'd cut but they don't open till 10:00.

    Although I haven't been vocal pessimist; I've been pessimistic about the overall quality of the game, mainly in the scenario department (not that I have time to make them.) Argh! Time's going to be a big issue. Crap. I've got an interview at 3pm for a internship tommorrow, then at 6pm my friends having a birthday party (I'll arive late; so I can get a few turns in). Wednesday's just as bad classes from 10:00 till 3:00 and it's holloween so my friends will start calling me right after class (the pub is open at 10am), so unless I unplug my phone and turn off the cell, I'm going out (I want to anyway). Thursday ah bliss! except the 8:30 class I'm free all day woohoo. Civ3 aw yeah! The Weekend already shot by work. Enough rambling.

    So my question is are any of the pessimist on this board not buying the game? It appears both Yin and Locutus have been converted. Any hold outs?
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    Hold on! I will only buy this game in the near future under ONE condition: If the LE is released in Korea for $35. At that price, it's a bargain if for only nostalgic reasons alone.

    Judging from what I've heard about the lack of scenarios and some AI issues, however, is making me wonder about that $35 itself, actually, as being over-priced.
    I've been on these boards for a long time and I still don't know what to think when it comes to you -- FrantzX, December 21, 2001

    "Yin": Your friendly, neighborhood negative cosmic force.

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    • #3
      one.
      Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..

      Look, I just don't anymore, okay?

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      • #4
        Yes Sophix,

        Im not buying the game for awhile

        Plus I think PBEM is now not possible. The saved game file Sizes are in excess of 3 MB. I just dont have 45 minutes to upload them...

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        • #5
          Originally posted by faded glory
          Yes Sophix,

          Im not buying the game for awhile

          Plus I think PBEM is now not possible. The saved game file Sizes are in excess of 3 MB. I just dont have 45 minutes to upload them...

          It appears to be uncompressed. Someone on these forums mentioned that they zip down to the range of hundreds of kilobytes.

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          • #6
            Hmm. Is this pessimist hour? Three replies in a matter of seconds wow!
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            • #7

              Yes Sophix,

              Im not buying the game for awhile

              Plus I think PBEM is now not possible. The saved game file Sizes are in excess of 3 MB. I just dont have 45 minutes to upload them...


              Hmm that is bad CTP's were 1 meg I think, of course PBEM file sizes was about 20% of that. Not sure I'll be able to play PBEM any way.
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              • #8
                Hold on! I will only buy this game in the near future under ONE condition: If the LE is released in Korea for $35. At that price, it's a bargain if for only nostalgic reasons alone.

                Judging from what I've heard about the lack of scenarios and some AI issues, however, is making me wonder about that $35 itself, actually, as being over-priced.


                I stand corrected.

                Replying in three seperate posts is not spam, it's just my way of posting more and making my threads look more popular
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                • #9
                  LOL! Nice strategy. Anyway, you got to admit $35 for the LE is pretty darn tempting ... this is just God's way of laughing at me, I think.
                  I've been on these boards for a long time and I still don't know what to think when it comes to you -- FrantzX, December 21, 2001

                  "Yin": Your friendly, neighborhood negative cosmic force.

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                  • #10
                    i for one am still am holding out til MP. or at least trying
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by faded glory
                      Yes Sophix,

                      Im not buying the game for awhile

                      Plus I think PBEM is now not possible. The saved game file Sizes are in excess of 3 MB. I just dont have 45 minutes to upload them...
                      3MB
                      That sounds like some sloppy, non-optimized code.
                      Mine should arrive tomorrow. Sorry, but $50 + s&h just didn't seem like that much. Were I still a poor student, I'd probably wait though.
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                      • #12
                        Holding Out

                        I'm not buying it until I see Civ 3 Multiplayer Gold or a free multiplayer patch. I wouldn't buy the single player version unless it got pretty cheap.

                        I'll just stick with Civ 2 and CTP 2, which I play MP with my g/f

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                        • #13
                          Challenge. I want to see what good players have to say about it. I can beat the SMAC and CivII AI at the highest levels with hands tied behind my back. I'm not neccesarily asking for better AI, but at the very least smarter, scaled cheating.

                          If I see some people whom I respect in this field praising it, perhaps I'll grab Civ3 while the 10$ rebate is still active at EBWorld. Otherwise, I'll wait awhile for the price to drop to 20 or 30 bucks.
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                          • #14
                            I am waiting, but I assume that I will buy it (or have it given to me) at some point.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by The Templar
                              3MB
                              That sounds like some sloppy, non-optimized code.
                              Mine should arrive tomorrow. Sorry, but $50 + s&h just didn't seem like that much. Were I still a poor student, I'd probably wait though.
                              yet those same students go to st padre's or cancun for spring break. as a poor serbian student, i forked out money for both civ2 and red alert. heck, a pair of trainers is 100 bucks

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