No Fast starts in Civ III?

[Comrade Tribune]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Well game testing indicates that the old civ 2 tricks like not settling and building an army of units and settlers from huts before doing so doesn't work.

And I thought I was the only one who had discovered that trick. Buhhuuuuuh!

[Alexander's Horse]

You can't manage huts by tipping them within a city radius either

[Wittlich]

Why? have you tried?

[Alexander's Horse]

No, but all the civ 2 tricks are being tested out by some hard core players, away from all the newbies here

And I know where and you don't

[CygnusZ]

Heh, the game does hava way of keeping you on a leash so that you don't just bolt out of the Anicent Era.

Which actually is pretty neat. I'm almost through the industrial era, and I think that actual gameplay time is probably pretty similar between the eras. This means you'll actually have to play with "Ancient Era" game concepts instead of just flying out

[Dis]

I was the aztecs. real nice having a 2 square movement unit from the get go. and the religious value are nice when changing goverments.

[Döbeln_2001]

Re: No Fast starts in Civ III?

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I read that the river movement bonus has been removed, you can't get settlers from huts and its hard to get horsemen. Is this true?

I'd hate to plod around the map one hex at a time like in CTP!

Nope, you still get settlers from huts, at least if you're expansionist. No river bonus is true though, and horsemen take some time to research.

Regards / Döbeln 2001

[Döbeln_2001]

Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
From what I read in the forums here, the pacing is actually pretty fast, so I don´t believe it will be a CtP-like boring start.

If they had made a real editor and not cut down Espionage to Bonsai size, not to speak about leaving out the scenarios altogether, I would be in the (moderate) optimist camp...

Hey, come on - the bottom line is that's it's good fun. I've been off gaming for a while, but this thing really wastes my time right now. Give it a shot!

Regards / Döbeln 2001

[Comrade Tribune]

Originally posted by Döbeln_2001
Hey, come on - the bottom line is that's it's good fun. I've been off gaming for a while, but this thing really wastes my time right now. Give it a shot!

Never said I wouldn´t; I´m just a bit sceptical.

But if the AI is as good as most people say, I will change my government to 'Optimism'.

[Bird]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
No, but all the civ 2 tricks are being tested out by some hard core players, away from all the newbies here

And I know where and you don't

Quiet Horse, and go back to your stall now.

[hexagonian]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Well game testing indicates that the old civ 2 tricks like not settling and building an army of units and settlers from huts before doing so doesn't work.

...and that's a bad thing - less freebies for the human????

Kudos to Firaxis for making some old strategies obsolete - and I'm glad to hear that the AI is expanding as fast, or faster than a human player. About time that the ICSers get a taste of their own medicine.

I would think that this would tempt you to to get the game AH - to prove just how good a player you are.

[Earthling7]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
We're talking game play here, not the ascent of man

You're talking Civ2 gameplay. It's a new game. Develop new strategies. If not, prepare to die when MP arrives in the form of an XP.