Play Civ3? i think not.

[Dida]

I got this game the 2nd day it was released, and now, I'm tired of it. It is just not interesting and very tiresome to controll. I have already sold it on eBay, and got Empire Earth and Yuri's Revenge. I guess the days of TBS has come to an end.

[yin26]

I just bought some tasty oranges. Oranges are better than apples. I guess the day of apples are at an end.

[John-SJ]

Diehard Civ fan that I am, I hate to say this, but I'm getting tired of Civ3 too. A couple of things that really bother me about the game. First, on large worlds, even with a PIII computer, in the mid to late game it takes 1 minute minimum for the computer to move. Second, even with a very happy kingdom and research set to 90% and trading techs as fast as I can, I end up building ALL city improvements and have no build choices other than military units. Siiince I generally try to play the peaceful perfectionist I have no need of military beyond a sufficient defense, and yet, this game leaves me no choice but to build military anyway.

So I end up spending less than half my time persuing my strategy and the majority of my time building what the game forces me to build.

I hate to say this, but I think Firaxis blew it with this game.

John-SJ

[yin26]

Yes, the building issue is valid one for sure. Other times, things like the explorer come only after the entire map is explored. Huh?

Rookie mistakes.

[kimmygibler]

I'm not gonna say they blew it yet. They still have a chance to fix the game. It's a long shot, but if anyone can do it firaxis just might have the commitment to long run success that other companies (activision) are painfully lacking.

I mean come on, this is firaxis...

[Venger]

Originally posted by yin26
Yes, the building issue is valid one for sure. Other times, things like the explorer come only after the entire map is explored. Huh?

Rookie mistakes.

I thought I was the only one who noticed that - I got the explorer unit after I new every piece of land on the earth. Kinda pointless. Maybe the explorer should come at an earlier tech...

Venger

[monkspider]

I think that it's very telling that you exchanged Civ III for a Command and Conquer game. Perhaps something like Quake III would be more to your liking as well?

[Baloo]

But you gotta buy Civ III for Civ IV, damnit.

C'mon, these developers are rookies. (The original and experienced team has gone away with B. Reynolds, I suppose). For the game itself - it ain't a bad game by far. Some of you might not have the patience, but there's a lot that can be liked with this game.

If you stay much longer, give them input on how to make a better Civ game. I have a LOT of input and ideas for them if they decide to make a Civ 4 which will be decided if there's enough enthusiasm or not. I'm sticking in til the end. I want to see the ultimate Civ 4.

[Rasputin]

Seems the community is still divided about how good this game realy is, i guess us others who couldnt get it at release date can thank our lucky stars we got you guys to review it for us

[Shiva]

Originally posted by yin26
I just bought some tasty oranges. Oranges are better than apples. I guess the day of apples are at an end.

[Xuenay]

Originally posted by John-SJ
I end up building ALL city improvements and have no build choices other than military units. Siiince I generally try to play the peaceful perfectionist I have no need of military beyond a sufficient defense, and yet, this game leaves me no choice but to build military anyway.

Can you say, Wealth?

[Fidel]

Originally posted by John-SJ
Diehard Civ fan that I am, I hate to say this, but I'm getting tired of Civ3 too. A couple of things that really bother me about the game. First, on large worlds, even with a PIII computer, in the mid to late game it takes 1 minute minimum for the computer to move. Second, even with a very happy kingdom and research set to 90% and trading techs as fast as I can, I end up building ALL city improvements and have no build choices other than military units. Siiince I generally try to play the peaceful perfectionist I have no need of military beyond a sufficient defense, and yet, this game leaves me no choice but to build military anyway.

So I end up spending less than half my time persuing my strategy and the majority of my time building what the game forces me to build.

I hate to say this, but I think Firaxis blew it with this game.

John-SJ

\1) hold shift while AI moves. it will be over in 15 secs. try normal worlds until you get p4
2) try playing at a higher difficulty level
3) yeah they blew it. they should have probably taken civ 2 glorious approach whereby you slept through middle ages, and then went on tank blitz over railroads and bribing spree, mopping up all the civs.
so i guess civ 1 is your fav then?

[Fidel]

Re: Play Civ3? i think not.

Originally posted by Dida
I got this game the 2nd day it was released, and now, I'm tired of it. It is just not interesting and very tiresome to controll. I have already sold it on eBay, and got Empire Earth and Yuri's Revenge. I guess the days of TBS has come to an end.

yeah mind controlled dogs and psychic squids beat 'buggy' corruption every time

[Solver]

This is making me just sick. Civ 3 is the best gamer released. I can not imagine of a single bad point about this game, and everything I think is good.
I actually thought that Civ 2 isn't a worthy sequel to Civ 1, though still good.

[Fidel]

solver, you're da man!