Going back to Call to Power 2

[admiralk]

Unfortunatly this game isn't providing me with the fun from CTP2. I'm just plain old tired of getting my elites killed by lesser units and losing battles in which i should win. I mean how would u feel if a friggin spearmen killed an INFANTRY. I mean gosh darnint this game needs to improve combat. I thought the patch would fix it but it doesn't. Its one of those games that i sit and think of ways to like it and get pissed off cause i can't find one. Why am i telling u this? Well i guess i just gotta get the anger out. I thought Civ3 would be the great Civilziation experience. The amount of units in it are great. But i didn't know it would be the game that needs more improvement than anything. I mean Sid Meir did so good in Civ2 but this one is just not cutting to it. I guess because they're trying to make it more complex with the battles that its sacraficeing fun. You know that if they are gonna include leaders in the game then u should at least be able to get a leader every game you play. Not fight, fight, and fight until your 100th victory and then get one. And the combat should be simple not all that complex random dip****. I can't believe i'm regretting buying this game. I was hoping it would be fun not an annoyance. Can someone please cheer me up.

[Dis]

wussy

[yin26]

I'll cheer you up. Try this:

"The images you seen on the screen are simply numbers. Just place post-it notes over all the graphics with their corresponding numbers ... this should include terrain, etc. Once you have completely covered the screen with number-filled post-its, you'll no longer be hungup on seeing this game as something even remotely like the real-world. Once you have achieved this state of thinking, you can finally enjoy the pure, raw mathematical results of play. And to help keep you from going beyond the pure numbers, I also recommend shutting off the sound ... or at least have the sound converted to a stream of numbers as well. Enjoy!"

[Skanky Burns]

Attacking with an attack 6 Infantry?!?

You dont need to go to the Yin extreme and view everything as only numbers, but at least taking a glance at their relative strengths and weaknesses would help...

[faded glory]

CTP2 AI was annoying as hell

You could have a warrior pillage every single Farm around a city and the AI wouldnt dare come out and attack! Even if there are 12 tanks in the city!

[justjake73]

Not to mention the AI sending planes, ships and units to absolutely nowhere.... I watched AI on AI wars where bombers would just go from city to city...enemy transports pass by opposing battleships and nothing happens....3 dozen troops are stacked on one island and there is scant defense on another..... It just became BOOOOORRRRRIIIINGGG!

[jadlakha]

Sounds like u hate Civ III cause u suck at it and the comp owns u. I hated CTP2 cause the AI was way to easy to own. Go back to ur crappy AI.

[Simpleton]

Originally posted by jadlakha
Sounds like u hate Civ III cause u suck at it and the comp owns u. I hated CTP2 cause the AI was way to easy to own. Go back to ur crappy AI.

Couldn't have said it better myself!!

[Venger]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Attacking with an attack 6 Infantry?!?

Good Lord Yes, no country in history has EVER attacked with infantry!!!!! What would you have preferred he attack with, cavalry? Oh wait, they are 6 attack as well...a paratrooper? Oh wait, they are 6 as well...

One should expect to attack a 4000 year old unit and defeat it with much greater regularity than the Civ3 system reveals.

You dont need to go to the Yin extreme and view everything as only numbers, but at least taking a glance at their relative strengths and weaknesses would help...

He has experienced the Forrest Gump combat system of Civ3. Stupid is as stupid does.

Venger

[Venger]

And of course the aptly named Simpleton brays like a jackass again...

The AI is ZERO challenge. That said, the game system is a challenge, but not in a competitive sense, as in "mentally challenged", riding the small bus to school type challenged...

Venger

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Venger
What would you have preferred he attack with, cavalry?

Yes. If the battle doesn't go as well as planned, then his unit can always retreat

One should expect to attack a 4000 year old unit and defeat it with much greater regularity than the Civ3 system reveals.

He has experienced the Forrest Gump combat system of Civ3. Stupid is as stupid does.

Venger

True. I for one am in favour of a complete ovefhaul of the combat system. However, attacking with a defensive unit is generally a stupid thing to do

[Dis]

some people just can't hang with the big boys.

civ3 is a man's game

[fritton]

Check out Empire Earth. It's a real time strategy game, but it's along the same line as civ (empire building) I've been extremely impressed with it and have already played it twice as much as civ3. plus *gasp* it actually has multiplayer

[Falconius]

Originally posted by admiralk
Going back to Call to Power 2

Have Fun!

[Boney]

ignorant

Civ3 has lost it for me, how many years have they had to really make it the game how it should have been. It has been one big disapointment for me, I am long gone. Venger, Yin and so many others can't all be wrong. No doubt newbies are happy with the simple inheritance, less to do less to think about. Seasoned players can see and understand the faults, even the most loyal Sid fanatics are having difficulty defending the game.

Like many I thought ctp2 was crap, and basically is, but only straight from the box. Now many of you legitmately complain about the AI, agreed CRAP.

But how many have played with the cradle of civilization mod. Man that mod really kicks ass, I am struggling on very hard level.

NOW I challenge any one of you who complain about the AI in CTP2 to beat it at impossible level, Cradle of Civ Mod. Cradle even has a version with an easier AI for you woosies. Man just try cradle, the whole game is much superior to any other civ game. So much so that it resembles how CTP3 should have been, it is more than just a Mod. Only thing for you purists is that some wonders do not have videos, but hey most of you are easily pleased if you like CIV3.