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Well, I have never been known (if known at all) as a 'fanboy', nor am I one. I still have serious disagreements with several of fixaris's decisions, and civ3 is still not the game I envisioned. At the same time, unlike some more ademant 'whinners', kept the game on, for a simple reason. I believed that improvement was coming- and it has.
Now, there are two modes of thought. All or nothing, and incremental. I suspect that several posters will only re-install the game when it finally meets their dreams and hopes. I belive that incremental improvement is possible and worhtwhile. Has Civ3 become all that I wanted? Not yet. Is it the same as in November? No.
After the two patches and fiddling with the editor, various issues have been resolved, to a certain extent. Corruption is still made a bogeyman- well, go into the editor and be done with it. I no longer find it even an issue worth 'whinning' about. While I still view the combat system as flawed, with the editor it can be made more tolerable- and fast units severely declawed, wich is crucial.
The last big hurdle to be fixed with a patch, i believe, is the weak diplomatic game- far more interesting games can be created with just a few addtions to the diplomacy. Long-term defensive alliences, ala Civ2, SMAC, MOO, and just about every other game like this, could improve things much.
The last remaining BIG issue, which I believe will only be fixed in an expansion, will be the creation of real, scenerio creating abilities, which meet the demands of Tecumseh's letter. Once players are able to make a 'RED FRONT' for this game, Civ3, in my view, will have arrived.
And for all those reasons, Civ3 remains in my hard drive.
Now, there are two modes of thought. All or nothing, and incremental. I suspect that several posters will only re-install the game when it finally meets their dreams and hopes. I belive that incremental improvement is possible and worhtwhile. Has Civ3 become all that I wanted? Not yet. Is it the same as in November? No.
After the two patches and fiddling with the editor, various issues have been resolved, to a certain extent. Corruption is still made a bogeyman- well, go into the editor and be done with it. I no longer find it even an issue worth 'whinning' about. While I still view the combat system as flawed, with the editor it can be made more tolerable- and fast units severely declawed, wich is crucial.
The last big hurdle to be fixed with a patch, i believe, is the weak diplomatic game- far more interesting games can be created with just a few addtions to the diplomacy. Long-term defensive alliences, ala Civ2, SMAC, MOO, and just about every other game like this, could improve things much.
The last remaining BIG issue, which I believe will only be fixed in an expansion, will be the creation of real, scenerio creating abilities, which meet the demands of Tecumseh's letter. Once players are able to make a 'RED FRONT' for this game, Civ3, in my view, will have arrived.
And for all those reasons, Civ3 remains in my hard drive.
