This game rocks

[Sceptor107]

Ya all you guys dissing Civ3 go away. I like the game. Thats all that matters.

[FrustratedPoet]

*gets the fire extinguisher ready*

i'm glad you like the game, dude.

*backs away so he doesn't get singed by the flames*

i like it too.

*puts on protective goggles*

have fun with it.

*runs for cover*

hehehe



civ3 does indeed, as you say, rock.

[Zouave]

Only a moron would like this game! Just kidding. CIV3 rocks!

[Ming]

Re: This game rocks

Originally posted by Sceptor107
I like the game. Thats all that matters.

This is the real heart of the issue. You either like the game, or you don't. It's a matter of personal opinion... different strokes for different folks.

Just because somebody doesn't agree with you doesn't make them an idiot... or stupid... or a fan boy... or a whiner...

Oh... and by the way, I wouldn't recommend ANYBODY get into a flame war in this thread. Because if you do... you are toast!

[Sceptor107]

Ok But I think this is the game of 2002 without a doubt. There are some flaws. But I am impressed overall

[Zouave]

Originally posted by Sceptor107
Ok But I think this is the game of 2002 without a doubt. There are some flaws. But I am impressed overall

You could be right. Isn't Master of Orion 3 coming out this year, though.

[Sceptor107]

And its great how the AI players actually responds to you. Civ2 was just a stupid fest. Of Computer players doing nothing and totally ignoring you. Then programmed to turn against you at later in the game. No matter how nice you were. Civ3 is different.

[Zouave]

Originally posted by Sceptor107
And its great how the AI players actually responds to you. Civ2 was just a stupid fest. Of Computer players doing nothing and totally ignoring you. Then programmed to turn against you at later in the game. No matter how nice you were. Civ3 is different.

Be wary. They will turn on you.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Sceptor107
There are some flaws. But I am impressed overall

there are flaws in every game, aren't there? and you're right, it is the overall impression that each individual player has of the game that is important.
i've played quite a lot of games that seemed very well designed and implemented, but they didn't quite have the X factor that meant i would keep coming back to it. (for this read: baldur's gate. i hated that game, i'm not sure why - i'm usually an RPG nut.)

my favourite game for most of last year was Diablo 2 and, phew, boy, did that game ever have flaws in it!! nevertheless, it was a fine overall experience.
i feel similarly about civ3, i get a bit annoyed with it from time to time, but whenever i play it i have fun. as soon as it stops being fun i'll stop playing.

[Sceptor107]

Only if you are huge and unbeatable. Which I am not.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Zouave


Be wary. They will turn on you.

you'd better believe it!!

[Zouave]

Originally posted by Sceptor107
Only if you are huge and unbeatable. Which I am not.

Also, if you are small and weak militarily. The AI likes to gang up on the weaker civs.

[Ming]

I do find it more interesting in the late game when the AI civs beat up on the smaller AI civs. That never seemed to happen in Civ II. At least in Civ III... if you knock a civ down in size, somebody else will probably finish off the job if you don't

[Zouave]

Originally posted by Ming
I do find it more interesting in the late game when the AI civs beat up on the smaller AI civs. That never seemed to happen in Civ II. At least in Civ III... if you knock a civ down in size, somebody else will probably finish off the job if you don't

This usually ticks me off. If I am one fo the stronger civs, and I have a strong military, I often sign an alliance against the first couple agressors to teach them a lesson about being bullies.

[Capt Dizle]

I am not gonna flame anyone, but I disagree with Ming. A game's quality can be defined beyond "whether someone likes it or not".

Civ3 has been shown beyond any reasonable doubt to be an inferior product in comparison to its predecessors. This is my opinion but I state it as fact because it plainly is.

If you fall back to "whether someone likes it or not", then you have to take the position that all games are equally good. That is not logical.