do you think the game is long enought?

[Jaybe]

Originally posted by Thrawn05
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The total time it takes me to finish a huge game (this if I played none stop) is about 12 hours. Usualy ending in a diplomatic victory.

(speed freak!)
I would play 20-30 hours a week and the game would last weeks or months, even if it was a large map.

I don't know, maybe I get more involved in it than you; I'm in it for the experience, not to "get it over with."

[khyron]

I'm with Jaybe on this one. Yeah, I think the game is the right length, but I tend to savor the process of my inevitable victory.

Or whatever.

There are some games I don't mind brushing through, but I get into some--usually on huge maps--and it feels like it's one of those special ones that deserves that little bit of extra effort and care, that need months to play out properly. THey're rare, but they happen.

(I also have a wife that...ahem...has these demands she makes of me. )

[Panag]

hi ,

they should include more turns , with an option top turn that on or off , so that we are all happy , ...

have a nice day

[Grumbold]

Not finishing the game within the timeframe is just a sign that you are inexperienced at playing it. As you improve your techniques then you will soon see how easy it is to reach the end of the tech tree and/or complete one of the victory conditions.

[Deathwalker]

Personally I would like to see the game slowed down. Not extended into the future just make the turns shorter so it takes more turn to get up to the fnish date?

[NeoStar]

Originally posted by panag
they should include more turns , with an option top turn that on or off , so that we are all happy , ...

That would have been the logical thing. Im surprised the additions to the editor haven't included a 'number of turns per game' tab.

Also the lack of a future age is what really kills of the modern age - which is too much like the industrial age to be that much fun. Thats one thing they should have 'borrowed' off CTP...

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by Jaybe

(speed freak!)
I would play 20-30 hours a week and the game would last weeks or months, even if it was a large map.

I don't know, maybe I get more involved in it than you; I'm in it for the experience, not to "get it over with."

Speed freak?

I take my time. Perhaps all those extra hours you spend are waiting for your next turn?

[Jaybe]

Originally posted by Thrawn05
Speed freak?
I take my time. Perhaps all those extra hours you spend are waiting for your next turn?

No, while I have mentioned playing a huge game on a Macintosh, most of the time I am playing on a 1.3GHz HP. Just finished a standard (large?) map game, and it still took me a month. Perhaps I just take MORE time.

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by Jaybe

No, while I have mentioned playing a huge game on a Macintosh, most of the time I am playing on a 1.3GHz HP. Just finished a standard (large?) map game, and it still took me a month. Perhaps I just take MORE time.

Well, I do automat my workers and let my governers to do the dirty work. And as I stated lots of times, I'm a builder, and usualy get the annoying Culture Win screen (I still play up to 2050AD afterwards). I should stop playing that, but I want the AI the chance to do the same as well.

Also I always play Huge maps with only 10 civs. 16 is just too crowded.

[Jaybe]

Originally posted by Thrawn05
Well, I do automat my workers and let my governers to do the dirty work. ...

I don't do either of these things. That may be a large part of the difference.

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by Jaybe

I don't do either of these things. That may be a large part of the difference.

I would too, but I'm not a mouse user.


And don't forget, that 12 hours is spread out for like a week. The most I've every done is 3 hours straight.

[Panag]

Originally posted by NeoStar


That would have been the logical thing. Im surprised the additions to the editor haven't included a 'number of turns per game' tab.

Also the lack of a future age is what really kills of the modern age - which is too much like the industrial age to be that much fun. Thats one thing they should have 'borrowed' off CTP...

hi ,

indeed they could have , BUT the best would have been to improve that a bit , and to give us more options on that !

more and more people start in a certain era and with more money , so that by the time its year "zero" they can start to make some serious war , ...

also they should include an option to have the "end" postponed , it would also be great for scenario's , ..

have a nic day all of you

[Galvatron]

Would be a great idea to play on and on and on till the spaceship is launched. Yeahh you can play on but we all want to see our names in the Hall of Fame and therefore want the score-points to continue. In the end that's why we play the game:

High-score wohoo