What's wrong with you people?!?

[down th' pub]

Vrank - in CTP2 you can speed them up (can't remember where), so they can jog, and even sprint if your system can bear the strain!

[Theben]

Good graphics are essential to the game from a marketing standpoint, as others here have noted. In addition, if anyone recalls a few months ago Firaxis staff had an army of graphic designers on board, but few hardcore programmers (hopefully the latter has turned around). This pretty much cinches the fact that the civ3 team puts graphics as a high priority.

I would like good graphics as well, but not needless ones. Especially get rid of those damn heralds with Parkinson's disease (why does every game company think that good animated people= constant wavy/jerking motion!?) Who here thinks that civ1's diplomacy animation was better than civ2's? I liked talking to the heads of state face-to-face, watching their and their advisors' facial reactions!

As long as good graphics doesn't sacrifice gameplay, I'm all for it.

[Roman]

Good graphics are certainly not essential for us who are already fans of Civ 3. Civ 2 graphics would be completely sufficient for me, but to attract new people to the game, up to date graphics are needed, so you should not blame Firaxis for putting some emphasis on that. I do not think this will sacrifice gameplay in any way at all.