Civ3 EXPANSION PACK!!!!

[morb]

Re: good thing

Originally posted by ChaotikVisions
And morb, one more thing, if your getting beat that badly and having the AI build railroads in 1200s, your playing on too high a difficulty level. Warlord seems to best level to learn on, and its what most people I think started on. Though if you still have trouble you could go to Chieftain.

thanks chieftain, but you can save your advice for newbies.

[morb]

Originally posted by MarkG


MarkG tries to remember a certain saying about exceptions and rules....

/me points out that MarkG is making excuses. hmm.

[Gramphos]

So, when will COTW continue?

[Venger]

Great, now you can pay for features that should've been in the frigging game out of the box. An editor that doesn't suck as the day is long. The ability to create scenarios. The ability to play another human frigging being (what YEAR IS IT Firaxis?).

Screw 'em. Civ4 won't contain the game CD, it'll be in an 'expansion pack'.

Venger
P.S. Playing SMAC this last week has opened by eyes to just how bad a regression much of Civ3 really is. They BRUTALLY ripped off the game engine of SMAC, but removed some of it's basic elements...

[Nikolai]

Eh, when are E3?

Can't wait, can't wait, can't...

[Theseus]

... looks forward to Chieftain and morb facing off in MPP...

[Adm.Naismith]

Originally posted by MidKnight Lament
Agreed. Glad to see some people on here can still maintain perspective.

MidKnight (BTW, hi MidKnight!), maintaining perspective is great, but if you look back to the recent history, you know how often Firaxis/Infogrames dropped away bits of relevant info as if they aren't relevant at all. It helps to manage the fans/customers reaction, let them free to make any last minute change without justifying it...

So, it's ok to wait and see the real facts and figures before to cry or applaude the XP, still any info we get can be debated because that's exactly the PR tactic the developers have chosen.

Unless we can just ignore them, that is


UltraSonix (BTW, hi UltraSonix!), it will be interesting to see a different approach to multyplayer game. I'd love to see a "simultaneous turn execution", not a "real time click fest". As for limited info we have, I can't judge if Firaxis is making a Civ III RTS with another name or is really developing something different.

Whatever method they'll use, I wonder if it will be a viable option for single player, too. I mean, if a "turnless method" works in MP, what's the show stopper for a SP, as a fresh change from Turn base? Any opinion?

[Hagbart]

My guesses at the 8! new civs...

It's going to be (completely sure):
1- Vikings (Europe) (they were in civ2)
2- Spanish (Europe/Medi) (civ2)
3- Mongols (Asia) (civ2)
4- Incas/Mayans (South America) (only one)

Not totally sure:
5- Carthage (Africa/Medi) (civ2 too)
6- Turks/Arabs (Middle East/Arabian Pen.) (don't think we'll get both of them)

The last ones:
7- One African Civ more (My knowledge of african civs is bad )
8- That leaves space for another Asian/(maybe pacific) Civ (dont know which -maybe Korea -maybe one of the small ones)

What do u think?

See u!

[Alex]

Originally posted by Cesa
UltraSonix, regarding you sig, neither do polar bears walk the streets in Sweden

Oh, and there are no monkeys walking down the streets in Brazil, despite what The Simpsons may say...

Movies. I want movies. Wonder movies, victory movies, easter egg movies... any movies.

(alas, that probably won't happen...)

[Fidel]

Originally posted by Venger
Great, now you can pay for features that should've been in the frigging game out of the box. An editor that doesn't suck as the day is long. The ability to create scenarios. The ability to play another human frigging being (what YEAR IS IT Firaxis?).

Screw 'em. Civ4 won't contain the game CD, it'll be in an 'expansion pack'.

Venger
P.S. Playing SMAC this last week has opened by eyes to just how bad a regression much of Civ3 really is. They BRUTALLY ripped off the game engine of SMAC, but removed some of it's basic elements...

wow, venger is back with a vengeance
good to know that there IS a game that passes his stringent tests. i did not doubt it's the same game that have put me to sleep many many times...

[Solver]

We will surely have at least one, possibly two new civ-specific abilities, as adding 8 new civs with the same abilities... nah.

[ACooper]

With the current number of abilities there are 30 combinations before any need be repeated. I doubt we will see new abilities

[lockstep]

Originally posted by ACooper
With the current number of abilities there are 30 combinations before any need be repeated. I doubt we will see new abilities

No, there are only 15. Check out the Aztecs and the Japanese.

[lockstep]

To be somewhat more specific, e.g. Militaristic/Religious and Religious/Militaristic isn't much of a difference, is it?

[Stuie]

So if they add one more, there are 6 new unique combinations; if they add two there are 13 new unique combinations. I get the feeling we might get one new Civ Ability with some more overlap between civs.

But this is all speculation. Who knows. I'm just hoping the Ethiopians are in.