POLL: How many think the expansion is worth buying?

[Sandy]

In case anyone thinks im a scummy warez kiddy..

[planetfall]

Where's option 3?

It is way too early to tell. I only played a partial game. The extra buttons seem to be a bit much.

My problem is getting the game ready to play. So far I have too many unanswered questions.

If I can get:

1) manhattan as SW, and
2) me262, fw190 units working,

YES, if not, will have to see how it plays.
Curious to see what stealth range of 12 will do to game play.


-- PF

[Boris Godunov]

Qualified Yes. The changes to SP are good (The AI is stronger, and the new features such as stack movement and auto-bombard make the game go much smoother). The new civs are cool. Also, the TONS of stuff included for scenarios (like the awesome WWII units) are worth it.

I haven't tried MP except Hotseat yet (Hotseat, naturally, works superbly), but have read enough to know that yes, there are problems, but they also seem to be trying to fix them as fast as possible.

There are some drawbacks, too. The lack of editing diplomacy for scenarios makes any realistic historical scenario impossible. How could one have WWII if the Brits aren't allied with the French and Russians and the Germans with the Italians and Japanese?

Also, there is very poor documentation for some of the changes. A perfect example is the new way of adding custom units (see another thread I made). It's cumbersome and not obvious at all for the average player, and Firaxis should have said something about the change and given detailed instructions. Even if they had, I feel the process is unneccessarily arduous and could have been handled better via the editor.

I hope a future patch addresses the diplomacy and unit adding issues. Still, even without them, PTW is a pretty good addition to the game. Whether or not it should have included many of its features in the initial release--thus making PTW's cost very unappealing--is a matter of debate, I suppose. I think, compared to some expansions, PTW isn't really worth the cost.

[ACooper]

Yes. definately. On SP I haven't experienced any problems. I haven't played multi-player yet, but, maybe this weekend.

[monkspider]

I think it is definitely worth it. The new civs alone are worth the thirty bucks. But you also get new units, an improved AI, a more streamlined interface, a bunch of free extra scenario stuff, some new improvements and a new wonder, a bunch of great new game modes, some clever easter eggs, new tile graphics, and oh yeah, there's MP too.

Run out and get it immediately! It has to be amongst the top two or three best XPs ever!

[Sandy]

The multiplay looks very promising, they just need to fix it :-)

[Switch]

I play SP, and I think it was the second best game I've bought, next to civ3.

one word smiley describes my feelings.