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First CTP in Korea? In Asia?
Today I walked into the office and there on the desk was the Fed-Ex package I was waiting for. Inside was possibly the first copy of CTP in Korea or Asia (I ordered direct from Activision). During spare time during the day I sized up the tech tree and read through part of the manual. I was pretty excited when I finished my last class and got home to my computer!
The game loaded with no problems and I thought the artwork and music were good. There was one tune in particular that sounds very epic. After loading I started a new game on easy level with all the default world settings. When the game started I built a city right away because the terrain looked good. I'm playing the Koreans, by the way, so my first city is Seoul. I used the build queue to build two hoplites and a settler (that's what they suggest in the manual so I played along). After exploring around for a site for a new city I realised I'd been stuck on an island with mostly desert and swamp terrain. Aarrgh! Anyway, I built five cities on the island, including one up north where I found jade (represented by a statue of Buddha) sitting in the middle of jungle and blocked off from the rest of the island by swamp. Nice touch, actually. I like the idea of a 'lost city' in the middle of the jungle with a big Buddha next to it. I built a couple of coracles and put some settlers on the land mass next to my island. There I discovered the Americans who refused a peace treaty or even an exchange of maps. A little later they contacted me and asked to sign a peace treaty. I've also found the Irish and the English. I bullied the English into signing a peace treaty and bullied the Irish into exchanging maps.
The game is going slowly because I'm playing on an easy level and I'm on an island seperated from everyone else. It's taking me a while to get used to the interface but it seems very good. I just learned how to trade and it's great. No more guiding caravans across continents, putting them on boats and getting them slaughtered in some foreign land. The graphics and music are nice but the units move a little slowly for my taste. I guess I'm just used to Civ2 where the move was instant (no animated sprites). I haven't had any crashes but there was a moment after I built the pyramids when I thought the program had locked up. No problem, though.
I think my first game is going to be slow and a little confusing until I get used to all the controls. I've only had battles with barbarians but they went okay. the army making feature is great for escorting settlers around. I'm still in the Ancient Age but will soon be moving into the next one. Then I can build longships and get out of the shallows!
I'll write more about my impressions of the game as I keep playing. So far, I give it a thumbs up. When it's available in your country run to the store and pick up a copy.
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A civilisation is great when old men plant trees they will not live to sit under.
The game loaded with no problems and I thought the artwork and music were good. There was one tune in particular that sounds very epic. After loading I started a new game on easy level with all the default world settings. When the game started I built a city right away because the terrain looked good. I'm playing the Koreans, by the way, so my first city is Seoul. I used the build queue to build two hoplites and a settler (that's what they suggest in the manual so I played along). After exploring around for a site for a new city I realised I'd been stuck on an island with mostly desert and swamp terrain. Aarrgh! Anyway, I built five cities on the island, including one up north where I found jade (represented by a statue of Buddha) sitting in the middle of jungle and blocked off from the rest of the island by swamp. Nice touch, actually. I like the idea of a 'lost city' in the middle of the jungle with a big Buddha next to it. I built a couple of coracles and put some settlers on the land mass next to my island. There I discovered the Americans who refused a peace treaty or even an exchange of maps. A little later they contacted me and asked to sign a peace treaty. I've also found the Irish and the English. I bullied the English into signing a peace treaty and bullied the Irish into exchanging maps.
The game is going slowly because I'm playing on an easy level and I'm on an island seperated from everyone else. It's taking me a while to get used to the interface but it seems very good. I just learned how to trade and it's great. No more guiding caravans across continents, putting them on boats and getting them slaughtered in some foreign land. The graphics and music are nice but the units move a little slowly for my taste. I guess I'm just used to Civ2 where the move was instant (no animated sprites). I haven't had any crashes but there was a moment after I built the pyramids when I thought the program had locked up. No problem, though.
I think my first game is going to be slow and a little confusing until I get used to all the controls. I've only had battles with barbarians but they went okay. the army making feature is great for escorting settlers around. I'm still in the Ancient Age but will soon be moving into the next one. Then I can build longships and get out of the shallows!
I'll write more about my impressions of the game as I keep playing. So far, I give it a thumbs up. When it's available in your country run to the store and pick up a copy.
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A civilisation is great when old men plant trees they will not live to sit under.
I'm playing Korea so I wish the units looked like Koreans instead of everyone looking the same. I wonder how much more disk space you would need to have different looking units for every civilisation? More than it's worth? I'm having a bit of a problem finding my way around various menus but I think that's just because it's the first time I played. I'm sure a couple days more playing will fix that. When I played CTP I thought the battle screens were stupid and time wasting but this time around I like them. It's very satisfying (and sadistic?) to see my new infantryman gun down the enemy's hoplites. Combat seems balanced but I haven't gotten through much of the game yet. Last night I forced myself to turn off the computer at 12:00 and go to bed. If I didn't have to go to work the next day I would have stayed up a lot later.
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