it could of been worse

[tomdy2k]

hi

well i feel burned by activision spending 49.95 for ctp2. i guess it could be worse. how about paying full price for diplomacy. yep i did. the thing that's hard to understand with ctp2 are the positve reviews..are there any commercial review sites we can trust? it seems like about 1 of 20 games i buy actually live up to the hype which i guess shows a major addiction trying to find the perfect game....maybe civ3 huh?

[Falconeer]

What I've started doing is waiting a month or so to buy a game after it comes out (I know it takes will power but...) and then reading message from actual players. A month gives enough time for people to get through most games and enough people before you to buy it to get a consensus.

I just don't trust commercial reviewers anymore. Have you noticed now adays that A LOT of reviews sound a lot alike and mention the same things... take a look at press releases from the game producers and you'll find an outline for most reviewers. They just go through the press release, reword it, and slap it on up.

[tomdy2k]

hi

yes i have noticed. pcgamer online gave ctp2 a paltry 48% but pc gamer UK. said it's the greatest civ game of all time...from now on i'm going to buy only after reading a lot of user reviews. I don't remember which review site but they actually mentioned ctp2 and challenging AI. in the same review