CTP lover says...CTP2 is an excellent game!

[PrinceBimz]

Yes it certainly is! Well I always did like the first CTP and I played it alot. I tell you I got more then my money worth from it and I could never understand some of the people that were not satisfied with it. Now we have CTP2 which is even better then the first. One thing I noticed right away was the graphics, which look very nice and is the best I have ever seen in a CIV type game hands down. The music is, well...excellent and I love it!

Cruise missiles have returned here but unfortunately Cruisers have not. So far this is my only complaint and I am NOT lying either, pretty minor won't you say? But don't worry because there are now PT Boats and the Ironclads also returned as well and they really look good.

The interface has improved, the AI has improved, the diplomacy...THE DIPLOMACY! Major improvements there in that area. Also I need to mention the editor which of course has improved as well. The great library is extremely nice too, just about everything in the game is explained there and its better then what it was in the first CTP.

I feel CTP2 is a MUST have for anyone who enjoys CIV type games no matter if you had the first CTP or not. Hell, I even recommend it to anyone who enjoys strategy games and has never even played a CIV game! But to them people I warn this is very addicting so don't say I did not tell you Two thumbs up to the CTP team!

[faded glory]

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Sorry, I alway's wanted to reply to this one

[Alex]

Err... Is he really speaking about CTP2?

If he is, then my faith in mankind has been restored! Finally I´m able to find someone so pure that he may be the cornerstone of a new era in human evolution!

Ok, so I´m just kidding...

[Darkknight]

Diplomacy?? Good?!?
The AI is bad just like in civ2 and SMAC. I love Civ games (- SMAC) and I love CTP2 OK like CTP2 but if you want good AI play Black & White. I can only hope civ3 is the first TBS game with a good AI.

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[jadlakha]

Well some ppl do have pretty low standards for games. I personally am VERY picky about my games and I only buy the best of the best(except CTP2). Waste of money. Well I geuss most any game can appease anyone with very low standards or who is unfamiliar for whats better out there(like Civ2 and and SMAC).

[jadlakha]

BTW you sound like you bought the game just so you could post your message on the forum.

[faded glory]

No I just pointed out the huge difference of opinion now and then. At first everybody thought, CTP2 was the ****, and stuff. Now that we've seen it at face value and actually spent time with it. We realize it sucks.

[Mokael]

well, at first I really liked it a lot (for first couple hours, at least). But then I found myself pointlessly clicking through the turns, and waiting when the hell it's gonna end? And what's that about great AI? It's only great at building cities. And even then it manages to screw up ...

but graphics are nice. so is the army-stack idea ...

[3rdTrial]

PrinceBimz, do you want to buy an used car?

[jadlakha]

PrinceBimz sounds like he played the game for 5 turns then decided he couldnt wait to make a post like this. Basically he needs some attention and is trying to make a controversial post. Other then that give him a week and he will get disgusted.

[faded glory]

The AI is retarded. It builds so many Hospitals/Theatres and stuff that the maintence cost's exceed the AI's very Budget . So the AI earns like -400 gold a turn , towards the end of the game.

[VivalaCTP2]

How can anyone compare Civ2 to CTP2??

Civ2 is a piece of outdated useless rubbish and CTP2 is far superior. Why do people bag CTP2 so much. OK it has heaps of flaws like every other startegy game ever made, but so far it is the BEST civilization type game ever made. Activisions game slaughters that Sid Meier fool ... but hopefully Civ 3 is an improvement on all games made thus far .... But to say Civ 2 is better than CTP2 is pure blasphemy, and punishable by death ...

[VivalaCTP2]

Yes, the above comment is referring to you, jadlakha ..... you and civ2 can both burn in a very hot place reserved for heathens in the after life ...

[Mokael]

Vivala,

Nobody says that CTP2 is worse than CIV2. But the fact is -- CTP2 is booring as that flaming place u mentioned! And if the game is boring, sooner or later u get disgusted with it!

[Immortal Wombat]

Hey, I take objection to that. Hell isn't boring (CTP2 is, if you cant try out new things with it.) Civ2 was the greatest TBS game ever, and it is still being played because of it. In my opinion, CTP and Civ2 cannot be compared, because they are so different. If CTP2 can remain some sort of replayability, then it could rival Civ2. As it is, for me, a normal game of CTP2 cannot rival Civ2, because it is quick to become dull FOR ME. It is not right, however, to say that it is better or worse than Civ2, because it is different. Some people will prefer one, some the other. There is no point arguing our own opinions, because everyone likes different things. I have the dubious privelidge of finding both games dull...

And just to point out, this thread was started in November, and I have not seen much (anything?) of PrinceBimz since, so unless he's on some other forum, the chances are he did get tired of CTP2.

As for:

quote: How can anyone compare Civ2 to CTP2??

Ask that question in the Civ2 forums, and they would agree with you. CTP2 should not be compared with such an endlessly playable ganme like Civ2.
It Is A Difference Of Opinions - Now drop it.