WOW! Great screenshot with a castle, a mansion, lush land--even sheep!!!

[MarkG]

Originally posted by yin26
???

you made a joke, cant i make one too?

Anyway, the whole thing is just sad. Damn Sim Golf...

it's all your fault and you know it

[Fidel]

can someone please log on to that simgolf chat thingie and ask sid a question or two? IMHO, that would be worth a t-shirt

[Urban Ranger]

Could it be possible?

I am also sure Will Wright's team did some work on the game too, judging from the graphics it does have a certain resemblence to that of the Dims, er, the Sims

[Grumbold]

Yin, if you'd posted it under the title "this is how good Civ 3 could look" then it would be perfect for the Civ forum. Your joke caught you out.

Repost it. Go on. You know you want to

[SerapisIV]

The bottom control bar looks extremely similar to The Sims control bar. That leads me to believe that aside from Sid's consulting/producing influence, it's more of a Maxis product then Firaxis which mean less chance of programmers getting pulled off Civ3 to work on it.

[yin26]

Zanzin and Markos: I'm pretty sure the gates of heaven will be closed to me if I had ever influenced Sid in ANY WAY to make a golf game. This makes me even less in a hurry to die.

Grumbold: I thought about that. But something tells me Markos is looking for technicalities on this one...

[yin26]

SerapisIV: Actually, they said nearly half of their people are on Sim Golf!!! Of course, Maxis is apparently giving "ideas" and "guidance." Amazing. The first time Sid has ever put his name on a game he didn't actually create...wait a minute...

Anyway, yes, the entire look and layout of the game yells SIMIFIED. Hey, I just realized. It's not Sid Meier anymore. It's:

Sim Meier.

And it's no longer Firaxis. It's:

Fir(M)axis.

[Father Beast]

Originally posted by LaRusso
yeah... ' chinese wise men have discovered the secret of BELOW PAR!' military advisor:'iroquise electric carts are no match for our diesel ones'

NOOOOOO!!!!

Not ANOTHER person pushing for Sid Meier's Sim China. first yin, now you. waahhhhh

please, make it stop with all these SimSid games delaying civ3 more and more.

[Gramphos]

Yin,
What is that title you have?
President of the Official Apolyton Pessimistic Civers Club (OfAPeCiClu)
Five lines, someone has made a lot of work to make that abbreviation.

[tniem]

The look and feel is obviously built on the Sims. It looks impressive and it is definitely something I will be wasting my money on this fall.

I can only hope the graphics for Civ III get improved to something comparable to the Sim Golf look.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Gramphos
Five lines, someone has made a lot of work to make that abbreviation.

thanks

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yep, definetly looks like Maxis artists. Very nice and cartoony.

I prefer the Civ3 graphics myself .

[lord of the mark]

Sheep?

Yin,

I take it you've never played Steve Hartel's Parsa Scenario. Sheep have been part of civ2 for some time Also goats and wild camels

Hint send your hunters (at least 2) after a sheep first, to get a non-settler, than once youve researched horsemen (whatever the tech is) send one out after a camel. That will give you a camel rider, who can be used to take more camels and sheep. Once you've got some stronger units you can go after the goats who are hard to kill not only cause of their higher defense but because they hang out on mountains. Kill a goat and you get a domestic goats, high shields when disbanded, great for early wonders.

LOTM
(who is indeed getting silly, but all of the above is true, see the scenario)

[Warm Beer]

Originally posted by Smash
Marcia is having a real bad day.I wonder if sims can have heart attacks and what not.

Originally posted by Yin26
She's having a bad day because she'd rather be playing Civ 3.

Hmmm, I scrolled up to look at the screen again... and OMG, Yin has hit the nail right on the head!

Originally posted by Marcia
I hate my hat, I hate my clubs, I hate my life

Obviously she is not impressed with Sid's new project... poor Marcia.. for thee I weep.

[yin26]

LOL! Makes a funny sig.