What to get instead of Civ3?

[Jeje2]

I just read the Jeff interview and feel very much worried about Civ3 being less that Civ2.5.

So what game do you recoomend to get now that I am very much afriad of what Civ3 will be? (And as I have stated earlier I shall buy Civ3, but playing it something I don't promise.)

Any good recommendations?

[SerapisIV]

Moo3, Empire Earth, Warcraft 3. They'll probably all come out around the same time, winter-spring 2002 (the same time as Civ3)

[Colon™]

If you're searching for an empire game like civ, MOO3 and European Universalis 2 probably will be the best options. EU2 is likely to also be released in the winter of this year.

[Kassiopeia]

My vote goes for MOO III. If it's even 1 percent better than MOO 1, it's worth the money.

[Warm Beer]

Chalk up another vote for Moo3 and EU2... tho the official release date for Moo3 is "three months after civ 3 comes out".. they both share the same publisher...

Funny thing... it would take a huge amout of will power to stop me from buying civ3 no matter how much it may be disappointing... I am pathetic...

[Juggler]

I'll just wait a while before I buy Civ3 (I have to buy another PC anyway). I'll just see what the others have to say about it and then decide if I wanna buy it.

Otherwise I'recommend you to buy Warcraft 3 which I'm sure won't be disappointing.

[Jeje2]

Moo3

About Warcraft3 - Yes I have played 1 & 2. But I don't like them so much since it's all about magic... (Settlers2 that was a game - Seettlers3 was totally destroyed by adding magics. I really hate them.)

EU2 is high on my list - played EU IGC few campains.
I just hope they make smarter AI and fix the damm "pause".

Empire Earth

And Civ3 is on my shoppinglist - how could I not buy it?
Right now I just dislike a lot what I'm hearing, seeing & reading.

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Jeje2
Moo3

I think I'm missing your point but it means Master of Orion 3. Some enthusiastists don't really appreciate the acronym

[John-SJ]

Well, I wouldn't suggest this instead of Civ 3, and if you're not into magic you probably won't care for this title, but generally speaking I think that Heroes 4 is looking like a really good game!

John-SJ

[Imran Siddiqui]

Nothing .

Civ3 will be the Game of the Year... don't worry about getting another game for months..

[Kassiopeia]

Hey Jeje2, we have a Finnish commune at Offtopic, if you are interested. We are also having a scientific calculation regarding the number of Finnish Apolytoners.

[tniem]

Tropico is a fantastic computer game, just got it this weekend and can't stop playing.


Republic: The Revolution is an interesting gaming idea that is coming out some time next year. Basically you try to move up in power in an old Russian Republic. Looks really cool.

[John-SJ]

Another possibility, supposed to be released this fall or winter (I think) would be Conquest Of The New World II.

John-SJ

[loinburger]

Check out http://moo3.quicksilver.com for info on MOO3. There are quite a few things that Quicksilver is planning on doing differently in MOO3 than they did in MOO2 (MOO2 was extremely similar to Civ), and if they're implemented well then MOO3 will probably surpass Civ3 in terms of replayability and innovation.

[Venom]

Check out anything else. CivIII will be an expensive and very abrasive toilet paper not suitable for wiping your ass.