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[Sava]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


My overall impression is Civ 4 is not a well written piece of software. For starters, it CtD'ed a couple of times upon starting up. So I see the memory leak issue is just a symptom to the underlying deficiencies, so to speak.

Some good ideas, flawed execution.

GET A BETTER PC!

To me it means Firaxis had put too much emphasis on the eye candy. They should have decoupled the graphics from the game, and let the players choose a low requirement "skin" if that's what they prefer.

The graphics are good, but the gameplay is much improved aside from the graphics.

Perhaps you should get a better PC, then you can stop worrying so much about the graphics and how much the performance is bad because your computer sucks. Then you can enjoy the game as it was meant to be played.

Sorry but that is the reality of gaming nowadays. Game companies are taking advantage of better hardware and making better games. Graphics and sound may just be parts of the game, but they fit like pieces of a puzzle with the gameplay to form a work of art so to speak.

Part of the evolution of gaming is how game developers are able to stretch the envelop with better graphics engine and better gameplay. They go hand in hand with making a better game.

Civ4 has both. Better graphics and better gameplay.

You owe it to yourself to get a better PC so you can enjoy both.

People with ****ty PC's are missing out.

And it's not as if Civ4 requires a monster gaming rig. It's not very hardware intensive. It runs fine even on my mom's Dell.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Sava
Game companies are taking advantage of better hardware and making better games.

I am not sure about that. If a game requires bleeding edge (as bleeding edge as you can get with pcs) the publisher is just cutting his own throat.

Originally posted by Sava
Graphics and sound may just be parts of the game, but they fit like pieces of a puzzle with the gameplay to form a work of art so to speak.

Maybe for shoot-em-ups, but you can do with a less intensive GUI for strategy games.

Originally posted by Sava
You owe it to yourself to get a better PC so you can enjoy both.

If my box isn't good enough most people can't play the game.