How's Civ IV?

[Ecthy]

http://apolyton.net/forums/showpost.php?p=5522375&postcount=196

[Alinestra Covelia]

This thread is making me want to buy Civ4.

Must... fight... urge...

No... disposable... money...

[Lancer]

Civ IV is better than a shove in the eye with a sharp stick. Bts is MUCH better than a shove in the eye with a sharp stick.

[BeBMan]

http://apolyton.net/forums/showpost....&postcount=196

My, that's sad to hear

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I just started playing Vanilla, and it's really great -- even better than Civ2, imho. I'm going to pick up BtS one of these days, though, since everyone says that's even better.

[Unimatrix11]

Hold on - wait a minute. Gimme a break... This is a site commited to civ pretty much, and all of you guys (and you, too, AC), who post here frequently never played Civ4?! Get the **** out and dont dare to return before you beat the game in every possible manner!!! Miiiing ! Miiii-iiiiing - get them out !!! (just kidding obvisouly, but still surprised...)

[Alinestra Covelia]

^ Sad to say, Civ III was so bad it put me off trying anything that Firaxis did. I had honestly started to feel that maybe BHG and Brian Reynolds had taken the best of the brains with them.

[rah]

Yeah, III turned me off also, but I kept my head down, continued playing II and prayed for something better in IV.

Fortunately my prayers were answered.

[Arrian]

CivIII... so flawed. And yet I enjoyed it. I like Civ IV a LOT more, mind you. Getting rid of the "corruption" model in favor of maintainence was a huge, huge improvement.

-Arrian

[Kuciwalker]

Civ3 was far less flawed than Civ2, mind.

[chequita guevara]

Civ IV should be banned as a narcotic substance. I have wasted months of my unemployment playing this damn game, thinking about it when I'm away from home or when I just wake up. I just won a game yesterday, finally. And I still want to play again. I need to learn some new skills, clean my house, take a shower, eat, but no, Civ IV just sits on my brain like a spider. :addict:

And I think I'd have my ass kicked in MP.

[rah]

Civ3 was far less flawed than Civ2, mind.

Considering I played 1000's of games of CIV II and could barely stomach less than a dozen games of III, I'll totally disagree with that statement. But having futily argued this in the past, I'll just say we'll agree to disagree.

[Lancer]

People still prefer Civ III and a hot blond over Civ IV, nuf said.

[chequita guevara]

I preferred Civ III over Civ II.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

heh... haven't played MP since Civ II, or actually CTP days... but played Civ III quite a bit, than IV, and now BTS (since it came out) ...and BTS is GREAT... Civ III was flawed, but I still liked it, but not enough to keep on playing more than I wanted to... with BTS... yes... time... real life... ehhh...

but having a 9 yo daughter now who is interested and playing together helps me feel that I am not exactly wasting time so much anymore