For ONLY those who do NOT have MOO3 yet

[The Mad Monk]

Boris, you should have had an option for, "I wanted the game beforehand, and I still plan on buying it -- from the bargain bin!"

At your option, you could change out from the bargain bin! for for me to poop on!

[SpencerH]

I never played MOO or MOO2. As I understand it they are micro-management-style games that I'm unlikely to enjoy. MOO3 seems to have pissed off many players who enjoy that type of game and consequently I've wondered if may be more enjoyable for me. On the other hand I've seen a lot of complaints about switching from screen to screen to find stuff so it may still be too much micro-management to interest me.

I may pick it up from the bargain bin sometime in the future just to have a look at it. I doubt that I will ever rush out to buy any games after the CIV3/PtW debacle.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Boris, you should have had an option for, "I wanted the game beforehand, and I still plan on buying it -- from the bargain bin!"

At your option, you could change out from the bargain bin! for for me to poop on!

For the record, I would consider the "wait until bargain bin" option kinda like the "will not buy" one, since it's not making any profit for the game company.

[moomaster]

I'm the biggest fan of MOO2, but moo3 sucks, with the high expectation that they have been putting into our heads for this game, all went down the drain. I recommand other game compay should recreate MOO3

[Arrian]

I wanted it, and still do, but intend to wait a while. I want to see some patching, and I'm waiting for a good friend of mine to slog through the game enough to bring me up to speed (thus lessening the frustration period Arnelos speaks of in his thread).

I'm ok with CivIII for now, so there is no rush to get a new game.

For the record, I played MOO and MOOII. MOO was awesome (for its time), kinda like CivI. I was a bit disappointed in MOOII, even though I liked it. I liked it, but I wanted more from it... though I'm not entirely sure I could put my finger on what.

-Arrian

[PDifolco]

I waited for some years Moo3, then didn't wait for it, then I learned it'll be soon out, and wanted to buy it ... but saw GalCiv would be out soon, read the interviews, sites and forums of both, now I'll definitely NOT buy Moo3 but get GalCiv !

[Ubergeek]

I voted Wanted it before, but won't buy it now because of the many horrific reviews the game has garnered. I never played MoO in any previous incarnation, but I was really getting excited about this one. From what I'd read along the development process, it sounded as though they were taking the game in new and exciting directions; unfortunately, much of that new direction was abandoned along the way, and what's left doesn't look at all impressive.

So instead I finally sprung for Civ III: PTW (for the new civs, units, etc., not for multiplayer, since I don't ever use multiplayer) and will buy GalCiv when that comes out.

[LDiCesare]

I voted bananas. I am waiting for an ai patch to be criticised here before I decide myself. If the ai cannot defend itself it is not worth buying, and GalCiv looks like it will be a better buy for me.
I'd have bought MOO3 whatever the critics if IFPs had been in, just to see how it turned out to be, but now I am inclined not to buy it, unless the ai is a challenge and you don't lose because someone in a senate you never heard of has won a vote.

[Tuberski]

I like, how in every thread, everyone who doesn't like MOO 3, says they will wait and buy GalCiv.

If GalCiv sucks, I'm going to laugh. If it doesn't, I'll buy it.

ACK!

[Mannamagnus]

Actualy, I was planning to buy it in a few weeks time when my wife and kids are away for a month. I downloaded a warez copy to see if it would be worth my money and have decided it isn't. Maybe I'll get Medieval Total War in stead. It's a petty though because I was looking forward to MoO3.

[pg]

i was interested but after the complaints i'm 99% sure i won't like it. many of flames i could probably have written myself if i had bought moo3. the article where the devs admit the game is messed up is pretty amazing. i don't know how you could want to buy it after reading that.

[Harovan]

I wanted it, saw it in the store, but decided to wait a while and look up the threads about it. Now I don't want it anymore, for now. I may rethink my decision, but not very soon.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I was really interested in this. Then I got worried when my favorite options were taken out (ethos, limited points). Now, I won't buy it until it hits $20.

[MariOne]

DESPITE the bad reviews I read on this forum, I still plan to buy it.

I was of course interested in it, although not exactly desperately craving for it.
I only had a partial experience with MoO2, got it very late from a bargain bin (actually Bingmang GIFTED it to me, including overseas shipping!) and never got very experienced in it, as SMAC hogged almost all my playing time in the last 4 years.

I am not really inclined to let a NEW game take hold of all my free time, at the moment. For this reason, I wasn't planning to get it anyway before Easter.

I WILL buy it anyway, because:
- I like to OWN such classic milestones, 4x TBS being almost the only genre I play
- I NEED to get hold of the original US version, BEFORE it gets out of stock as it gets replaced in local shops by the dreaded localised version which I *loathe* ON PRINCIPLE.

Hell, I think I even ended to buy CtPII but then never even unwrapped it!

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BTW, partially contradicting what I told above, I had played for a while the SE IV demo, last year.
Not exactly breathtaking, but passable.
Well, on a whim, I resolved to purchase SE IV Gold online, last week, 40$ + 20$ shipping , and last night, just wanting to walk thru a quick rehearsal, I stood up till 5 am....

[dojoboy]

Wanted it, buying it. My preorder stands. Of course, I'm waiting on the mac release ---> March 25, '03.