Civilization III

[Quark]

How about this:
http://www.civ3.com

^^ Official Site, has the newest version of Civs to (some changes since manual).

[Xandax]

Originally posted by Quark:
<STRONG>&lt;snip&gt;Firaxis' attempts to make Chieftan an 'easy' level just ended up creating a horribly unbalanced level. City growth is just too fast.</STRONG>

I haven't played the chieftain level - so I don't know about that.
Growth slows down a bit on later levels because you need resources to keep your citizen happy

[Xandax]

Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield:
<STRONG>Okay i have Civ 2 and beaten it several times and i love it.
Just wondering how is "test of time" any different?
I'm thinking of getting Civ 3, but then I want to get NWN too. Can't decide.
I'll get Civ 3, my parents are more likely to agree.</STRONG>

wel seeing as NwN properly wont be out before next year (currently "guess" is 1. quarter) there should be plenty of time for both

[ThorinOakensfield]

Originally posted by Ivan Cavallazzi:
<STRONG>
11) They put Aztecs, Uroquois, and Zulus ; but Spain and Italy are out. Why?</STRONG>

Maybe to make the game more politically corect?


ANyway thanks for the hint..
Wow 10-15 civilizations!! CIv 2 had limit of 7.

Oh yeah i got the game today. Haven't installed it.

BTW i got the limited edition, and got it as the same price as the regular version. HAHAHAHA.


PS- i sucked at Civ 2. COuldn't beat the game at those mid level difficulties.

[Xandax]

Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield:
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&lt;snip&gt;
PS- i sucked at Civ 2. COuldn't beat the game at those mid level difficulties. </STRONG>

- well then you would surly need to practice in Civ 3

[Recoba]

Got Civ 3 a couple of weeks ago (which explains why my post rate has gone down ). It is very good but it is harder than Civ2. I could play civ 2 on King and win (sometimes!) but my first game in Civ 3 I played on warlord and I found I was being left behind - the other Civs expanded too fast. Started on Chieftan then but it was too easy - I will try warlord again now I know what I am doing!

BTW has anyone picked a favourite civ yet?

[ 12-02-2001: Message edited by: Recoba ]

[Xandax]

Originally posted by Recoba:
<STRONG>Got Civ 3 a couple of weeks ago (which explains why my post rate has gone down ). It is very good but it is harder than Civ2. I could play civ 2 on King and win (sometimes!) but my first game in Civ 3 I played on warlord and I found I was being left behind - the other Civs expanded too fast. &lt;snip&gt;</STRONG>

I know - I used to complete Civ2 wihtout difficulty on Emporer and sometimes on Deity - and first game as Warlord - I was behind
Took some seriously playing before I won

I haven't gotten a fav. Civ yet - but I like the Greek and the French.
Altough I miss the scout the expansionist civ.s get at start

[ThorinOakensfield]

Woah playing diety! I was never that obssesed. Mostly played prince level.

yeah Civ 3 is tough. I could go through warlord easy, but Civ 3 i got thrashed by the Japanese. They took my cities i conquered from them, and my spearmen were falling too easily.

Atleast Civ 3 gives some other ways for you to win. I like the whole culture thing. Too bad i was to milistaristic.
The problem was i couldn't expand and hadn't built ships as yet so i decided to start to take Japanese territory(BIg MistakE).

And i like the whole new different civilizations get different bonuses. Good idea.

BTW what civilization do you like to play. I usually played as the persions in my game. I never played as the Sioux or the Russians. Don't know why. Its probably because i didn't like the russian ambasador guy and the fact that the Sioux always had such a powerful military.

Good game, nice graphics.

[Quark]

I was quite pissed the way my first game ended.

I was going for a spaceship victory and was doing quite well (was building the last 3 components). What happens? My culture breaks 10,000. 'Congratulations, you have won by culture!' What? Huh? Was I given a choice? No. Thanks alot.

I had all the victory conditions enabled so that the enemies could use them, thanks for giving me the choice to not use it myself.

[Xandax]

lol @ Quark: that is really not the games fault
If you enabled them soyour enimes could use them, why shouldn't your civ be subjected to the same conditions?

I'm here in my early fase (heck have onlyu had this game some 15-20 days) playing with cultural and diplomatic victory, but as soon as I get better (get to next level) I'll remove these so there only is Space Race and Conquest

[Delacroix]

I have a favority civ- France
Industrial-Comercial- Musketeer

Americans(f15) and Persians are also good in my opinion.

Fav Unit- Chivalry

I also use to cancel all victory conditions except by conquest victory. It is very fun. Only one objective-The World.

Pangéia I think is good to play.

Regent or Monarch are my favorite dificult level, especially against lots of civilization as oponents.

F15 is too powerfull. You use it at the end of the game, much more utile than others especial units

[THE JAKER]

OK, I got the game yesterday. Played two games so far - no. 1: got butt kicked by germans big time. no. 2: doing good as babylonians, then I kicked the plug and shut off the computer by accident, decided "time to sleep"

I swear the gaming companies should pay for Gamebanshee - this is at least the second game I've bought because of reading threads here. I never played any of the other Civ PC games, but I used to play tabletop Civ - does that make me old skool? I used to stay up all night playing that one too.

Still can't find a copy of Wizardry 8.

[ThorinOakensfield]

Originally posted by THE JAKER:
<STRONG>
I swear the gaming companies should pay for Gamebanshee - this is at least the second game I've bought because of reading threads here.
</STRONG>

I agree. I didn't realize that CIV 3 had been released till now.


Ha this is great. I took all the Japanese cities with my cultural dominance. I've crushed the Egyptians(they started it ), but the English and the Indians are quite tough. They've spread their area out.

BTW how do you select how many computer opponents you have. I've seem to have forgotten.

My favorite unit**Note i haven't got to the industrial age as yet**: Immortals. They've got the best stats in the Ancient age units. Attack '4', damn!! And decent defense.

I'm playing Iroqouis now. They're pretty cool. Doing well, because its Chefiten Level.

[Xandax]

Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield:
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&lt;snip&gt;
BTW how do you select how many computer opponents you have. I've seem to have forgotten.
&lt;snip&gt;
</STRONG>

When selecting the world size you must select a larger size. Each size of maps can hold a max number of opponets. (Huge can of course hold the most)
Then when you select your civ. at the right of the screen there is some drop down menus where you can select more/less civs.

[Recoba]

After more extensive playtesting I have come to the conclusion that civ3 is fairly hard, and a good game to spend a long time mastering. I have also picked my fav civ - france. Fav unit - probably infantry at the moment.