the Civ thread.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:56 am

but no units :(D: :wank:
I want a huge fauna of chit, without it well coordinated attacks just arent as fun.

blargh wrote:You make me sad.

I rilly cant think of any strategy game with the abbreviation AC.
Anal Championships, Actual Cumsluts....
no. nothing.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:14 pm

You make me very sad.

Even sadder, if an overture to sarcasm.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:59 pm

oh, I should have picked up on Alpha Centauri when trying to find out ACish strategygames.
But Ive nevar played the Aliencrossfire expansion thingy.

I was thinking bout centauri the other day.
Pondering why they havent released any sequels/remakes, like with civ.
they should.
Could do with a facelift.
And then thoy could slap out 2-3 further expansions.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:39 pm

One of the best things about AC was that it had everything it needed on it without any expansions - multiplayer included. Civs have always this same pattern: you release the "basic" game with pretty average shit and ten bring out two or three expansions with stuff that should've been in the game in the first place.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:59 pm

Kashluk wrote:One of the best things about AC was that it had everything it needed on it without any expansions - multiplayer included. Civs have always this same pattern: you release the "basic" game with pretty average shit and ten bring out two or three expansions with stuff that should've been in the game in the first place.

yah, thats why I never bought Civ3 directly, I got a used copy -> not adding to sales.
expansions should expand gameplay.
And that is always possible, even if its just adding new units and chit.
Noone wants to buy shitty expansion or expansions that shouldnt be expansions.
So, when I write expansions I mean summit that'd extend the lifespan of the game. Not summit that shouldve been there.

Edit:
you fucktwats, now you made me install Alphacentauri again \o/

this'll wreck havoc with my lecture attendance

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:02 pm

The solution is to download Civ3

vendetta · Post by **vendetta** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:08 pm

Or to ignore and deny it.

CrazyNick · Post by **CrazyNick** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:59 am

AC was one of my favorite RTS untill I played Warhammer 40k:Dawn of War. AC was fun even tho It made my comp crash more than usuall. I should try it out on my new comp....

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:22 am

The interesting thing about Alpha Centauri is that it's NOT AN RTS, you dumb fucking shit. RTS stands for REAL TIME STRATEGY. AC is a TBS, or TURN BASED STRATEGY. And you are a HGM, or HUGE GODDAMN MORON.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:01 am

I am relieved that AC was deposed. The taint may yet heal.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:52 am

Spazmo wrote:The interesting thing about Alpha Centauri is that it's NOT AN RTS, you dumb fucking shit. RTS stands for REAL TIME STRATEGY. AC is a TBS, or TURN BASED STRATEGY. And you are a HGM, or HUGE GODDAMN MORON.

My words, exactly

And there's yet another big difference between DoW and AC, my stupid Nick-named friend (Nick-named, thee hee, get it? i'm a killer!)... The latter actually has some replay value.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:06 am

From what is known, it would be fair to assume that for Nick, even noughts and crosses/tic tac toe would be a challenge of epic proportions.

Oho.

UnunKashluk wrote:i'm a killer!

No.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:14 pm

Kashluk wrote:
Spazmo wrote:The interesting thing about Alpha Centauri is that it's NOT AN RTS, you dumb fucking shit. RTS stands for REAL TIME STRATEGY. AC is a TBS, or TURN BASED STRATEGY. And you are a HGM, or HUGE GODDAMN MORON.
My words, exactly

ditto

Aside form that, I'm also disappointed by the idea of replacing the ATT/DEF statistics with just single 'power'.

I spent many nights and days playing Civilisation, then Civ2, then Civ3 and enjoyed all of them. Despite being simpler than its sequel, the original game was excellenet entartainment, highly addictive. I was not let down by the rest of the series, however I've never played AC

Koki, might you have a spare 'backup copy'?

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:26 pm

I think we should wait for Civ4 to be released to say it sucks. Like PiP said, the old games were much simpler, but as excellent.

Lazarus Plus · Post by **Lazarus Plus** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:15 am

From what I've heard about Civ IV, and having played I,II,III and SMACX I'm pretty concerned... It doesn't sound like a Sid Meier's game to me at all.

Just have to wait and see?

(Power-ups? What!?)

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:02 pm

~thread necromancy~

And on a related topic, the Ciiv4 expansion is about the saddest expansion evar....
Im glad I didnt buy it, almost no content at all....

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:09 pm

Well, I downloaded it, and for a free game its pretty good.

Except I'm having problems with the WorldBuilder, changing the civs in a map from the vanilla.

St. Toxic · Post by **St. Toxic** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:21 pm

There was this TOTAL UBER REALISM mod thing going on, that fixed alot of things that bugged me about Civ4 ( exception would ofcourse be how the globe's northern and southern poles are unaccessable black fields that look stupid ) and, I'm speaking for myself here, but this free mod did things the expansion didn't come close to doing.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:58 pm

AC was really the only civ game I played for a decent length of time... oh, and Colonization (why no sequel?). The other games in the series I enjoyed for 2/3 of one game before getting bored with it.

Frater Perdurabo · Post by **Frater Perdurabo** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:59 pm

Mr. Teatime wrote:AC was really the only civ game I played for a decent length of time... oh, and Colonization (why no sequel?). The other games in the series I enjoyed for 2/3 of one game before getting bored with it.

Wasn't there Colonization II? ~~