Civilization and Age of Empires

Post by **The Leper Fairy** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:08 am

I expand like a maniac at the beginning... but then I like huge maps with one or two other civs, so aggression right away isn't usually an issue.

I've never been good at diplomacy... I always end up seeing a civ with a fantastic territory and just have to have it.

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:23 am

Aah, I always played with whatever the total number allowed was in terms of numbers of opponents.

(And I'm talking about Civ 1&2, never got 3.)

Never really bother much with diplomacy, my philosophy was simple...attack me and I'll crush you. I'm almost never the agressor.

--A

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:49 pm

I have Civ IV, and I must admit it is addictive as World of Warcraft and Counter-Strike wrapped in a single muffin. Unfortunately, I'm not gonna play it till another patch or two, because it's simply unplayable for me after a certain period of time. Shame on you, Take Two! Shoulda let Firaxis finish their game before publishing it.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:46 am

Civ IV is great.

Post by **The Leper Fairy** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:21 am

I tried the demo, and I like it ok.

The main thing that bothers me is I can't click and drag where I want them to go. I have to hit the stupid move button.

Post by **Nathan** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:32 am

I found the civ3 interface to be far more intuitive

Website · Post by **The Somberlain** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:48 pm

Anyone ever play Settlers? Settlers 2, in particular, took up days of my life. I ruled at that game.

Post by **Damelon** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:17 pm

I've got to wait for Civ IV to come out for the mac. When it does, I'll be first in line.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:14 pm

Got it for christmas. The home comp (which has a reasonable but old graphics card) runs it but can't do the graphics right - terrain is a smooth black surface, no way to tell land from sea, mountains from plains, though this is only really a bother in trying to put the other icons in context. Since this is pretty much the same problem I had with Rome: Total War, my laptop (very poor graphics card, specifically unsupported by almost every game ever made) will do one of two things, either run the game better than the home PC (but slower), or not run it at all, which would be a shame since it's the only computer I have with me while at uni.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:33 pm

Download the latest drivers for you vid card, or download the latest civ iv patch.

Post by **Warmark** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:39 pm

Got Civ IV, love it.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:41 pm

Who is up for a Civ IV watch game?! We can play the game via email.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:48 pm

Loremaster wrote:Download the latest drivers for you vid card, or download the latest civ iv patch.

Won't help I'm afraid - isn't a driver problem, just the fact that the graphics card is below minimum requirements.

Edit: On a second try, I discover that the problem is with the shading - when I zoom in, I can see the terrain when the camera covers my own territory, but if I scroll only a little over the border, or zoom out too far, the whole thing goes black, including the bits I should be able to see. It does seem to work well enough though, as long as I don't send individual units into enemy territory (I get the very patchy half-shading over everything when I try to look at those units).
I've installed the patch to see, and though it made the main menu look better, it doesn't seem to have affected the in game graphics.

Post by **Nathan** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:10 am

I had the same problem, download the latest patch, they fixed it.

Website · Post by **The Somberlain** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:55 am

I'm probably going to get Civ IV today

Website · Post by **The Somberlain** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:20 pm

Awwww.

Post by **Nav** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:42 am

I'd been telling myself I'd hold off on buying this, as I know I won't be able to spare enough time to justify the purchase, but reading all this I'm getting sorely tempted. I like the character name Somberlain, I'm thinking you weren't exactly a benevolent leader!

How does the email thing work LM?

Post by **Loredoctor** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:51 am

You do your turn and designate the emails of all the players - I believe the game then emails the next player the turn info. Slow, but it would be fun.

Post by **Nav** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:51 pm

Sounds a bit like chess-by-mail. It would be slow, but also a darn sight easier than trying to get everyone online at the same time.

Website · Post by **The Somberlain** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:15 am

Nav wrote:I'd been telling myself I'd hold off on buying this, as I know I won't be able to spare enough time to justify the purchase, but reading all this I'm getting sorely tempted. I like the character name Somberlain, I'm thinking you weren't exactly a benevolent leader!

How does the email thing work LM?

Trust me, you find yourself MAKING time to justify it.

And as for the name, well... I'm good to my own people.

But when it comes to rival civilisations, well... genocide is fun.

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Civilization and Age of Empires