Post #232,311
11/3/05 1:12:36 PM
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My life is over.
I now own Civilization 4.
See you all next year!
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Post #238,627
12/20/05 11:30:04 AM
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Well, how is it?
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Post #238,628
12/20/05 11:34:20 AM
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It isn't June of 2006 yet.
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Post #238,641
12/20/05 2:11:08 PM
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I *LOVE* it!
I'll review it eventually, but I've just gotta get in one more turn... :D
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Post #238,660
12/20/05 3:55:42 PM
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Has it fixed the Civ2 bug?
That being where your civilisation scales towards the point where micromanaging your cities becomes something the computer is better at than you, and it kills you.
Peter
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Post #238,674
12/20/05 4:46:09 PM
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How is that a bug?
Micromanaging complex systems is something computers are better at than us.
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Post #238,731
12/21/05 2:07:25 AM
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It's a gameplay bug.
There comes a point where Civ2 Just Ain't Fun Anymore.
Peter
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Post #238,686
12/20/05 6:02:59 PM
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If you mean...
"Has the UI improved enough that you can actually handle large empires without spending six hours a turn?"
Well, yes. I wouldn't say that the interface is perfect, but there are several VERY useful city management tools (Focus on food, Focus on Hammers, Focus on Commerce, Focus on Research, Focus on Specialists, Prevent Growth. All can be active at the same time except the mutually exclusive food/prevent growth settings. Each finds the most optimal pattern for whatever resource you're looking to gain, and keeps moving workers around to maintain that pattern.) to keep things in hand. Also, the city overview screen lets you handle your entire empire from a single screen.
UI.Love++;
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Post #238,711
12/20/05 8:39:36 PM
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Civ 3 has worker automation and governer rules
Besides, the Civ 2 AI sucked at strategic planning.
Matthew Greet
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Post #238,724
12/20/05 10:48:25 PM
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You don't understand how Civ 2 worked...
It wasn't that the computer was better at managing cities.
It is that (particularly at higher levels) they compensated for a stupid AI by letting the computer cheat.
Cheers,
Ben
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