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@akots: I don't think it sounds too sceptical at all. Actually I don't even think Sid Meier's presence will make much of a difference.
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I recently thought about the way combat was done in the Civ:CTP series. That's a good way to promote the use of combined forces. As for Sid being present: it's his company, so duh.
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I like the ability to play a regent level game and just focus on a conquest win without too much MM, and I also enjoy playing a Monarch or occasional Emporer SG and practice improving my MM skills. I hope the new civ allows for such a difference in playing styles as Civ3 does.
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http://www.arenanetwork.com.br/modul...view_photo.php
Brazillian website, but some of the screens are "new" My opinion: Dont like the look of it right now. Probably wont buy it... edit: I care more for gameplay, but as it is right now, I dont have an incentive to rush out and buy a game considering that civ3 took considerable time to shape into what it is today. I bought civ3 as soon as it came to norway, and that was an "unfinished" product, slightly prematurely released. The graphics of this new civ4 does look a bit annoying imo, thus I will not rush out to get it. In fact I might wait for a year before getting it, if I get it at all - to see what trustworthy people say about gameplay
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05-04-2005, 06:40 | #25 |
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It not the looks, but the gameplay and the AI. We need a more powerful AI than we have in civ3.
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OTOH, they can start with the civ3 AI and build from there. They must've learned something from creating civ3, especially the conquests debacle.
Though I don't know if they actually see c3c as a failure. Maybe it sold really good.
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It is said that Sid Meier is on top of it, like with every version of Civ3, so it should be ok with game play. And now that they don't have Infogrames/Atari anymore there is a possibility that the new ones are more patient, so that it will be less buggy.
All in all, you shouldn't underestimate the power of graphics. I still stick to the opinion that it was graphics that made Civ1 so extremely addictive.
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Four new screenshots:
http://media.pc.ign.com/media/620/620513/imgs_1.html And new info: front page CivFanatics. Those screens are getting better, don't you think?
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18-05-2005, 11:42 | #30 |
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Looks good.. But I disagree with you on your earlier remark that civ is about graphics. To me, it is mainly about gameplay. IMHO many other strategy games look just as good or even better than civ, but still they are not civ
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