Clan Elder 'Keen Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Just released this week, and it is a very nice updating of the classic Civ series. I skipped Civ III after reading mixed reviews, but IV is pretty darn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowKitsune Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Hmm ... looks like I shall be getting my X-mas gift early this year. -SK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octagon999 Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Civ IV is out??? That's great news. (Bad for my MMORPGs) I heard that it fixes some of the problems with CIV III, mainly that the only way to win in CIV III was massive expansion. I actually enjoyed a lot of CIV III. It was worth playing, but it was also brutal with a large number of NPCs. Please keep us posted with feedback. I have a birthday coming up so you just gave me a great idea to add to the list. I still find myself going back and playing CIV II or a variant whenever I am bored and need some time wasted. I also LOVED Alpha Centauri, which apparently wasn't as successful. I liked it better in many ways than Civ II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternusIV Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Civ IV is great Im so happy it didn't end up like a Civ III In fact Civ IV will now replace Civ II on my hard drive The music enhancements are awesome. I also really like how they integrated culture and religion. The Leonard Nimoy voice-overs were another nice surprise. A well designed game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobknob Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Can you play it without the disk? I played CivIII tons until my disk broke and then no joy. With the later patches all my "backup" disks quit working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palladium Regency Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Can you play it without the disk? No. I find this sort of copy protection particularly annoying. It can be cracked, and usually is almost immediately after a game is released. www.gamecopyworld.com is a good place to start for looking for such things. I don't advocate piracy, but I prefer schemes that don't require me to keep the disc in the drive. If it is a big problem for you, GalCiv II is in beta and slated for a spring 2006 release. Brad Wardell uses notebooks and hates schemes that require the disc be kept in the machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.0 Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Attention: There are graphic issues with CIV4. Some people (like me) only see a black background map (with terrain enhancements visible as normal) at beginning of game. There are work arounds, but very irritating. Firaxis claims it is a video card issue, but I do not think so. The map clears up over 100 turns or so. Also, for low end users (like me P4-1.7 GHz-512Mb) the late game crawls even with minimal graphics. Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locklyn Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Civ 4 is wonderful but I am even moreso looking forward to Galactic Civilisations II and Alpha Centauri II. I loved AC, when you built your first Network Node and your drones started singing "I don't know what you've been told but we just got a Network Node!" Cheers /Locklyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobknob Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Yeah I hate needing to have the disk in all the time. My last one got broken while I was on the road. I don't think I will be getting any new software that requires the disk to be in unless there is a proven crack for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternusIV Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Yeah I hate needing to have the disk in all the time. My last one got broken while I was on the road. I don't think I will be getting any new software that requires the disk to be in unless there is a proven crack for it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I imagine someone will develop a crack for it...so far, nobody has fessed to it that I've seen hehe Thus, you'll need the disk for a while Man this game is addictive Back to conquering Gandhi before turns come in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan Elder 'Keen Posted November 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 Me too. Got in 2 small games last night before deciding it wasn't worth waiting on the turns to catch up with the data files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanica Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 My big beef is diplomacy options. I wish there was a 'mute whiney pathetic beggings from people I don't want to trade with and will never trade with' button. I also wish they would extend it to 100 years or so into the future ala Call to Power 1. I'm in the beta for GalCiv 2 waiting for next build to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octagon999 Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I went looking for this recently and no one had it. Any chance WalMart has it in stock, or am I stuck going to WorstBuy? I'm glad to hear all the positive reviews. I HATE having to have a key disk. Not because I pirate software, but because its annoying. Especially when I want to play a game off the cuff, and I can't find the stupid CD. Also, notebook issues as well. As far as GalCiv II, and Alpha Centauri II, I'm glad. I wanted to try GalCiv and LOVE Alpha Centauri II. Did they ever go back to the call to power model with "army" type units, where you combined units into a single entity and they fought together rather than singly? That to me was one aspect of Civ III that was a major step backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan Elder 'Keen Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Did they ever go back to the call to power model with "army" type units, where you combined units into a single entity and they fought together rather than singly? That to me was one aspect of Civ III that was a major step backwards. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, they are individual units that have specific advantages. Spear gets +50% versus mounted, Archer gets +25% city, etc. Also there is a promotion tree of upgrades based on units gaining experience. Get Combat I (+10% damage) and then you can get Medic I (+10% healing in tile), etc. Its very logical and works quite well. For a long but incredibly interesting demo game check out http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=133492 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octagon999 Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 Any more feedback on CIV IV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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