At 01:31 PM 2/4/2003 +0000, you wrote:
On 4 Feb 2003 at 8:19, John D. Giorgis wrote:> > >Damon wrote: > >> > >>> The problem is that it started repeating issues to me. > >>> This is not fun. I guess by now half of the Nationstatians > >>> are planning his/her own simulation. Maybe someone comes out with > >>> one that has international warfare :-) > >> > >> They already did...its called Civilization III! > > Is it just me, or is Civ III missing the "magic" that the first two > installments have. I don't know if its just that Civ III is much > harder, or if it is that Civ III is treated much more like a "game" > than a "civilization", but somehow I just don't find it nearly as fun > as the first two. I bought it. I took it back to EB 3 days later. I'm still playing Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri which is IMO a LOT more fun. And, incidently, supported PBEM play straight out the box. I have friends who downright screamed over the messups with the "Play the World" expansion, when I've been happily extending the rule of Chairman Yang across Planet in PBEM games for a long time :P (if we have enough interest in a SMAC / SMACX PBEM game on the list, I'm up for it as long as I can be Hive (SMAC) or Cyborgs (SMACX)) Andy Dawn Falcon
I like Civ III more than Civ II, but I could beat Civ II without breathing hard. Civ III is so much tougher. I don't understand how people win the game so quickly. I stopped reading the fan forums, I was too depressed.
I'd do a PBEM, but I have not played SMAC in a while. Years. Maybe in April when I'm used to the game?
Kevin T.
Like I need to play more computer games.
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