Off Topic DO NOT BUY CIV 3

Spyder · #1 December 21st, 2001, 08:14 PM

My Win XP has been great so far...so much better than '98 in terms of reliability. It also seems to use much more of my available memory and use it more efficiently.

Growltigga · #2 December 22nd, 2001, 01:03 AM

[quote]Originally posted by mac5732:
[QB]Growltigga, have you checked out Baen.com, it gives preview of the lst 10 chapters of the book, good reading. I agree some books become dry or go to far outbound from where they began, one such was the GOR series, lst number of books were ok but then went down hill to where I quit reading them. Another good series is the Lost Regiment by Fourchan (not sure on spelling).

Mac, I checked out the Baen site, damn good reading and a nice way to while away a few hours in the office one afternoon but Baen are cruel to taunt fans like this with only half the story!! by chapter 10, I was getting anxious to work out how the Star Empire turns the tide

Messrs Weber and White are class. The Honor Harrington books by David Weber are damn fine reads I think. Altho' I love the Starfire books, I do find myself occassionally stopping half way through and turning to Terry Pratchett as the starfire story has just got a bit depressing

You are so right about the Gor books - I still pick up Tribesmen of Gor every now and then and read it - fantastic fantasy story - imaginative and fast flowing - after about book 12, John Norman seemed to get more obsessed about enslaving girls - obviously got carried away!!

Instar · #3 December 22nd, 2001, 06:08 AM

Hey a MAJOR GRIPE about Civ3....
my goodness, they list the F-15 eagle as the successor to the F-14 tomcat. IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The F-14 is a carrier based interceptor. the F-15 is land based interceptor. The F-14 and F-15 have very similar missions. You can't say that the F-14 is being replaced by the F-15
ITS SO DUMB!

Mad_Dog · #4 December 22nd, 2001, 01:54 PM

About a stable (mor or less, is MS) OS i think W2K-sp2 is the best.
About hardware, well i allways use components made by serious companies (MSI,ASUS,MICRON).
In the game side, only after the first or second patch is out and the news from the players say is ok, then i buy it.

Lemmy · #5 December 22nd, 2001, 11:16 PM

I didn't read the entire thread, but i just wanted to say some good things about civ3, it has bugs off course but,

1. The game never crashed on my computer, i have W98, SE4 OTOH crashed several times, even after the first couple of patches.

2. Firaxis are clearly committed to fixing the game, i remember that when the first patch came out, some people with W XP(or was it W2k?) were having problems, some guys at Firaxis worked overtime to get it fixed, and released an updated patch one or two days later.

3.While i was playing the game, i never noticed any of the bugs mentioned and very much enjoyed the game, i probably would have noticed the air superiority bug, but i never got that far.

4. The AI is the best i've ever seen, the AI-players are loyal, if you treat them right they treat you right, unless you're close to winning the game, then they all gang up on you (nobody likes to lose). They also attack with a lot of units, making it dangerous to keep a static defense.

Off course, all of this is my own experience, other people have found flaws in the AI, but i choose not to read them, just to keep me from exploiting that flaw.

One thing i am dissapointed in is the limited modding ability.

[ 22 December 2001: Message edited by: LemmyM ]

Yin · #6 December 24th, 2001, 04:54 AM

mac5732: Battle Realms is a really slick game. Very high production values and quite good. Purchase it for your son! Though I guess this advice came too late.

Regarding Civ3:

It's simply not worth playing in its current state. I won't speak for what the Gold Edition might be like a year from now, but all indications are that this is a game full of sound and fury signifying nothing.

MarkP · #7 December 24th, 2001, 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
THis game is utter complete crap. Just trust me on this. I have been playing it for a month now, and I just unistalled that POS from my computer. The list of things wrong with it is a mile and half long. I am sick and tired of crap from Sid M. and will NEVER buy his trash again.

To hell with Civilization 3. Oh ya, I just trashed the disk, and am going to send it to them in peaces. (Seldom does a game frustrate me to this point, but this one pushed evey button I had.)