dagorkan
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Civ is supposed to have so much more than Civ3, the same game with improvements... religion, corporations, a more complex combat model, more terrain types, way more wonders, units and buildings, more maximum players, auto-management, a better growth model (health + food), a better revolt model, easier to manage cities, Great Persons, inflation, multiple unit types (recon, animal, heroes), dynamic trade routes, etc, etc, not to mention graphics and sound.
So, why is it I'm going back to Civ3? Why am I even considering going back to Civ2: ToT? I can't think of any logical reason but I am. After a dozen or so games of which I completed three or four and trying a half dozen mods (Rhye's and Fall, The Ancient Mediterranean, Fall from Heaven, Gods of Old, etc), I find Civ 4 boring the hell out of me.
What did Civ4 get wrong? Is it just that turns take way longer to process, or that the screen scrolls slowly because of all the animations?
I am actually currently downloading "Lord of the Mods"for Civ3: Conquest which looks more interesting than any mod I saw for Civ4. Actually Civ3 has way more mods full stop. Half the Civ4 ones are shitty attempts at historical simulation. I thought I would get Colonization 2 but now I'm not at all sure.
Or is it just me?
I'm finding it's the same feeling I got a few hours into playing UFO:Extraterrestrials... it should have been better, it should have been the same good gameplay left alone with minor improvements I knew about in advance and thought were positive, but it lacked soul.
Anyone else feel like that?
So, why is it I'm going back to Civ3? Why am I even considering going back to Civ2: ToT? I can't think of any logical reason but I am. After a dozen or so games of which I completed three or four and trying a half dozen mods (Rhye's and Fall, The Ancient Mediterranean, Fall from Heaven, Gods of Old, etc), I find Civ 4 boring the hell out of me.
What did Civ4 get wrong? Is it just that turns take way longer to process, or that the screen scrolls slowly because of all the animations?
I am actually currently downloading "Lord of the Mods"for Civ3: Conquest which looks more interesting than any mod I saw for Civ4. Actually Civ3 has way more mods full stop. Half the Civ4 ones are shitty attempts at historical simulation. I thought I would get Colonization 2 but now I'm not at all sure.
Or is it just me?
I'm finding it's the same feeling I got a few hours into playing UFO:Extraterrestrials... it should have been better, it should have been the same good gameplay left alone with minor improvements I knew about in advance and thought were positive, but it lacked soul.
Anyone else feel like that?