SlavemasterT
Arcane
Is there a word for the sinking feeling you get when you finish a game of Civ III and the time counter says
"24 hours, 38 minutes" ?
"24 hours, 38 minutes" ?
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CIV III - Time Vortex
- Thread starter SlavemasterT
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Section8
Cipher
If that's a continuous stretch of 24h38m, then I believe the word you're looking for is - "holyshitfuckingjesusineedtogoutsideforabit".
Levski 1912
Scholar
That's nothing compared to WoW players.
SlavemasterT
Arcane
LaDoushe said:
Not only is there no lasting accomplishment, generally the game has tilted one way or another by about 60% through, and the last half is just a long, slow, inevitable slog that - somehow - you just can't bring yourself to abandon, given the faster-paced, high-stakes struggles at the beginning that you overcame.
I had to uninstall it again, I'm just too prone to get sucked in to endless, mindless gaming sessions with CivIII.
Thrawn05
Scholar
SlavemasterT said:
Why not just one more turn, for old time's sake? :D
SlavemasterT
Arcane
Thrawn05 said:
It'll happen.
Greatatlantic
Erudite
I played some Civ3, though only the vanilla version (that means no X-pacs). I just couldn't get into it for some reason. Don't get me wrong, I played a couple of large maps to completion, but after a few times I just couldn't bring myself to start again. I think the interface was really starting to show its age. Now that I have Civ4, however, I've already sunk 3 or 4 times the amount of time I put into Civ3.
However, I agree with your assement that the later game just doesn't seem to offer the same risks/rewards the early game does. Among other things, some nations will clearly be beat while other nations will have achieved so much in the early game that they can't be beat.
I think the solution to that would be reworking the diplomacy AI. As it is a powerful nation has just as many opportunities to make exploitable alliances as a weak nation. But, if weaker nations were programed to band together more often in the face of a more powerful foe, then the end game could remain interesting.
If nothing else, force a "power tax" on the nations which are well above the game average. For example, slower technology research the further you are ahead of other nations. Or do a Rise of nations and raise the amont of hammers needed to build a unit when you already have several of these units.
However, I agree with your assement that the later game just doesn't seem to offer the same risks/rewards the early game does. Among other things, some nations will clearly be beat while other nations will have achieved so much in the early game that they can't be beat.
I think the solution to that would be reworking the diplomacy AI. As it is a powerful nation has just as many opportunities to make exploitable alliances as a weak nation. But, if weaker nations were programed to band together more often in the face of a more powerful foe, then the end game could remain interesting.
If nothing else, force a "power tax" on the nations which are well above the game average. For example, slower technology research the further you are ahead of other nations. Or do a Rise of nations and raise the amont of hammers needed to build a unit when you already have several of these units.
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