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In your face, Hannibal.
Anyway, the scenario is rather basic and uses only the default units.
A more advanced scenario would have put limits on where to build Elephants, and have more unique units. This is the first scenario I've played, so I'm not sure what is possible with Civ2/Test of Time, though.
Civ 2 lacks a good cavalry unit before you get Crusaders. Horsemen and Chariots are too weak, so the more gimmicky unit Elephants take the place of regular cavalry. And Legions only have 1 MP, which means they are sitting ducks if caught in the open. To be historically correct, Legions should have been able to Fortify after movement (playing the scenario made me read up on the Punic Wars).
But should I have "role played" the scenario, I guess the best strategy for capturing Carthage would have been to surround it on six sides with Legions and hope they didn't have enough offensive units to kill them all.
sser
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Not sure what version you're playing, but I really enjoyed the WWII scenario in that game. If you're Germany, you get to truck over France. If you're Russia, you get to spend most of your turns moving a giant army from the Siberia to the frontlines. WWI wasn't too shabby, either.
There were a number of pretty weird or 'out there' scenarios - ones with dinosaurs, or the alien invasion, post-apocalyptic, and I think one was futuristic colonialism. The alien invasion one was very difficult as the invaders would whoop the hell out of every unit you had. Best thing about all those CivII scenarios is that they all have unique artwork and styles about them. That kind of thing has pretty much vanished.
There were a number of pretty weird or 'out there' scenarios - ones with dinosaurs, or the alien invasion, post-apocalyptic, and I think one was futuristic colonialism. The alien invasion one was very difficult as the invaders would whoop the hell out of every unit you had. Best thing about all those CivII scenarios is that they all have unique artwork and styles about them. That kind of thing has pretty much vanished.
What makes it an underappreciated gem is how gleeful it gets about its subject.
(Got revolted, never finished it.)
That mission is sick, but it's actually good. Poor Mr. Oh dear...
tuluse
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The Civ4 scenarios all feature unique art work I believe.
There is a lot of shared art still, but there are unique units and stuff in each one.
It begins..
Gregz
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RE: Master of Magic
I almost always go Myrran with 5 life books and ~ 2 nature 2 sorcery. High Men or High Elves.
Then I reroll maps and use the Alt-rvl cheat to verify that I get a good spawn and that I'm the only wizard in Myrra.
Then I city build like crazy, research/cast Planar Seal, then research/cast Incarnation (summon Torin). In the mean-time, lots of workers building magic roads (free on myrra) all over the place.
Then build a hero party around Torin that scours the map for books, items and retorts.
Then use that party to rape train whatever remains on the other plane ftw.
I almost always go Myrran with 5 life books and ~ 2 nature 2 sorcery. High Men or High Elves.
Then I reroll maps and use the Alt-rvl cheat to verify that I get a good spawn and that I'm the only wizard in Myrra.
Then I city build like crazy, research/cast Planar Seal, then research/cast Incarnation (summon Torin). In the mean-time, lots of workers building magic roads (free on myrra) all over the place.
Then build a hero party around Torin that scours the map for books, items and retorts.
Then use that party to rape train whatever remains on the other plane ftw.
What is that and why isn't in currently in my hard drive????
I'm playing the vanilla version of Civ 2. It has two scenarios that were not included in Test of Time - Rome and WWII. The latter is next on my play list after finishing Rome. Sounds like it will be fun.
I bought Test of Time many years (10-15) ago, but never installed it until recently. Then I realized it was not ToT on the fucking CD at all, but the original version of Civ2!
I was ripped off. Not only did I not get the game I bought, but I didn't even get the Gold version of Civ 2, which included all or most of the weird scenarios you mentioned. So I don't feel bad about aquiring ToT and the Civ 2 expansion packs from abandonware sites.
Civilization II
Damn, I played that game so much. It was my favorite at the time, right after Civ I and Celtic Tales.
Damn, I played that game so much. It was my favorite at the time, right after Civ I and Celtic Tales.
It's pretty great, I think -- plus it's one of the rare ARPGs where firearms add to the game rather than bring it down. (I'm looking at you, Risen 2.)
I do prefer the original Shadow Tower from a purist's perspective, but one could argue Abyss is in many ways From's best game until the Souls series. The original ST is just too user-unfriendly, which limits its appeal to the most hardcore fans of the genre only.
From Software is the true Looking Glass spiritual successor.
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Bought CivII at a Toys'R'Us many, many years ago (sigh). I probably put more hours into that game than any other. The Gold-edition also had a ridiculously good soundtrack with all sorts of unique songs for the scenarios. Unbelievable amount of content.
And yeah Civ4 had some unique assets to it, but I was mostly referring to Civ5 and the continuation/new direction of the series. Fall From Heaven II is probably the best mod the series has ever seen.
And yeah Civ4 had some unique assets to it, but I was mostly referring to Civ5 and the continuation/new direction of the series. Fall From Heaven II is probably the best mod the series has ever seen.
It's Twilight Struggle. I found a VASSAL module for it. You and your opponent need to know the board game rules to play it. There's no rules enforcement or AI, since it's VASSAL and all.
Surf Solar
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Awesome game - really enjoying this (even though I suck at its puzzles
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Just playing some Deux Ex 3.
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anus_pounder
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Yay Dragon Age replay after years, now that I got a pc capable of running crappy games.
Mighty plastic beard.
Iron clad MILF explaining her daughter about her first "that time of the month"
Mighty plastic beard.
Iron clad MILF explaining her daughter about her first "that time of the month"
Titfucking an arrow
Plasticbeardo's "joining ritual"
Plasticbeardo's "joining ritual"
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