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I also think that CIV3 is a rather bad game. I am wondering of all the good press about this game out there. I prefer a good patched and modded CTPII to everything Meyer and his gang has released (ok I liked colonisation a little bit) in the Last years.

IMO the problems are:
1. the combat system. Sid Meyer used the movement and combat system of the old PC-game empire (or final destiny) since the first incarnation of Civ. I dont have any idea why he didnt change this obsolete system in CIV3. I mean CTPI and CTPII showed everybody an acceptable combat concept with balancing armies and interesting troop attributes.

2. the workers and settlers. Why by the heck does CIV3 use this ancient and tedious concept? The public works system of CTP series works much more simple and better.

3. I like also the SF setting of CTP with all its wonderful underwater cities, submarines and technologies- its simple more game than CIV3.

4. And Last but not least I love all these non-military units of CTP. (Lawers, slave hunters etc.) They provide a alternative kind of game.

All in all the big failure of Civ is done by their designers. They seem to be too arrogant to learn from another civ-incarnations to improve their own game. And thats why this game disappeared from my HD several days ago - now my copy is on ebay for sale and I doubt that I will buy again something from Firaxis.