OT: Civ3 Complete poll

[Atrocities]

Imperator Fyron said:
That is what Civ 3 was though, a huge scam to steal as much money as possible from the customer base... Yeah, we'll split the game into pieces and lie to them about adding features such as multiplayer in a patch after they are "fixed," but then instead we will sell it to them as a patch with "new and exciting features" for nearly the same amount of money that they paid for the original game.

Well said. Very well said.

[Hugh Manatee]

Baron Munchausen said:
I think the tech needs some slowing down, but I agree that Alpha Centauri is a pretty good game. Didn't know about the 'Alien Crossfire' expansion. Exactly what does the expansion have in it?

I already have Simcity 3000 so I wonder if the 'pack' would be worth it. maybe I can find a SMAC/AC bundle somewhere...

IT's Sim City 3000 unlimited, and a SMAC/AC bundle is very very hard to find. The pack is getting more rare too.

As for the Alien Crossfire game itself, it adds 7 new factions, 3-5 new tech levels, lots of new prodjects, new terrain landmarks, new units and new weapons/abilities and it comes with a Faction Editor. The new features almost change the way the game can be played, it makes Sea Bases incredibly more useful, and makes planet friendly strategies more viable. It's what an expansion should be, a damn near new game, not like 6 units and multiplayer.

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Civ III complete? You mean Civ III with all it's add ons? Yes, I enjoyed it. But CIVIII alone, No.

[NullAshton]

SimCity 3000 Unlimited isn't a expansion, its more like simcity 3000 with a bit more stuff. It has some cool things, such as you can choose the terrain and tree style, you got more landmarks, and you can make your own buildings.

[Baron Munchausen]

Hugh Manatee said:
IT's Sim City 3000 unlimited, and a SMAC/AC bundle is very very hard to find. The pack is getting more rare too.

As for the Alien Crossfire game itself, it adds 7 new factions, 3-5 new tech levels, lots of new prodjects, new terrain landmarks, new units and new weapons/abilities and it comes with a Faction Editor. The new features almost change the way the game can be played, it makes Sea Bases incredibly more useful, and makes planet friendly strategies more viable. It's what an expansion should be, a damn near new game, not like 6 units and multiplayer.

The 'Planetary Pack' with both Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire is still for sale on Amazon.com -- not very difficult to find. Too bad it's still ~$50 though... you'd think it would have come down a bit.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Only if it doesn't sell.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Huh. I totally forgot about this.

From the tally, if it turns up in a bargain bin I'm buying it.

[Makinus]

The best civ game is CIV2: Test of Time edition, because they added lots of modding tools for it (like multiple maps in the same game, ways to restrict tech among the civs, ways to handle events, etc.)... it�s the modder dream for civ2, i myself love the possibilities of multiple map scenarios (you can have up to 4 maps)...

[Fyron]

This is a big reason why Civ 3 was such a huge dissappointment; they scrapped all of the good features from Civ 2, especially from the expansions... Most of what was added for Civ 3 only detracts from the game...

[Sivran]

Bah Civ 3.

http://www.freeciv.org/