An homage to the greatness of Simcity 4

[EdenMaster]

Civ III...there was a time when I disliked it. This was because I expected Civ II and was hit by a load of new stuff. This disheartened me and I set it aside until Civ II escaped my memory, then I tried it again. First time I started it up, I played for, no exagerration, 5 straight hours.

Those puny Egyptians never knew what hit them. I kept on kicking them in the face for eternity as their former capital went on to became a city even larger than my own capital.

Those pesky Babylonians...they held up a long time, they did! They were riding my ass when the calendars still said B.C., and even after pounding half of their cities into the ground, they still demanded tribute when I spared them. They even managed to capture and destroy Memphis, one of the cities I "liberated" from the Egyptians centuries ago, and the location of a great many cultural improvements and, sadly, a Wonder as well. After millennia of this war, the loss of Memphis was the last straw. I spent my leader to create an army and filled it with cavalry, then proceeded to trample their cities and forces. Old Hammurabi looked ragged and begged for peace but I sent away his emmissary every time. As I finished my conquest and my troops stormed Babylon, I noticed my Foreign Advisor stayed quiet, not alerting me to the Babylonians' destruction. I contacted the French, my longtime allies, and asked to trade world maps. They readily agreed, and the Babylonians secret was out. Three hidden cities, far to the south. My troops converged and razed them all, exterminating Hammurabi and his pathetic Civilization.

And then, it seemed, before I could do anything more, 2050 rolled around and the game ended, and I nudged out a cultural victory with my eternal allies, the French.

I went to bed bleary-eyed and happy, for I had been re-addicted to Civilization.

I woke up the next morning and started up a new game, this time, I would play to win...the FUN way!