18th May 2005, 10:18 PM
Hmph.
Civilization was so perfected in it's second installment that with every extra bit fo complexity they add it seems to squeeze the fun out of it. I could never get into Civ III as much as I did Civ II. I think I played III for a couple of months (playing against Ryan online once for several hours), but I played II off and on for literally YEARS.
Not to say I didn't like Civ III. The culture addition made me squeal like newly deflowered teenage girl. I HATED when other civs would come and build tiny cities all over your irrigated, mined, and roaded continent. Took away my commerce and food, and I couldn't attack them because they had tons of little military factories all over me! The culture addition set firm boundaries and gave players some much needed leg room.
Civ II was the ultimate pinnacle though. Civ was close to perfect, Civ II made it so. Civ III made it too complicated for my taste, and I have a suspicion Civ IV will further degrade the series in my eyes.
That being said, I'm still probably going to buy it when it comes out, because I'm a Civ junkie :D.
Civilization was so perfected in it's second installment that with every extra bit fo complexity they add it seems to squeeze the fun out of it. I could never get into Civ III as much as I did Civ II. I think I played III for a couple of months (playing against Ryan online once for several hours), but I played II off and on for literally YEARS.
Not to say I didn't like Civ III. The culture addition made me squeal like newly deflowered teenage girl. I HATED when other civs would come and build tiny cities all over your irrigated, mined, and roaded continent. Took away my commerce and food, and I couldn't attack them because they had tons of little military factories all over me! The culture addition set firm boundaries and gave players some much needed leg room.
Civ II was the ultimate pinnacle though. Civ was close to perfect, Civ II made it so. Civ III made it too complicated for my taste, and I have a suspicion Civ IV will further degrade the series in my eyes.
That being said, I'm still probably going to buy it when it comes out, because I'm a Civ junkie :D.
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