civ 4 stuff

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I just read a preview of Civ 4 on an google-cached ign page.

Anyways, I'm glad they are tweaking culture. I thought there was some
major rooms for improvement in civ3. I don't know if it will be any
better, but at least they are working on it.

One thing which I see as a potential pain-in-the-butt feature is the
introduction of religion.

I also don't like the direction they are taking combat. They will now
have an overall power rating instead of a offense/defense rating.

I also don't like how terrorism isn't an option in espionage. It's
sort of disappointing that they didn't add this in.

I like how they now let you spend on culture, just as you do research.
And, I like how more open the tech tree will be, not trying to
compartamentalize things into periods. I also like how ivory (I think)
will now help build wonders.

One thing I wish, is that cities within 2 squares away from the coast
should be considered a coastal city. Basically, if the city 'owns' a
coastal/sea square, it should be considered a coastal city.

Ofcourse, there are alot of things I wish for....


Anyways, I'm wondering what your thoughts are on civ4 that's now being
developed.

 

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In article <1125005020.076166.297940@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
DaLoverhino <DaLoveRhino@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I just read a preview of Civ 4 on an google-cached ign page.
>
>One thing which I see as a potential pain-in-the-butt feature is the
>introduction of religion.

What are they doing with it?

>I also don't like the direction they are taking combat. They will now
>have an overall power rating instead of a offense/defense rating.

Hmm. I wonder why they would do it? Everyone is used to a pair of ratings.

>I also don't like how terrorism isn't an option in espionage. It's
>sort of disappointing that they didn't add this in.

What effect did you want? There has always been sabotage, for example.

>I like how they now let you spend on culture, just as you do research.
>And, I like how more open the tech tree will be, not trying to
>compartamentalize things into periods.

One of the things I liked about older Civs (and freeciv) was the lack of time
periods.

>One thing I wish, is that cities within 2 squares away from the coast
>should be considered a coastal city. Basically, if the city 'owns' a
>coastal/sea square, it should be considered a coastal city.

I'd rather see something that you could build on a coastal square to allow
shipbuilding/launching.

Also, isn't there a list of things that happened in going from Civ2 to Civ3
that folks have wanted reversed?

I'd also like some industrial tech or other let me build roads/bridges across
shallow water -- there was a Civ1 or Civ2 bug that allowed a variant of this.
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>I'd also like some industrial tech or other let me build roads/bridges across
>shallow water -- there was a Civ1 or Civ2 bug that allowed a variant of this.

I'd much rather they work on something in the vein of Alpha Centauri.

Civ is feeling oh-so-derivative these days.

For that matter, what I'd really like to see is Emperor of the Fading
Suns... done right. That game had a lot of thematic promise; alas it
faired poorly in execution.

C//

 

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Courageous wrote:
>>I'd also like some industrial tech or other let me build roads/bridges across
>>shallow water -- there was a Civ1 or Civ2 bug that allowed a variant of this.
>
>
> I'd much rather they work on something in the vein of Alpha Centauri.
>
> Civ is feeling oh-so-derivative these days.
>
> For that matter, what I'd really like to see is Emperor of the Fading
> Suns... done right. That game had a lot of thematic promise; alas it
> faired poorly in execution.
>
> C//
>

Speaking of Emperor of the Fading Suns, have you tried any of the
after-market mods? Hyperion or Nova? True, the game still lacks as
single player, but it's better!

-l