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Sid Meier on Civ III

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Irishman writes "ZDNet News has an interview with Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs about the upcoming Civ III. For any Civ fans, this is a must read. I am now having flashbacks of days without sleep, trying to capture that last city or win the game in a different way. "

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  1. Irritating screenshot by ArsSineArtificio · · Score: 5, Informative
    The only thing that annoys me is the CivIII screenshot showing the leader of the Egyptians: Cleopatra, a black African.


    Cleopatra was a GREEK, folks! Not black.


    For that matter, the other Egyptians weren't black either.


    For that matter, neither are they today.


    Where in the heck do these ideas come from?


    ASA

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  2. Re:Here goes my karma... by Xzzy · · Score: 5, Informative

    > but isn't it high time we started seeing
    > something new out of Sid Meier?

    The thing you gotta realize however is that the recent flood of Sid Meier-branded games weren't exactly owned by him or his creative team. The license has been tossed around quite a bit over the past several years, and only with Civ III did the license fall back into the hands of Firaxis, which is the company Sid Meier owns.

    EBworld has a pretty decent history of it right here.

    The obvious implication is that the game isn't bogged down by market drones who don't really want a new game.. they just want the same old game glossed up so people will buy it. I have faith that now that full control is back in Sid's hands, the game will be just as fresh as it was back when I was playing Civ on my 286. :)

  3. Re:Classic games by Martin+Blank · · Score: 4, Informative

    A couple of previous interviews and mentions on the main site have addressed this. Units now do stack, as opposed to the prior method of fighting against the biggest unit and destroying all if you win. In addition, you can form armies of mixed units, provided you have a Leader. I think interdiction of units at sea (always my favorite) will become much more necessary. After all, the tanks below-deck can't fire back, can they?

    Terrain will, reportedly, play a different role in the new version, with combat units able to better guard passes because enemy units will effectively be forced into a given field of fire. There will also be a bit of a slaughter factor, with Pikemen no longer able to effectively fend off riflemen. I just hope I can get DaVinci's Workshop early enough...

    And you don't know how big those Locusts of Chiron are. They carried my car off the other day! :)

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