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Civilization III Is Out, And It Rocks
Your cities with the cultural borders now work a lot more like an actual country, and not just a collection of city states. This is nice...I was always less then impressed with having cities and colonies scattered across the globe with no detrimental value. The changes to the Trade system require networks of highways and roads/harbors to cultivate commerce, so it's in your best interestes to keep those things close together...Finally, we're dealing with an entire culture instead of just city-states. And if you're a real monster, you can use the gigantic maps and pull up all 16 civilizations.
Armies can be more decentralized, and wonders of the world are useful, but there are fewer "Killer" wonders that can completely upset the balance of the game. For example, in the previous game, The Sistine Chapel created a cathedral in every city, which made it a prime target for large civilizations...now the advancement simply increases the effects of cathedrals, which forces each city to get off it's butt and develop it's own resources.
Espionage and Trade have been abstracted. Trade and Commerce are now dependant on roads and resources and money comes from trading with other civilizations. And no more of that horribly unrealistic plan of sending the spy in to destroy city walls before the invasion. (I mean, come on...destroy city walls?)
My favorite new aspect is the cultural assimilation of other cities. For example, if you have a strong cultural identity (basically, borders) - and you are close to cities that don't...they may rebel and join your side...much in the way that several cities/territories that once belonged to Mexico joined up with the U.S.
I haven't finished a game yet...I made the mistake of getting my spies busted one too many times...First one country declared war on me...then I attacked and a second one with a Mutual Aggression Pact came at me. Then a couple of them started trade embargos against me, then a couple of turns later the other two guys around me declared war, just like Russia and Germany did with Poland. I got beat up pretty bad and chalked it up to a learning experience...
I have a couple of minor issues....most of the menus are relocated and are kinda hard to find. And I never liked those advisors in the first couple of games..and now they're intergrated...but overall, it's been a long time since I've been pleased with a game like this...This is the game you feel like telling the /. community is worth buying a copy of Win98 for.
Calculus! Man, I love derivatives! And integration gets me aroused!
shout out to Heather!
will it run under WINE...that's what I want to know
Is this game for LINUX? I only use LINUX. I wish everybody used LINUX.
I am having problems compiling my kernel. Can you help?
ou heard the president right? Get back to normal life. This is normal life in America. This just shows you how insular our lives have become. Even though the events of 9/11 were a tragedy on a grand scale they still don't come to affect a lot of people. Yes, the items posted on this site a lot of times don't mean diddly squat in life but that applied as much before 9/11 as as it does now.
A-Ha wrote a song called "Manhattan Skyline." Clearly, they must be agents of Osama Bin Laden, the new satan.
Someone wake me up when the War On Islam is over.
Wouldn't spending our time angry, unhappy, and mourning show that the terrorist did win? At some point one needs to move on with their life. If spending your days "watching Cowboy Bebop in your jammies and eating a bowl of Shreddies" is how someone wants to spend their time, then there is no problem. Should we run around mad and unhappy forever? No one here is forgetting about what happened, but many of us refuse to let the attacks control us forever. You're right, games, legos, and a lack of nerf wars at work aren't incredibly important on a world-wide scheme, but time keeps moving and the "little" things in our lives do pop up. This is news for nerds, if you want to see more news for the masses go to a different news site. We visit them, so can you.
"Bullshit" has two L's.
Pseudo-intellectual one-up-man-ship is fun.
No, man, it's all about race.
BUT LUNIX IS C00L!!!!!11
Why a troll?
I thought this was a lot calmer and more concise than any of the other posts that point out Hemos' dyscalculia.
Does your friend ever go outside?
Shut your pie-hole, you dirty Troll.
But... without Borders... where would I buy all my Information Society CDs?
Rubbish. I've ordered it off Amazon a couple of weeks ago for delivery to the UK.
Cogito sum ergo
I think I am therefore?
Bye bye karma!
This is exactly why this site blows - this comment is not 'interesting' - it is exactly the kind of obvious no-mark comment that any of the linux-obsessed windows-blind pricks who frequent and ruin this site could have posted.
So mod me down motherfucker, and maybe you'll get some pussy one day, you sad nerdy geeks.
Except they have no 0 so... ?
can you crash an airplane into a enemy's buildings?
Allah is my co-pilot
Apparently, someone didn't think.
Too bad there isn't a (-1, Idiot) moderation...
And here I am thinking history is a lie agreed upon.
So, uh... anyone living in the UK is a member of a different race from those in the US?
Nice comment cuz you have a good point! Just don't be an ass hole next time you speak what you think!
considering the +mods for the parent comments (I hate Windows, MacOS/Linux rox!- very insightful...) I can't disagree with you, it's a shame this place is becoming so lame...
J-aims
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>Linux users are thieves.
And Mr. Softy is not?
What can I say, you didn't mention Linux 15 times- obviously not interesting enough on this lame site
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being quite good is good enough for PHBs m friend...crist look at win nt4
I am the Alpha and the Omega-3
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Something tells me "Manufacterer restrictions" are in play, namely they'll sell it in the UK for twice the price, a month after the US
Is being quite good enough for the PHB enough to satisfy your professional pride? Linux would hold computing back as much as Winows has if it were in a dominant position- enough with blind dogma, use your brain- it is what its there for
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I realy think that Linux would not hold back computing just for the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of people with access to the code. this access allows people to make additions to the technology. there will always be people that are not satisfied with the current system. this will ensure that linux will always get better in quality. and when it aproaches the point where there is no technologicly compelling reason to do somthing, they will begin to audit the code to make it perfect.....when a new tech comes up it will get added.
I am the Alpha and the Omega-3
isn't civ so much better with a blue neon light case?
The first million posts on this thread are all "When is the XXX version coming out? I don't want to give up LINUX!!!"
If you want to run a great O/S, get LINUX.
If you want to run SOFTWARE, get Windows.
It's like saying "I have the best car in the world!!! It does 0-60 in 2 seconds, get 99MPG, and costs $200! However, you can only drive it on your driveway..."
Sorry folks, anyone who defends OSx or Linux to the point where you cannot run any of the latest software, you are simply sad.
Armand28
"-LINUX was a good OS, before it became a religion."
That's just funny.