These sort of games take a long time even on single player.
You set up limited turn times like in Alpha Centuri and then it plays quite well. You also get to plan what your going to do next turn while your opponent is having his turn.
These games have a huge following on the net which backs up the need for multiplayer.
I cant agree.
These sort of games are best when played multiplayer. Against a similarly matched opponent multiplayer is much better than against a computer..
Yes this is civilisation but it is ten years since the original, I would have thought the developers could have managed multiplay.
Alpha which was the last game by Firaxis in this vein did have multiplayer and was great. Why cant this game have it?
I just wanted to again point out that according to gamespot, civ 3 will not be multiplay.
I think this is very disappointing.
Reviews/Previews of civ3 that I have seen only seem to mention this in fine print or at the end. This need mentioning so people know this before they buy.
Personaly I can't bring myself to buy a strategy game without multiplayer support. (10 years ago maybe but not today)
Alpha is most fun when played as a multiplyer game.
To me this smacks pretty heavily on relying on code from 10 years ago. Someone please tell me this is not the case. If this is not the case, why would a company design a game without thinking 'multiplayer' right from the start.
(They could of at least used the code from Alpha)...O well, back to those mind worms.
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These sort of games take a long time even on single player. You set up limited turn times like in Alpha Centuri and then it plays quite well. You also get to plan what your going to do next turn while your opponent is having his turn. These games have a huge following on the net which backs up the need for multiplayer.
I cant agree. These sort of games are best when played multiplayer. Against a similarly matched opponent multiplayer is much better than against a computer.. Yes this is civilisation but it is ten years since the original, I would have thought the developers could have managed multiplay. Alpha which was the last game by Firaxis in this vein did have multiplayer and was great. Why cant this game have it?
I just wanted to again point out that according to gamespot, civ 3 will not be multiplay. I think this is very disappointing. Reviews/Previews of civ3 that I have seen only seem to mention this in fine print or at the end. This need mentioning so people know this before they buy. Personaly I can't bring myself to buy a strategy game without multiplayer support. (10 years ago maybe but not today) Alpha is most fun when played as a multiplyer game. To me this smacks pretty heavily on relying on code from 10 years ago. Someone please tell me this is not the case. If this is not the case, why would a company design a game without thinking 'multiplayer' right from the start. (They could of at least used the code from Alpha). ..O well, back to those mind worms.