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09.Oct: FIRAXIS CIV4 COL MOD COMPETITION
07.Oct: REVIEW/SCORE ROUNDUP
02.Oct: FIRAXIS ON CIV 4: COL AND CIV IN GENERAL

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Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

27-06-2008 00:21

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Articles

Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

New articles are popping up on the web...

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Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

27-06-2008 00:22

#2 | report |

Increase Your PM Length

Dale

	Civilization: Colonization Forum Moderator Melbourne
	Dec 2000 time: 14:29

27-06-2008 01:35 | www

#3 | report |

Put an end to popups!

Thanks.

kolpo

	Prince
	Jan 2001 time: 04:29

27-06-2008 14:02

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Got spare money?

I really like this part:

"Right after you hit the big bell-shaped button that causes your colony to revolt, you'll have some big decisions to make. A series of either/or questions pop up immediately after you declare independence, the collective results of which will comprise your nation's constitution. Will you support slavery? Enforce the separation of church and state? Model yourself after your monarchist rulers, or opt for a representative democracy? Each of these elements will bestow certain global properties on your colony. If your state is against slavery, for instance, you'll enjoy a bonus to the population of each of your settlements. "
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/civilizati...d/884502p1.html

From the IGN preview got I also the impression that the basic way goods work is still as deep as in colonization, which is what i hoped for. I was affraid those goods would be just civ4 like resources, but that article cleared up that fear

Jeje2

	Prince Espoo, Finland
	Apr 1999 time: 06:29

27-06-2008 16:25

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Another opinion on the new Col

Got spare money?

Variety has taken a litle different approach in their viewing of this sequel.

Civilization IV: Colonization... Wow that looks offensive

In the column by Ben Fritz there are

quote:
But goddamit, am I the only one who think it's morally disturbing to make a game that celebrates COLONIZATION? It's ironic, actually, because just a few months ago a friend sent me a link to some information about the original "Colonization" game from 1994 (pictured left) that this one updates. At first, I thought it had to be a joke, but sure enough, it was real. However, I dismissed it as a relic from a time when neither developers nor players took videogames seriously as media with moral implications.

and the rant just goes on...

minger

	Settler
	Jun 2005 time: 04:29

27-06-2008 18:17

#6 | report |

Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I think the article does raise some worthy points of consideration.

Having said that, I will still buy Colonization.

(I refuse to type out the ridiculously long and award full name of the game.)

Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

28-06-2008 15:04

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Re: Another opinion on the new Col

Remove this text

quote:
Originally posted by Jeje2
Variety has taken a litle different approach in their viewing of this sequel.

Civilization IV: Colonization... Wow that looks offensive

In the column by Ben Fritz there are

and the rant just goes on...

Too little history is just as harmfull as no history at all. The guy really needs to stop filling columns with mulicultural 1970's universalist bullsh*t. I am an history master student who has taken a deep interest of the involvment of France and the Netherlands in the New World (thanks in part to Colonization when I was 12)... The fact of the matter is that the colonization of the new worlds (including Africa's coastal fringe and Oceania) cannot be summed up to pillaging, raping and stealing like this history dimwit makes it looks like. It is also and foremost an encounter between cultures, an approach that had a deep impact upon both cultures. What's really offensive in this case is that because of this guy, people would likely better censor our common past than celebrate it as it is.

Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

30-06-2008 13:56

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Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/sid-me...610141033312078

Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

30-06-2008 14:10

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Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

04-07-2008 06:42

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Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

3 new articles

http://news.bigdownload.com/2008/07...v-colonization/

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3168463

http://ca.askmen.com/gaming/pc/Sid-...review-1-1.html

*updated with links corrected*

Last edited by Niptium on 05-07-2008 at 04:21

Dale

	Civilization: Colonization Forum Moderator Melbourne
	Dec 2000 time: 14:29

04-07-2008 22:29 | www

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Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Can't get the Bigdownload one to open anything. Blank page.

Dale

	Civilization: Colonization Forum Moderator Melbourne
	Dec 2000 time: 14:29

04-07-2008 22:36 | www

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Remove this text

Thanks for the articles, keep them coming.

Col Info Centre updated: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...threadid=178099

Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

05-07-2008 04:23

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Increase the size of your Attachments

The Bigdownload link has been corrected. It is actually the best preview to be found on the net as we speak.

Dale

	Civilization: Colonization Forum Moderator Melbourne
	Dec 2000 time: 14:29

05-07-2008 05:07 | www

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Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

Thanks I'll update the info centre next chance I get.

Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

05-07-2008 07:11

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Got spare money?

Thanks for your dedication, sorry if I am flooding this forum with messages, but this game, this very very game I have been in waiting for so long - and loved it much more than the civilization serie. I mean, if stalking a game is a crime, then arrest me.

Really, I would LOVE to fly out to Vegas just to play test it and actually I have dreamt of having inputs into the conception of this game for a long time. That makes me obsessed - I know.

Dale

	Civilization: Colonization Forum Moderator Melbourne
	Dec 2000 time: 14:29

05-07-2008 07:35 | www

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Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

I'm the same. Been waiting 14 years for this game.

BTW, Firaxis is in Baltimore, not Vegas.

Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

05-07-2008 15:03

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Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

But E3 is...

Jeje2

	Prince Espoo, Finland
	Apr 1999 time: 06:29

06-07-2008 04:54

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Increase the size of your Attachments

[OT]

quote:
Originally posted by Dale
I'm the same. Been waiting 14 years for this game.

Boys - just take a number and join the line...

As earlier stated I'm third in the line, only because of my unwillingness to take out the two in front of me (= Brian & Sid)

[/OT]

Dale

	Civilization: Colonization Forum Moderator Melbourne
	Dec 2000 time: 14:29

10-07-2008 12:43 | www

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Enter the AD-FREE zone

Mod action: Topped and renamed.

Please add links to all previews, reviews and articles you find on Civ4 Col.

Thanks

Niptium

	Warlord Montréal Québec
	Sep 2004 time: 23:29

14-07-2008 05:18

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Get a bigger avatar today!

A new article I seemed to have missed last week...http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=53641

Xochipilli

	Settler
	Jul 2008 time: 04:29

16-07-2008 11:32

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Remove this text

Some new previews from E3...

http://e3.gamespot.com/story.html?s...4086&pid=946846
http://pc.ign.com/articles/890/890527p1.html

and new screenshots!

http://www.gamed.nl/view/43390

Harovan

	Civ4: Colonization Content Editor
	Dec 2001 time: 05:29

16-07-2008 16:22

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Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

The same screenshots can be found here, plus one more, which appears to be a scene from the intro video.

Dale

	Civilization: Colonization Forum Moderator Melbourne
	Dec 2000 time: 14:29

11-08-2008 18:04 | www

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Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

Game Infowire has nothing new in today's information: http://www.gameinfowire.com/news.asp?nid=12677

snoopy369

	Technical Assistant Of the Peanuts Gallery
	Apr 2004 time: 22:29

11-08-2008 18:49

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Put an end to popups!

Well, they did have something ... C4C is apparently the third offering in the Civ4 series. I guess they decided to skip Warlords??

Dale

	Civilization: Colonization Forum Moderator Melbourne
	Dec 2000 time: 14:29

11-08-2008 20:39 | www

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Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Actually, that's a quote direct from T2's press release from months ago. And it's quite correct:

1. Civ4
2. CivRev
3. C4C

snoopy369

	Technical Assistant Of the Peanuts Gallery
	Apr 2004 time: 22:29

11-08-2008 20:42

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Inflate your Upload Space

How is CivRev in the Civ4 series? It shares little in common with Civ4 ... and BtS and Warlords certainly should count, they're practically different games.

Locutus

	Co-Owner/ Administrator De Hel van Enschede
	Nov 1999 time: 05:29

11-08-2008 20:58 | www

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