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Apr 1999
time: 02:54
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Got the game for my B-Day and have played through 3 complete and a partial.
It's interesting...sort of a "Civ-Lite" simplified and watered down. TOTALLY playable and worth playing, but more of a "beer and pretzles" version of Civ than what I'd call "real" civ.
I'm not sure it should be in the running for Strat game of the year tho (it's fun, but IMO, too lite a game to be taken seriously in the strategy department).
Once you get used to the controls, they're not so bad, and it IS kinda cool to play on the 42 inch TV (Confession: I enjoyed it so much that it prompted me to move one of our computers downstairs and hook IT up to the big TV....Civ 4 and EU2 never looked so good...or HUGE!) - Wireless keyboard and mouse...ohhhhh yeah!
I'd give it 3 stars out of 4. Totally worthwhile game, great if you don't wanna spend all day (if you have a couple hours to burn and want to have a good time, this is your guy, no question).
I would recommend it to any of my strategy loving friends, so that says something, but again, I would caution them that it's more a beer and pretzle game than a deep strategy game (I have a lot of purist friends who would be ticked at me if I didn't give them the proviso).
Engaging game. 
-=Vel=-
PS: One thing I can't get past tho...I HATE that the leaders talk in gibberish. 
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Emperor
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Jan 2002
time: 03:54
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Happy birthday, Vel!
I'm enjoying this game for a while now. And I agree completely, it is not a deep strategy game, just a fun thing in between... but that was just what I needed too, as I can't find the time anymore to play for days on end. So I like the format. There are more advantages than flaws.
My biggest complaint, though, is that the hardest difficulty level is deity. I beat it in my third game, and ever since I might have lost once or twice. If I read some of the comments on cfc and here, it seems that many civ vets come to consider the game as a puzzle: how to solve the game of the week before 3000 BC, how to milk an AI most efficiently, etc. We really could need another level in, to preserve some of the challenge.
As it stands, I've fallen for the same puzzle trap, it seems. My personal goal is to get to AC before 1000 AD... and I just can't get it. 1025 a couple of times, but I always miss 1 or 2 turns. I've found that the map generator is too general to make much of a difference on this date: all maps are more or less the same. I miss the terra algorithm...
anyway, enjoy it for what it is: it won't be breaking any strategy boundaries, but it's a fun little game that some of us enjoy after months of (casual) play.
DeepO
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Emperor
supporting Candle'Bre
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Jan 2002
time: 03:54
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quote:
Originally posted by Velociryx
Now, tell me what's been going on with you?! It has been far too long, my friend!
-=Vel=- |
Far too long indeed... and I miss the good old days. But then again, over the past years other priorities kicked in and I simply don't have the time anymore to be posting around here for hours each day 
What has happened? I changed jobs twice since the original GS kicked off, and every time it seems to take more of my evenings. But I enjoy it too much to take it easy. I've been with an American girl for a year, she migrated to Belgium, got me hooked on the PS3, then couldn't cope with the stress anymore and left me... I kept the PS3 while she's still in Belgium, so I guess we both ended up with something good out of it all 
The latest project has been a house I bought (not so easy when you're single, I must say), which I've been renovating over the past half year. That's not so easy as it might sound as I can't even paint because of my paralyzed arm... the result of which is that I've been buying a lot of dinners and drinks for friends and family who are doing all the work. Busy evenings indeed: either somebody is working at home and I'm around, or I'm taking someone for a dinner, or there's work to take care of. The moments I can relax are in many cases spent on CivRev, as I too enjoy every game.
What about you, how's your health lately? And how does it go with Candle'Bre?
DeepO
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Apr 1999
time: 02:54
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A new girl and a new house! WhoooHooooo! Go you!
Sounds like your life is rolling along beautifully, my friend! Now, if the world economy doesn't melt down completely and take us all with it....
I'm happy for you, sir! Sounds like good things in abundance for you!
Candle'Bre is inching closer...slow and steady, that's us. The biggest milestone to date is the completion of a total of four novels around which the game is built...having them DONE really gives us a solid grounding in terms of knowing what's "feature creep" and what's genuinely supposed to be there (books have been sent off to a publisher--BAEN Books--for evaluation, and I'll keep you posted!
Health wise...meh. Turning 40 is not for the faint of heart, and since I already got a sometimes uncooperative ticker, it has had its breathless moments, but I'm still kickin', and as long as that holds true, I'm a happy fellow!
And when you get your house just the way you want it, if you find yourself with an odd evening free here or there, PM me here, and we'll have a chat on some messager proggie or another, and I'll give you real time updates...
-Chris
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