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Old 10-14-2005, 12:00 AM
Freakin Freakin is offline
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

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It's an amazing looking game though and AOE3 looks even better.

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There's going to be an AOE3? omg, I'm never going to finish my thesis. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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It already went gold too.

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And is available RIGHT NOW on usenet & torrents.

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It probably takes hours to download. I want satisfaction now.

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You can't have it now [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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Newsgroups bitches... It seriously took me like 50 minutes to download.

Freakin

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If you only knew how big a problem i have with this.

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I'd like to know. It could be any number of things.

You could
1) work at MS
2) have ethical problems with pirating
3) dislike newsgroups
4) prefer torrents
5) have gotten it faster
6) be jealous

I'm quite curious though. Please let me know.

Freakin
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Old 10-14-2005, 12:01 AM
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

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It's an amazing looking game though and AOE3 looks even better.

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There's going to be an AOE3? omg, I'm never going to finish my thesis. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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It already went gold too.

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And is available RIGHT NOW on usenet & torrents.

Freakin

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It probably takes hours to download. I want satisfaction now.

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You can't have it now [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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Newsgroups bitches... It seriously took me like 50 minutes to download.

Freakin

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If you only knew how big a problem i have with this.

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I'd like to know. It could be any number of things.

You could
1) work at MS
2) have ethical problems with pirating
3) dislike newsgroups
4) prefer torrents
5) have gotten it faster
6) be jealous

I'm quite curious though. Please let me know.

Freakin

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Old 10-14-2005, 12:05 AM
Freakin Freakin is offline
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

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It's an amazing looking game though and AOE3 looks even better.

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There's going to be an AOE3? omg, I'm never going to finish my thesis. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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It already went gold too.

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And is available RIGHT NOW on usenet & torrents.

Freakin

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It probably takes hours to download. I want satisfaction now.

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You can't have it now [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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Newsgroups bitches... It seriously took me like 50 minutes to download.

Freakin

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If you only knew how big a problem i have with this.

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I'd like to know. It could be any number of things.

You could
1) work at MS
2) have ethical problems with pirating
3) dislike newsgroups
4) prefer torrents
5) have gotten it faster
6) be jealous

I'm quite curious though. Please let me know.

Freakin

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Well I'd buy it now if I could. I play so few games now that I do buy them if I like them. It's kinda shooting yourself in the foot if you get everyone to pirate, because they game companies make less money, and the money they do make has to go partially towards better copyright protection...

I didn't worry about encouraging newsgroup use, because half the people on here don't have a decent free newsgroup service. Those that do probably don't know it. And no one is going to pay for a service just to pirate a game.

Sorry if I came across as an immoral pirate... I stopped that years ago.

Freakin
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Old 10-14-2005, 12:11 AM
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

I enjoy a good game enough that I don't mind paying for it, myself. Game companies sometimes come and go, as do particular divisions and creative teams assembled just to make that game, so I like the idea of rewarding the ones who put out the non-sucky stuff. Plus, a really good game gives me so many hours of pleasure it comes out to practically nothing per hour of the game's lifetime, so a good game is pretty much a huge bargain.
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Old 10-14-2005, 12:12 AM
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

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civ 4 comes out soon

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My life will simultaneously get a whole lot better and a whole lot worse.

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Agreed with this assessment on the impact of Civ games. They're not a game, they're a lifestyle.

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I had no idea the degree to which we're a bunch of geeks here. I thought I was the only one who warned his wife months ago that the new Civ would be out soon. She knew immediately what that meant.

Also, to bdids, I'd agree that you may be looking for more of a simcity type building experience but don't write off civ3/civ4. There are lots of ways to rule a globe, I prefer (mostly) nonviolent ones myself. Found city, defend, build culture, expand, repeat. I've found cultural domination to be the most satisfying victory condition. I hope they continue to expand diplomacy and culture in civ4.
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Old 10-14-2005, 12:20 AM
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

i downloaded the aoe3 demo when it came out, but i just don't have the patience to 'learn' these kinds of computer games anymore. i would have loved to play a colonial era rts with a basic tech tree.
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Old 10-14-2005, 12:24 AM
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

Sim Tower. I was never able to get to 100 floors to put the Wedding Chapel in though.
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Old 10-14-2005, 12:29 AM
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

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Sim Tower. I was never able to get to 100 floors to put the Wedding Chapel in though.

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I miss that one. Had it for Mac, was it ever released for PC?
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Old 10-14-2005, 12:42 AM
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

Learning an RTS is nothing like as slow-paced as learning something like Sim City or a Civ game, Astro. Most people jump online immediately, to the great annoyance of everyone, without reading the manual or playing the single-player game first, or sometimes even taking a tutorial. They learn pretty quick, and it doesn't take much time.

It's playing the ones you wind up liking that eats up all the time.
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Old 10-14-2005, 12:56 AM
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Default Re: Compare and Contrast: SimCity 4 and Civ 3

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civ 4 comes out soon

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My life will simultaneously get a whole lot better and a whole lot worse.

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Agreed with this assessment on the impact of Civ games. They're not a game, they're a lifestyle.

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I had no idea the degree to which we're a bunch of geeks here. I thought I was the only one who warned his wife months ago that the new Civ would be out soon. She knew immediately what that meant.

Also, to bdids, I'd agree that you may be looking for more of a simcity type building experience but don't write off civ3/civ4. There are lots of ways to rule a globe, I prefer (mostly) nonviolent ones myself. Found city, defend, build culture, expand, repeat. I've found cultural domination to be the most satisfying victory condition. I hope they continue to expand diplomacy and culture in civ4.

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I heard that Civ4 is going to give all cultures strategic resources, so you don't have to go to war just because you started in an area without saltpeter.
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