Revelation

vee4473 · January 30, 2002, 23:54

This is my last post for the night, and for a while, at least in this category.

I said it in another thread, but I will repeat it, because I would like to get other opinions on this comment that may not have read the other thread.

Here is what I said:

You know...I just had a revelation....the reason Civ will NEVER be perfect to everyone is the same reason that there will NEVER be peace on Earth...

Everyone has their own vision of what should happen in the world and of what is right and just or unjust...People fight over it every day.

Cut the designers of Civ some slack...After all, It must be impossible to create a game that simulates history in a way that will make EVERYONE say "yeah, that is the way it would have happened."

MOHonor · January 31, 2002, 00:03

No offense because you're completely right

but this and other stories in the next issue of "Duh!".

vee4473 · January 31, 2002, 00:15

nice

OneInTen · January 31, 2002, 02:50

People can't even agree what actually happened in history - 10% of Americans believe man never landed on the moon!

Dis · January 31, 2002, 02:51

which moon?

Archaetus · January 31, 2002, 03:17

I've found a brother in common-sense!

Thank you for a much needed reality check vee.

zergling · January 31, 2002, 03:36

Civ3 may never be a perfect game but it is still a great game..

ZoboZeWarrior · January 31, 2002, 06:43

Quote:

Originally posted by OneInTen
People can't even agree what actually happened in history - 10% of Americans believe man never landed on the moon!

Have they ?

Martinus Magnificus · January 31, 2002, 09:02

It was a conspiracy from the CIA and FBI to strengthen american confidence and impress the commies... too bad they had to kill Kennedy to cover things up. But at least, it took attention away from the secret tests they performed on aliens and their spacecrafts in area 51...

ShuShu · January 31, 2002, 20:15

Then don't play Civ III.

Europa Universalis is the best darn historical simulation going and it's head and shoulders ahead of anything else ever produced for the computer. It is even very fun.

Of course, I'ld like to get back to my Civ III game now...

Jaybe · January 31, 2002, 21:10

V,
I've been saying the same thing re your 'revelation' for months.
In the General forum and elsewhere so many people want changes effected and DO IT NOWs. They seem to just have no concept that different people think those changes shouldn't be done, but something ELSE is messed up.

Myself, being as methodical as I am, will happily spend 6 weeks or so on one game (huge maps, but not gigantic).

: I don't have a big problem with stacks, or even naval combat or bombardment as it stands -- I can see the rationalizations behind the decisions (well, I WOULD prefer that a destroyer be able to take out both a frigate AND a galleon in one turn).

In fact, I would like a single attacking unit to have the opportunity to continue attacking units in the the same stack until there are no defenders left (or the attacker is killed). In this way 1 infantry could clean out a stack of 6 warriors in one turn, hypothetically, and my destroyer above could sink both the frigate and the galleon.

Seghillian · February 1, 2002, 05:50

Quote:

Originally posted by vee4473

Cut the designers of Civ some slack...After all, It must be impossible to create a game that simulates history in a way that will make EVERYONE say "yeah, that is the way it would have happened."

It is impossible for the game to "simulate history", but it does give a feel for the broad sweep of history, the technological advances of humankind and the idea of conflict over resources etc etc.

It does this job brilliantly and with a little imagination you can rationalise most happenings in the game and translate them into things that could have happened.

People will always moan about minutiae like the combat stats of various units for example, but these things are easily modified so there should not be a problem.

Given this - does it work as a game? I think the amount of time people on here spend playing it answers that question.