PTW fact sheet

MarkG · May 20, 2002, 19:00

the answer to the "what on earth is PTW?" question

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Platforms - PC
Estimated Release Date - Q4, 2002
Developer - Firaxis Games
Publisher - Infogrames, Inc.

Product Description
Rise to meet new challenges as you battle eight new Civilizations and Leaders in the exciting expansion pack to the game that many consider the greatest of all time! With exciting new single, and multiplayer features and scenarios, Civilization III: Play the World pits you against the best Civilization players from all corners of the earth. With new online modes of play like "turnless" and others, the battle for the ultimate in bragging rights will be intense!

Also included is a powerful Scenario Editor, giving you access to scenarios created by the thousands of member of the Civilization III: Play the World community. Play scenarios created by others, or build your own -- replayability is now truly limitless with the new benchmark in strategy gaming!

Game Features
· Eight new Leaders including: Genghis Khan Temujin, King Hannibal, Queen Isabella and King Brennus will challenge your diplomatic and combat skills
· Eight new Civilizations: Represented in four eras, each Civilization features new units for even more strategic depth
· Multiplayer: Face off against the best Civilization players worldwide with multiplayer modes like Elimination, Domination, Regicide and King of the Mountain
· Multiplayer Modes: Includes Turn-Based and Simultaneous game types and appearing for the first time in a Civilization game, a Turnless mode
· Complete Scenario Support: Create scenarios from any time period, including those outside earth's history

Nostromo · May 21, 2002, 01:20

Who wrote this in the first place? Firaxis?

asleepathewheel · May 21, 2002, 01:25

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Originally posted by nostromo
Who wrote this in the first place? Firaxis?

it does look like the work of Firaxis or infogrames PR.

Jon Shafer · May 21, 2002, 01:27

Simultaneous play and turnless? Well folks, we've gone into extra innings...

asleepathewheel · May 21, 2002, 01:31

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Originally posted by Trip
Simultaneous play and turnless? Well folks, we've gone into extra innings...

odd, wonder if they are the same thing or separate. don't need to hit enter and whatnot. intriguing

Jon Shafer · May 21, 2002, 01:33

Dare I say it... *gasp* real-time Civ III? Geeze, how's this going to work...

asleepathewheel · May 21, 2002, 01:38

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Originally posted by Trip
Dare I say it... *gasp* real-time Civ III? Geeze, how's this going to work...

the cynic in me says "not well" but we shall see.perhaps it will be cool. the more options the better, perhaps some will like it.

Jon Shafer · May 21, 2002, 01:42

This reminds me of other failed systems that tried to make real-time out of turn-based games. For example, the Cyberstorm series of games by Sierra... in Cyberstorm 2, they added a real-time mode that was pretty cool, but impossible to track everything down...

Can you imagine trying to manage 50 workers throughout your country, production, diplomacy, and a war with 100 units at the same time? Ludicrous. And that's for an average sized empire. Imagine nations that span continents and beyond... They'll probably change some gameplay issues, but to think they'll change enough to make managing that much stuff feasible is highly unlikely.

asleepathewheel · May 21, 2002, 01:46

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Originally posted by Trip
Can you imagine trying to manage 50 workers throughout your country, production, diplomacy, and a war with 100 units at the same time? Ludicrous. And that's for an average sized empire. Imagine nations that span continents and beyond... They'll probably change some gameplay issues, but to think they'll change enough to make managing that much stuff feasible is highly unlikely.

I don't even want to think about that! It might be fun to play tiny map blitz games over in an hour, but anything complex would be foolhardy. Controlling a hundred workers and a couple hundred offensive units simultaneously? Egads. only 6 months left of speculation

Panag · May 21, 2002, 11:05

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Originally posted by nostromo
Who wrote this in the first place? Firaxis?

hi ,

Sid , .....

have a nice day

civman2000 · May 21, 2002, 12:07

sid? it's the little info summary at infogrames, i doubt that's sid...

Panag · May 21, 2002, 12:11

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Originally posted by civman2000
sid? it's the little info summary at infogrames, i doubt that's sid...

hi ,

it does not mean that its coming from infogrames.SA that firaxis did not write it , ......

the rest of the document is not on a site , ....

have a nice day

Nostromo · May 21, 2002, 12:14

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Originally posted by civman2000
sid? it's the little info summary at infogrames, i doubt that's sid...

Maybe it should be called "Sid Meier's little info summary"...

Jon Shafer · May 21, 2002, 13:28

Actually, it was on a site...

Panag · May 22, 2002, 19:03

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Originally posted by Trip
Actually, it was on a site...

hi ,

and that server became "history" , after to many people jumped on it at once , ..........

there is an other factsheet in French , lets see what that reveals , .......

have a nice day

bigvic · May 22, 2002, 19:39

So what are the 8 new civs and their UU's? Is there any more complete info. I understand firaxis wanting to make a big to do but this kind of info only whets the appetites of pathetic civaddicts like us.

Jon Shafer · May 22, 2002, 20:06

New Civs:
Mongols, Spain, Vikings, Celts, Korea (probably) and Carthage.
New UUs:
The Conquistidor for Spain, Hwacha for Korea, Berzerk (Beserker) for the Vikings and Keshik for the Mongols. That's all that is known at the moment.