17-07-2001 10:13									#1
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I'm curious--how long does each game take, on average?

	17-07-2001 11:40									#2
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No more than 5 hours for me.

	17-07-2001 12:23									#3
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At Deity level on a large map, it usually takes me a couple of days to get up to year 1750 (this means maybe 10-15 hours total).

After that, it takes some serious time. Months if you want to go all the way to 2020.

	17-07-2001 14:02									#4
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last full game i played on king level took me 5 months to finish, only playing about 10 hours per week on average. so that means all up about 220 hours ... !!!!!

	17-07-2001 15:55									#5
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Playing for AC no more than 6 hours on large map, closer to 4 on a small map. Bloodlust about 16-20 hours on a large map, between 1 & 8 on a small map depending if I want to wait for advanced weapons.

	17-07-2001 16:29									#6
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was that at deity level ?? if so time for you to try that at MP games ....

	17-07-2001 16:58									#7
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It really only took you one hour to win a game??? I find that simply AMAZING!!!

After one hours playing, I'm usually still in BC time. You must not build many cities.

	17-07-2001 17:30									#8
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me too. wow these guys are good

	17-07-2001 19:34									#9
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Is it fun to blow through a game like that? I mean, yeah, you can conquer the other civs but how much development does your own civilization go through. Isn't this the big differenc that Civ offers over other games.

If you just want to go out and kill things, Duke Nukem is much more enjoyable...

	17-07-2001 20:46									#10
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perhpas these people need to try Deity + 5 level......

Also have people notcied it is harder to win using MPGE than just the standard 2.4 version

	17-07-2001 21:56									#11
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Isn't the AI more aggresive in mpge?

My average game is about 8 hours.

	17-07-2001 22:50									#12
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certaibnly seems to be, from my brief experiencce with civ2 original comapred to MPGE it is harder at all levels .....

The Ai is less likely to trade techs wioth you or give tribute,, more likely to sign aggression pacts

	17-07-2001 22:41									#13
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Wow! 220 hours! I'm amazed that you can stick with a single game for that long. Is this SP or MP? Is it mainly that long because you have so many units over such a large area that it just takes that long? I don't usually have more than 30 minutes to an hour at a time to play, and I'm beginning to wonder if one can effectively play Civ2 like that.

	18-07-2001 03:11									#14
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most games i play are over in about 2 days of non stop playing.

	18-07-2001 03:20									#15
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How did you manage two days of non stop playing? That just ain't healthy. Need your Z's.

	18-07-2001 03:31									#16
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ok then, 2 days minus 30 hours for eating and watching TV, plus an additional 6 for reading.

so thats 6hrs a day on civ2.

I need to get out more!

	18-07-2001 03:58									#17
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my last deity large random map raging hordes bloodlust game took me just over 6 hours...... i time games now just for fun....no restart civs of course

	18-07-2001 11:08									#18
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I typically have several games going at any one time - currently playing the Crusades at & with SG(2), two separate gigamaps here at home another crusades at that place I visit most days + two or three Succession games, Smash's ofocc and a pbem - games normally take months to resolve ....


Addition by Mrs. SG[1] - "You sad b*stard, now take me to work!"

	18-07-2001 15:06									#19
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A very long time but not as long as Baldur's gate.

	18-07-2001 21:58									#20
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Depends on whether I'm trying to accomplish something or not.

A "normal" fun type game will last 2-6 hours.If I haven't actually finished by then I usually lose interest.An occ game takes the same but is finished.I have a high score game that I've played off and on for over 2 years.I hate it but can't seem to delete it....yet.

Scenarios can take awhile depending on how you play.I spent a good month 1st time thru Red Front.Midgaard took about a week.Jules Verne 2 or 3 weeks.Usually in 2>3 hour sessions.

I have dedicated over 100 hours to a single MP game without a finish in sight.

	09-08-2001 09:06									#21
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I've never finished a game, start to finish in one sitting (except for my first game when I took over the world 'accidentally' - I didn't know that I was up against the last civ). Usually I play on the large map and go for many points. I'd say a few dozen hours for some games.

	13-08-2001 21:14									#22
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about 13-15 hours

	13-08-2001 23:11									#23
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30 to 45 hours for AC (whether or not I get there first); 40 to 60 hours for conquer games. Don't usually quit, but will quit if I fall way behind in tech (in AC game with no option left to go to conquest and in conquer game if I can't steal enough techs to stay up with the remaining major foes).Turns after 1750 or so go from 15 minutes to 30 minutes by the post-1900 period. Puts a premium on winning early in that stretch. (large, deity, 2.42, restarts permitted, raging hordes, standard rules)

	15-08-2001 16:06									#24
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From 1-12 hours. I've never had a game last any longer than 30 hours...all Deity, Raging Hordes, any kind of play.

I can't even imagine playing for much longer...100 hours? Ick.

	17-08-2001 03:15									#25
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some games i give up after a few turns, if i have a crap environment, like mountains and jungle and swamp altogether (grr)

but, games i am interested in i keep playing and keep playing, until i have built cities everywhere (and then i have tons of them, i'm quite an expansionist really, lotsa cities in the beginning, and keep growing afterwards...)

and well, i usually have war with everybody but then i take a city or 2, and then peace again, etc etc, makes it easy for me, never really have to have a mighty army.. these games take a long time, months, though i play other games in between...so..depends on who i want to play that day..

	17-08-2001 19:08									#26
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The game I'm playing in now (Rasputin is in it as well) has been going on since late January. We've had 17 sessions of varying length, some 1 or 2 hours, some 4 or 5. But in all I'd guess we have about 60ish or so hours invested in the game. It's a seven player mp diplo game.

The last game I played took about 6 months to complete. Short term games offer me no interest.

(self confessed civ "snob")

Last edited by drake on 17-08-2001 at 19:37