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Asesino_Virtual is offline Asesino_Virtual
Warlord
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jun 2001
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Question  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:09
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Why such a difference between the UK Box and the US box???? Support Apolyton

Ye, why

Wexu is offline Wexu
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Sep 2001
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Smile  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:10
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I'm happy to get that UK box, it's beautiful!

edit: Here's the link: http://www.tothegame.com/boxshot.as...ot_uk_large.jpg

Nice link...

Dauphin is offline Dauphin
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I'm lazy Enter the AD-FREE zone

Link or pix please
Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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Feb 2000
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Arrow  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:14
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Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I am sure I have seen a picture of the UK box before somewhere, can't remember where, it may have been www.amazon.co.uk
Asesino_Virtual is offline Asesino_Virtual
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http://www.tothegame.com/boxshot.as...ot_uk_large.jpg
Wexu is offline Wexu
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Got spare money?

I must say the UK art is much better than the US one.

Dauphin is offline Dauphin
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  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:20
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It looks like the UK version is DVD not box packaging
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Sep 2001
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  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:26
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man, the uk version looks so much cooler than the us version.
Juggernaut is offline Juggernaut
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Jun 2001
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  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:30
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The UK one looks so much better. Hopefully we'll get that one in whole europe.
CapTVK is offline CapTVK
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Yeah, but this cover probably means Civ3 will come in a DVD-case. So unless that DVD-case is included in a normal box, it means no real manual!

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Nov 2000
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  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:35
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Links ain't workin

Gramphos is offline Gramphos
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Apr 2001
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  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:40
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I wan't a real manual. Hope not for DVD case, but the art looks as it (PC CD-ROM written in upper lert corner )
jdd2007 is offline jdd2007
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Aug 2001
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  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:48 Visit jdd2007's homepage!
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you people!

personally i dont want the box. i just want the GAME!

*drools*
Grumbold is offline Grumbold
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London, UK
Mar 2000
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  Old Post 12-10-2001 02:55
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Nice art. I don't know where you get the DvD idea from. The pics are almost identical in size. Not including a manual in one version would be a very bizarre choice - far more so than using different cover art which happens a lot.
red_jon is offline red_jon
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I actually like the US one more (but living in England, I won't get it )
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  Old Post 12-10-2001 03:12
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Tired of ads?

Ya the UK box does look better. They obosuly thought that box would do well in the UK for some reason. Who knows.
Stuie is offline Stuie
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If that came from tothegame.com, I wouldn't trust it. The "new" screenshots have already be refuted by Dan. By the way, Amazon.co.uk shows the same box art as the US version.
Anun Ik Oba is offline Anun Ik Oba
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I have seen that pic before, don't remember where though. (I live in US btw, so not around here)

And it is common for games to have different cover art for distribution in different regions (along with differences in pricing ). Its all about marketability.
Provost Harrison is offline Provost Harrison
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Actually I am sure that this is an old picture for the case, and has been replaced by the one shown as the US one since...
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In that case, the box art's just getting lamer and lamer. Civ1's was vibrant, but it's descendents' just getting worse and worse.
Dauphin is offline Dauphin
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In that case, the box art's just getting lamer and lamer. Civ1's was vibrant


Wasn't it pretty monochrome? An image of a pharoah's head "buried" underneath a background of a city skyline?

It may habe had some colour but I don't remember it as such.
drake is offline drake
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Tired of ads?

Oh please

you guys would buy civ3 if it was wrapped in used tampons and propholactics. The Box is irrelevent and will only be used for catching dust after opening it.
Crouchback is offline Crouchback
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 Originally posted by Anunikoba
I have seen that pic before, don't remember where though. (I live in US btw, so not around here)

And it is common for games to have different cover art for distribution in different regions (along with differences in pricing ). Its all about marketability.


I've never bought a game with different art from the US version here in the UK, and the European versions I've seen have the same art just different lettering.

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you guys would buy civ3 if it was wrapped in used tampons and propholactics. The Box is irrelevent and will only be used for catching dust after opening it.


Too true.

David
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