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Der Teddy Bär
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Just how do you improve on perfection?, PCZ begins. The problem then becomes where to take the third installment?
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I am of the opinion that Sid Mier one of the greatest in regards to computer games. He has often been ahead of his time in regards to concept and implementation. BUT, in regards to the 2 games that I did play, Railroad Tycoon and CIV 2 I would be hard pressed to use 'perfection'.
Without taking anything away from Sid Mier or his work, but CIV 2 had some very large holes in gameplay. I have a Love/Hate relationship with CIV 2 has it is brilliant, yet there are so many flaws.
Whilst it is good,
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"the effectiveness
and involvement of ranged weapons such as artillery are being increased to reflect a more realistic military perspective - including 'softening' a target's defences before a major assault."
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I am still put off by the 1 at a time combat model. I cannot come to terms that a stack will not act as a single force. As I understand it, if I have 10 unts of foot soldiers, they will fight one at a time, not all at once? why?
This will leads to an emphasis on key units. If I have 3 elite units against 8 standard, I would expect on the 1 on 1 to come out ahead. However I would expect to fair worse on a 3 to 8 basis.
I have to admit that I am the war munger kind of guy, but I think that a more accurate combat model is as important to the people whom a tree huggers.
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Cheers,
Der Teddy Bär
[This message has been edited by Der Teddy Bär (edited May 04, 2001).]
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tniem
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Hope College
Apr 2000
time: 00:12
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DTB,
Just a question, if you have only played two games by Sid Meier and one of the games (Civ II) you believe to have gaping holes in it, than why do you believe that he (Sid) is "one of the greatest in regards to computer games"?
I am of that opinion but I have played a few more of his games than you do and while I have some things I find fault with in Civ II I still find it a phenomenal game. Any way just wondering.
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Sid is doing a great job, but there are two others that should shared some credit for where the computer games are today. Ken and Roberta Williams.
I had a chance to meet her some years ago and missed it. Boy was I dumb.
For some of you younger people Roberta is the first person to put pictures in a computer game. She is responsible for the King Quest series.
[This message has been edited by joseph1944 (edited May 04, 2001).]
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Phalanx_TS
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yeah i agree that the most annoying aspect of civ 2 was the combat. I could go in depth but i would be just wasting my time as most of the civ 2 fanatics know whats wrong with combat.
I've played alot of games of sids
civ 1
civnet
civ2
colonization
ctp
ctp2
i've actually made a really good World War scenario for civ2 and the 2 *major* aspects of the game that made me give up after that scenario was that i couldn't have more than 7 civs and the fact that the combat system wasn't real enough. Perfection is a term i believe you people use loosly
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tniem
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Hope College
Apr 2000
time: 00:12
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Stacked combat is one of the significant overhauls to the military menu that Firaxis has said is in the game.
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