22-09-2003 18:06									#91
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Show me a real town where the police, fire, education and entertainment budget are so well supplied that the citizens are happy and I'll guarantee someone somewhere is close to rioting over the level of tax they are paying to support it. In SC4 you can broadly satisfy your citizens demands. That is the most unrealistic part of the simulation

	23-09-2003 19:06									#92
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Actually, my biggest gripe with SC4 is the wrongfull implementation off Micromanagement.
I don't think this game is about checking each and every hospital, school, power, water etc... every month in order not to get any strikes but how and where to put your roads, commercial and residential zones to maximise efficiency.

	23-09-2003 20:04									#93
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Yeah, they should have put in an automatic for this. In real life the schools sends a mail to the mayor before going on strike, not after... at least I think so...

	24-09-2003 03:52									#94
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Well, I have the $20 X-pack, but I won't be able to really play it until Friday evening at the earliest. I've got a bunch of architecture stuff to do this week with a likely all-nighter on Wednesday night into Thursday to look forward to...

Side note: Bought it from EB, but also made the impulse buys of $15 Civ3:Play the World and $10 Battlecruiser Millenium. Grand Theft Auto III was pretty tempting at $20, but I might not bother.

	24-09-2003 03:58									#95
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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs but also made the impulse buys of $15 Civ3:Play the World

The new expansion coming out will include PTW.

	24-09-2003 08:14									#96
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld The new expansion coming out will include PTW.

The Gold edition will include PTW. The expansion can be played without PTW.

	24-09-2003 08:16									#97
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I have rush hour and it is somewhat eaiser to play than Simcity 4. They have added quiet a bit of new stuff.

	24-09-2003 08:50									#98
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My copy is on the way from Amazon.com...

	24-09-2003 11:28									#99
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Osweld/Joseph: Wish I'd known that beforehand...

	24-09-2003 16:21									#100
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quote: Originally posted by Joseph The Gold edition will include PTW. The expansion can be played without PTW.

I read in the FAQ that the expansion contained all the content of PTW. Didn't say anythign about gold edititions.

	26-09-2003 05:19									#101
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld I read in the FAQ that the expansion contained all the content of PTW. Didn't say anythign about gold edititions.

At the Civ3 site, it said you do not need PTW to play with this new expansion. All you need is Civ 3. I have not heard that it would include PTW as part of it.

Civ 3 gold edition is going to be release with PTW, but you will have to buy the next expansion separate.

	26-09-2003 05:27									#102
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From the FAQ:

quote: You will not need Civilization III: Play the World in order to play Civilization III: Conquests since it will contain all content including: Civs, leaders, special units, and features from the Civilization III: Play the World™ expansion.

And so as to not completely thread jack this... how about some screenshots from those who have it?

	26-09-2003 05:30									#103
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld From the FAQ: And so as to not completely thread jack this... how about some screenshots from those who have it?

Thank you for the Info.

	26-09-2003 07:39									#104
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Yeah, we want screenies and more info on the game: good, bad, fun, not fun?

	26-09-2003 16:25									#105
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quote: Originally posted by Osweld From the FAQ: And so as to not completely thread jack this... how about some screenshots from those who have it?

...and you're talking about screenshots for RH? Or Civ3?




I've got RH, but I don't have any large cities yet (Restarted the game), so I can only post screenies of my small town...

	27-09-2003 02:39									#106
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Hmm, i saw it in the store today, 27 euro...but that's only the expansion...
Didn't see it packaged with the full game yet..oh well, i can wait another few weeks.

	28-09-2003 01:30									#107
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Come on, is it any good?
I'm getting it tommorow when the new circulars (don't you love that word?) come out.

	03-10-2003 03:26									#108
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Well, it's great

I just wonder why on earth it tries to connect to the internet when I start AND exit .

	03-10-2003 07:05									#109
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Looking for patches?

	03-10-2003 08:11									#110
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quote: Originally posted by MattH Well, it's great

Well, that's good to know.

My copy should be showing up any time now.

	03-10-2003 14:04									#111
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quote: Originally posted by MattH Come on, is it any good?

I gave it:

Transport options: 9/10
U-Drive-It: 3/10
TileSet: 7/10
Bridges: 9/10
Disasters: 1/10
Personalize: 6/10
My Sims: 5/10
Overall: 8/10

On a scale from 1 - 10 (10 being the highest)

	04-10-2003 08:21									#112
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So, how much replayability do you figure it adds to the game? I think you remember when we gave up on that "multiplayer" game we had going... I haven't really played since then. You figure the expansion adds enough new stuff to be worth the money?

(Yes, I know, it's sort of a very subjective question, but I am still not sure whether to buy this expansion or not. )

	04-10-2003 09:38									#113
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Havn't got it yet, but the new overlays do seem to be very handy.
Not enough in itself to buy it but combined with the new tilesets and staying in the patch loop, I guess you almost have too.

There does seem to be a big bug in the pathfinding regarding intercity commuting.

	04-10-2003 14:01									#114
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quote: Originally posted by vovansim So, how much replayability do you figure it adds to the game?

I was still playing SC4 until a few weeks before the release of RH. For me, there's only one game that beats SC4 in replayability (Worms)... but I guess that's just me

	04-10-2003 19:35									#115
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After playing it for about a week, there are some definite issues (some are non-rush hour):
Mechanics:
-The game will randomly freeze and/or quit to the desktop in the style of Morrowind (but not as frequently)
-You cannot name your saves.
-The game will not autosave.

Gameplay:
-Subway/train station usage statistics are misleading
-Parking garages draw almost no patrons (even when placed acording to manual)


Driving:
-Freeway onramps will suck you in. Sometimes you cannot aviod them.
-Some missions will randomly end when you go on/over mass transportation, like overpass onramps or the freeway.
-Unless you drive at the closest zoom, cars will randomly appear in your path giving you no time to avoid them.
-It's hard to tell how hard you're flying (a transparent pole going to the ground would help)
-The green circle representing the space directly under you dissapears in urban environments.
-Even when you drive fast, the bad guys/cops will still stop you.

(more as they come up)

	04-10-2003 20:14									#116
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quote: -The game will randomly freeze and/or quit to the desktop in the style of Morrowind (but not as frequently)

Are you using leapard (sp?) speed (fastest setting) ?
This is due to some kind of memory overflow problem. the game has too many calculations going and can't keep and basically giving up in the end.

	04-10-2003 20:22									#117
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quote: Originally posted by MattH -You cannot name your saves.

The save is named after what your city is called...

quote: Originally posted by MattH -The game will not autosave.

I love this

	04-10-2003 20:52									#118
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quote: Originally posted by ADG The save is named after what your city is called...

I liked making different versions of my city, in case something went wrong in the layout/budget/planning.

quote: I love this

Do you want that feature or like the fact that it has been left out?

I do play on the fastest setting... it takes way to long for zones to develop without it. And the effects of changes made in slowest mode are minimal. Whenever I'm in the green, I go as fast as possible .

	04-10-2003 21:19									#119
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quote: Originally posted by MattH Do you want that feature or like the fact that it has been left out?

I like the fact it's not in the game... I have a game where there's no way to turn off autosave... I played the game twice or so...

	04-10-2003 22:06									#120
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Well, you're not forced to use the autosaved games