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#60 MULTIPLAYER CIV... Die hard multi-player advocate Kwang quits #61 A BUBBA'S EYE RATES SMAC (Part II) Roger Oepkes writes about the failures of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri #62 NO EXCUSES Derek Barrett doesn't accept any excuses for a bad civ3 #63 WHAT WE CAN TEACH KIDS WITH CIV James Cobb shows us another side of civ games #64 I WANT IT ALL "The better the games are, the more disappointed the gamers become" says CyberShy COLUMN ARCHIVE

YES!
I have found that with the release of SMAC and CTP, there were two types of people in Apolyton: Those who liked it, and those who absolutely despised it!
They all have their high points and low points: CTP had great graphics and sound, some cool new concepts, but little else. SMAC had great new concepts, all right graphics, but many people weren't looking for a sci-fi game, and people thought the gaming atmosphere was a little too dark, and that Brian Reynolds should've added a little more color to the game. Me? I love SMAC, it's great.

And now The Test of Time. A lot of flak has been aimed at this product, and one person on the forums bent so low as to say he/she felt he/she had been robbed at gunpoint!
ToT doesn't deserve to be burned in that way, it's a good game. People are complaining about paying 50 dollars for nothing, and that it doesn't compare to Civ2. I think that some people around here just can't handle change.
So ToT doesn't have Wonder movies, heralds, or The Council!??! Personally, I stopped using Civ2 with the videos eons ago.
So ToT doesn't have the best graphics around today??!! WHAT? And CIV2 HAS BETTER GRAPHICS?? I don't think so.
So ToT didn't come with more than one scenario??!! Well, that's only one less than what Civ2 shipped with, and the ToT Midgard scenario has more in it.
No map editor? Stop whining, make your maps in the Civ2 map editor, then import them. Remember that CTP not only failed to ship with a map editor, but also scenario support!
Too dark? Have a look at your color settings, and THEN complain.
I don't what everyone's complaining about, ToT rubs CTP's face in the mud in a major way.

ToT comes many new features: linked maps, 3d animated units, extended play on Alpha Centauri, Sci-fi and Fantasy games, an epic scenario, cool music, many new cool events for scenario, loads of new units, technologies, wonders, improvements, and worlds to conquer. So what's everyone complaining about? PLAY CIV!!

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About the author: A Civ fan from Australia. See his "HOLY Church of SID MEIER" - http://www.strategicgaming.com/sid

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