Civilization IV

[Laddy]

This is the best strategy game ever, IMO.

What are your favorite Civs? I like Mali the most, since it's great for my play style and I have a lot of respect for Mansa Musa. I also enjoy Ethiopia (even better for my play style but Zara's a douchebag, so I wish they choice Axumite Ethiopia instead of the more modern Ethiopia), America under Lincoln, Arabia, England under Elizabeth, Egypt under Hatshepsut Ottomans under Suleiman, and Spain under Isabella.

I favor having high Culture, Technology, and Money, trading it to other players as they murder themselves and I reap profits by selling them soldiers, technology, and other stuff for money and technology. Of course, if I do go to war I quickly amass a large and advanced army in a small time frame due to my high technology and money.

We should Multiplayer sometime! Piiiiike~?

[qwertysaur]

Whenever I play and Isabella always ends up being a stuck up Buddhist bitch. Whenever an AI Isabella shows up she founds Buddhism within three turns and refuses to convert for any reason at all. I was doing an Earth 18 civ game and all she has was her capital (because I was playing the Greeks and was best friends with the French, English and Germans by converting them all to Judaism so she was stuck in Iberia and way behind in technology, and she never even opened borders with France because of the different religions. xD)

I love getting a great artist and culture bombing cities near my own, getting them to join my civilization without making the leader annoyed at me. I sometimes use that new city to go to war with the civilization it came from.

Also one time barbarians took over an AI civilizations on the first turn. I was very amused and surprised when I got the message that the American civilization was destroyed so early, and later found a nice barbarian Washington DC near quite a lot of rice fields.

[Jiro]

I only briefly played Civ IV once a long time ago but it seems to have a far greater level of depth than Civ V is offering me currently. I should probably find a copy and see what all the fuss is about.

[Pike]

>mfw I see this topic

This is the best strategy game ever, IMO.

A very respectable opinion. I'm torn between this and SMAC, however. But I'm probably biased because SMAC is my favorite game of all time.

We should Multiplayer sometime! Piiiiike~?

I'm terrible at multiplayer Civ but this might not be a bad thing to look into! :o

Whenever I play and Isabella always ends up being a stuck up Buddhist bitch. Whenever an AI Isabella shows up she founds Buddhism within three turns and refuses to convert for any reason at all. I was doing an Earth 18 civ game and all she has was her capital (because I was playing the Greeks and was best friends with the French, English and Germans by converting them all to Judaism so she was stuck in Iberia and way behind in technology, and she never even opened borders with France because of the different religions. xD)

IZZY, MONTY, AND CHARLIE. THOSE CIVS. ARGH MOST FRUSTRATING EVER.

And yet they always end up in my games

This 18 civ game of which you speak is something I need to do. I don't know if my computer can handle it, though, which just goes to show how badly I need a new computer. xD

Also one time barbarians took over an AI civilizations on the first turn. I was very amused and surprised when I got the message that the American civilization was destroyed so early, and later found a nice barbarian Washington DC near quite a lot of rice fields.

This reminds me of the time I was playing a SMAC mod of Civ (Yes, I play games that combine SMAC and Civ, what of it?) and the mindworms took over one of my cities and filled it with mindworm culture.

JIRO - Play more Civ IV :3

Erryone Else - I dump Civ screenshots on my tumblr and also did a Civ let's play on the Hux/Pike Blog (Part One, Two, and Three.) As you can see, I may or may not be slightly obsessed with this game

Space Race Victory for great justice, smurf all of you guys I'm going to Alpha Centauri

Remind me later and I'll post the infamous screenshot where Hux launched 200 nukes or something

[Madame Adequate]

My strategy is NUKES, my favorite leader is URANIUM, my civ is NUKES, and my victory condition is HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE I NUKED

[Pike]

My strategy is NUKES, my favorite leader is URANIUM, my civ is NUKES, and my victory condition is HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE I NUKED

Guys he's not joking

Screenshot taken from a multiplayer game where it was he and I and a couple of AIs

(SPOILER)

Edit: Clarification because in some themes the screenshot doesn't display very well; that's -304 "You nuked us" in diplomacy

[Madame Adequate]

And that's 152 nukes.

And that's terrible. Should have been at least twice that.

[Pike]

Relevant to the thread's interests.

(Implying I will be posting in any other thread ever again and not just camping this one)

[Laddy]

What's your fav Civ, Pike?

And good lord I hate Montezuma.

[demondude]

I can never win a game, but I love getting my arse handed to me. Gandhi is my bff every time.

[Laddy]

OMG ME TOO! Mansa Musa and Gandhi FOREVER!

[Pike]

What's your fav Civ, Pike?

It's a toss up between any of the Brits and the Dutch guy. I have a lot of fun with Gilly (Sumeria), Sitting Bull, Lincoln, and Pericles as well.

I have this tendency to beeline for civs with Creative, Philosophical, or Protective traits first and foremost. I usually play a strat that is heavily dependent on Great People, and I like to turtle, and I also like not having to worry about my cultural borders, hence the traits of choice.

I probably play England the most, they're absolutely brutal with early gunpowder + Redcoats + Stock Exchanges for money. Lizzy is OP as all get out and it's glorious.

[Slothy]

My strategy is NUKES, my favorite leader is URANIUM, my civ is NUKES, and my victory condition is HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE I NUKED

Guys he's not joking

Screenshot taken from a multiplayer game where it was he and I and a couple of AIs

(SPOILER)

Edit: Clarification because in some themes the screenshot doesn't display very well; that's -304 "You nuked us" in diplomacy

I can't blame him for nuking as it's the only real way to play Civ when you move into the late game. I find it strangely funny though that he still has a +1 for past events bringing them closer together.

[Madame Adequate]

Nuking is the only way to play Civ ever. In that game I ended up nuking my own cities because all the enemy's were size 1. I give barbs nukes in the world editor. NUKES FOR EVERYONE!

[Pike]

Nuking is the only way to play Civ ever. In that game I ended up nuking my own cities because all the enemy's were size 1. I give barbs nukes in the world editor. NUKES FOR EVERYONE!

Remember when Charlie had nukes?