Civilization IV

[Pike]

I have never played one of these before, but I just got Civ V.

Here is to hoping it is fun.

You chose literally the worst one.

In fairness I've noticed that people who have never played Civ before tend to enjoy V... but yeah, definitely look into IV if you can! :3 I've played both and find IV to be more enjoyable, and most Civvers consider IV to be the best of the series.

[Jiro]

Civ V is way scaled back to make it more accessible. It works, it definitely definitely works. But I'm gonna have to find IV and play it to get some cred.

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

I have never played one of these before, but I just got Civ V.

Here is to hoping it is fun.

You chose literally the worst one.

Srsly? The others must be great because I am hooked.

[Pike]

I have never played one of these before, but I just got Civ V.

Here is to hoping it is fun.

You chose literally the worst one.

Srsly? The others must be great because I am hooked.

Considering that IV and SMAC (basically a sci-fi redo of II, at its core) are widely considered to be the greatest 4X games ever made... yes. Yes, the others are great. And even that is a bit of an understatement.

I am glad you are enjoying Civ, however!

[Madame Adequate]

Sulla time?

Sulla time.

What Went Wrong?

[Laddy]

Alright guys, I;m going to try to get an EoFF game going this weekend online.

Who's interested? For the sake of ease, let me know what Civ you're playing.

1. Laddy - Mali

[Slothy]

I've never played multiplayer Civ IV before. Largely because I suck. That said, I am down for this if I'm available when the game is this weekend. I generally play as the Japanese.

[Laddy]

1. Laddy - Mali
2. Vivi22 - Japan

And if needed, post your leader.

[Pike]

For the record, the only way Huxley and I can get multiplayer to work properly is through an external network program (such as Hamachi), and even so there are frequent "Out of Sync" errors which can only be solved by having one person exit and re-enter the game. This usually happens during the middle of the game, when these errors have occasionally become so frequent that we'll be leaving/rejoining the game every five turns or so.

Not trying to rain on any parades or anything, of course! Just pointing out to anyone who hasn't played multiplayer Civ IV before that there are sometimes issues that you've just gotta slog through. If you're willing to do that, you're golden.

[I Took the Red Pill]

I'm not sure if I consider Civ III or Civ IV the superior game. Both are amazing and I think I've put more time into IV but something about CivIII burrowed itself deep into my heart.

also, America and Persia are my favorite Civs, but it is also lots of fun to play as China solely to roll around in the irony of building the Statue of Liberty in the People's Republic.

[Madame Adequate]

Yes, if you want to multiplayer Civ you will get intimately acquainted with OoS errors. The main reason me and Pike don't play it and nothing else is because they get some tiresome and tedious that we give up.

[Pike]

also, America and Persia are my favorite Civs, but it is also lots of fun to play as China solely to roll around in the irony of building the Statue of Liberty in the People's Republic.

My favorite Statue of Liberty trick:

Switch to slavery and sacrifice as many people as possible to build it. Dat irony.

I enjoy building the ultimate symbol of freedom with the bones of my populace.

[Madame Adequate]

I just nuked every single tile in the Spanish empire. Every. Last. One.

[Pike]

I just nuked every single tile in the Spanish empire. Every. Last. One.

It was amazing.

We set it up so it was he and I vs. Charlie, Izzy, and Monty and by the end only Izzy was left and she was not the happiest camper in the world.

Screenshot from the game:

(SPOILER)

-500 "You Nuked Us", i.e. 250 nukes.