New to this forum...thought I'd get some opinions from others on the new Civ3. Anyway, I was really excited to get this game out of the box and running....but now I'm feeling a bit disappointed. It seems like 'Call to Power' had more options. Don't get me wrong, it's an excellent game, but it just doesn't seem as in depth. And the AI seems a bit unflexible when negotiating. Also, this strategic resources thing is a problem. I've restarted the game about 3 times after reaching the industrial age, and only 1 time did I find a source of iron on a HUGE continent. And after about 100 years, the iron source was exhausted. To those of you who haven't played yet...you need iron to build things like pikemen, swordmen, frigates and knights, etc. Otherwise, you'll still be using archers and spearmen up into the 1700's. I managed to find a source of saltpeter for musketeers on a remote island, but we'll see how long it holds out. Too bad there's no multiplayer option....then again....maybe I was just too excited to play that I didn't read the manual and could be missing something.
-JD