Recent content by Doctor Phibes

Yes, I think this is an especially good idea when it comes to UUs and UBs. The mechanic isn't exactly obvious, though. You'd have to start with some ability to create a new unit design - otherwise no ancient uniqueness, so I don't think you could just rely on UU/UB points like GP points - but if...

At one point he seems to lean towards making the next Civ RTS - because it would appeal to more people (or so he thinks). I now wonder if this was a discarded element in the make-up of Civ5 that should have been kept. Because, given the tedium of Civ5 lategame play, I think it would actually...

Ouch. Thanks for the link, a fine read from Sulla as usual. Point taken - I only got as far as PtW, then went to Civ4, so wasn't aware of these huge problems. But avoidable - at least Complete lets you play any version you want.

I can relate to this, I must admit. If I put Civ4 to one side for 6 months (I've just come back to it), there is a bunch of stuff I have to relearn to get minimally rolling, but the process is pretty swift, just needs failing a couple of times... Civ5, well I left that for 2 years and I've...

Weird, having only ever played TES3 and Civ3 in vanilla [1], I bought both complete games cheaply a little while ago, but haven't got round to Civ3 Complete because I got distracted by Morrowind plus add-ons. I have to say, I think you're being a little unfair to both Bethesda and Firaxis here...

Heh, I'm afraid Civ5 has had such a negative impact on me at least, that when I saw the hexes I thought 'OMFG, SMAC with 1upt, no..!' Of course, from the video, I see it isn't 1upt, so eagerly looking forward to the release...

A bit more love for Huge Lakes here (lakes has only got one mention so far) with 18 or so civs. High sea level for some good choke points, of course. Stops the AIs squandering resources on navies they can't handle for one thing...

Sadly, this is very true - for Civ5. But for old troopers the adage has to be 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.' That bodes ill for cashing in on the old fanbase market share when Civ6 happens. Civ5 is the only game I've ever pre-ordered on, and it was blatantly tedious...

John Adams's Modern music by a long chalk. Liked it so much I started playing the playlist outside the game, imported it to a certain RPG I play a lot of - and went out and bought an actual real CD. (Would love to see a live production of Nixon in China...) One missing modern piece - probably...

Don't know about that. Not saying there are no cultural biases, but for one thing, continent by continent, Europe has the most leaders available. I also recall that I started off by playing America, but wasn't happy with the UU/UB as many others have said. I do confess that I get a little warm...

3031) You wonder why Spanish-built ships are not in huge demand because they've been faster than anyone else's ever since.

Tiny amounts of elemental lead are not really a worry, especially since it's a solid at room temperature and would very rapidly deposit itself on the floor. Even large amounts of such - for example in old-fashioned water lead piping, stuff I remember having to patch up back in the 1970s - are...

Agreed on that. And I've found that John Adams's music, of which I was a fan anyway, works very well with other games. I've got a bunch of his tracks running iin the background of TES4:Oblivion and they blend in very nicely - probably because of that dynamic range issue. Great to hear Trombo...

Maybe they were influenced by Toku and just wouldn't trade anything. 3028) You know that there were no fully complete maps of the world until 1957 and then only for the Russians, the USA had to wait till next turn. 3029) You wonder how the Soviets got those maps since their 1957 Sputniks had...

I don't know. If you didn't need it, then it's likely a smart move not wasting time researching it. I've done similar. But yeah, it is funny, no-one knowing how to fish in 1914...