I"ve found some great mods thanks to these forums. I look for lots of posts or new replies when searching for classic mods but I didn't find this mod that way!. Members have made some recent threads listing all the great mods that can be found on this site for Civ#3. Not on any of them, will you find this one.
The Balancer Reloaded is the greatest modding achevment I have ever seen in the Civ Community!!. Trust me on this
I may not be a great modder but I know good **** when I see it!!.
I would like to take a few minutes to thank you guys for the monumental work thats been accomplished. To bring home a mod of these gigantic proportions and yet still Polished to Perfection is my reward for taking a chance on just a few pictures and a thirty minute download. Here's my take on how I lucked out.
This mod showcases the best looking units Ive come across. Tanks, and horse units, so many types. There must be at least what? 3x the amount of everything! from units to improvements, wonders to techs, Dam! this could be on the store shelf and I would have picked it up over Civ4. I would have got my moneys worth on this "opus" rather, thats for sure.
The city improvments are practical and come at the right times. They solve previous ailments of the original gameplay. The irrigation terrain is by far the best looking anywhere. I love the choice of Governments, all seem to be used by at one least civ during the time of my game. Gameplay was even altered a little, to make use of the new Canadian civ. Peacekeeping was a whole new approach for me, but i kinda enjoyed it!
I see you even threw in a some UN gear for them to ride in.
Great ideas! guys!, man! this mod is full of them!
The civapedia has got to be the most detailed, largest and most well- written version ever produced. In fact I know it is, ( I've played Rise and Rule, the only one even close.) So much supporting information, with all the new content really strenghtens your work and helps it feel like a commercially released expansion pack.
I only play on huge maps with 16+ civs. As far as loading times, this mod amazes me! dispite waiting longer for saved games to load, I noticed waiting for my next turn late in the game was never a lesson in patience. For a mod on this immense scale, thats a big positive.
With all this new content, bugs are few and insignifigant, not like some bug infested smaller mods out there ( I mean no offence to any modders, I can't even mod my own signiture.
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I see everything was quickly patched, not like 100 or so posts of error reports and fixs reported on some Mod threads.
I look at the creators of the Balancer Reloaded as being supurb contractors
and perfectionists.
They built with the best of the best. Constructed from so much, content yet with so little mistakes, It could put Firaxis to shame, They created the opus of all mods, the likes of which I may never play again
All involved with this project my biggest applause goes out to you: Thanks for this kick ass masterpiece
I really apprieciate it.
I hope lots of others have had the chance too. Later