This game has been extremely disappointing. I have played all the Civ games and was a big fan on Col 1. My problems with this game are bugs/poor design, lack of strategies, and aesthetics
A) Bugs
1. My Privateers can sail into other countries cities and even use them as Panama Canals. MUST BE FIXED.
2. There is no need for a port city. If you have a ship and a wagon train in a native settlement you can move goods between the too.
3. The king does not care. It does not matter if you give him money or not. He also never ask for you to go to war. I understand getting rid of the king forcing you into war but he could still ask. (Help the Empire by attacking the Spanish colonies. If you do you will get 3 cannons to help the cause)
4. The colonies' AI suck. They do not pick up their treasure. They get wiped out by natives or home country too easily. They are far too passive. Even if I avoid exploiting their lack of defenses, I can't use privateers early. You kill their first ship or two and they are bankrupted.
5. No way around boycotts is stupid. I thought custom houses were overpowered and did not abuse them, but there should still be a way to end a boycott. (accept an even large tax increase, a time limit, pay a huge lump sum, appease the king)
6. If you reject a FF you should be able to select them later as long as you have the needed points and he is still available. I understand the reason for this one. But if you have enough PP for three different FF at one time you should be able to select between the three without needing to reject the first two offered to you that turn.
7. Natives are also too passive and easy to please.
B) Lack of strategies
In the Col 1 their were about 10 very different strategies I could use to win at the highest levels without any exploits. This is not the case in Col 2. Strategies that depend on attacking the other colonies (or using natives too) are overpowered and no fun. The natives are also way too powerful. You sell them some guns and horse and they will kill anyone you want.
C) Aesthetics. This are choice that are not wrong I just don't like.
1.The maps are far too small even on large.
2.The globe mini-map looks cool but is a pain in the butt to use.
3.There is to little land. In Col1 there was marsh, desert, swamp, and tundra. In Col2 this is almost no squares of bad land.
4.The colors are dark, plain, and ugly.
5.All the resources are far to close even on large maps. Two colonies right next to each other had access to good fur, tobacco, and cotton.
This is the least enjoyable of all the Civ games. If someone could tell me where to download Col 1 with the dosbox, like they said they would, I will probably stop playing Col 2.
A) Bugs
1. My Privateers can sail into other countries cities and even use them as Panama Canals. MUST BE FIXED.
2. There is no need for a port city. If you have a ship and a wagon train in a native settlement you can move goods between the too.
3. The king does not care. It does not matter if you give him money or not. He also never ask for you to go to war. I understand getting rid of the king forcing you into war but he could still ask. (Help the Empire by attacking the Spanish colonies. If you do you will get 3 cannons to help the cause)
4. The colonies' AI suck. They do not pick up their treasure. They get wiped out by natives or home country too easily. They are far too passive. Even if I avoid exploiting their lack of defenses, I can't use privateers early. You kill their first ship or two and they are bankrupted.
5. No way around boycotts is stupid. I thought custom houses were overpowered and did not abuse them, but there should still be a way to end a boycott. (accept an even large tax increase, a time limit, pay a huge lump sum, appease the king)
6. If you reject a FF you should be able to select them later as long as you have the needed points and he is still available. I understand the reason for this one. But if you have enough PP for three different FF at one time you should be able to select between the three without needing to reject the first two offered to you that turn.
7. Natives are also too passive and easy to please.
B) Lack of strategies
In the Col 1 their were about 10 very different strategies I could use to win at the highest levels without any exploits. This is not the case in Col 2. Strategies that depend on attacking the other colonies (or using natives too) are overpowered and no fun. The natives are also way too powerful. You sell them some guns and horse and they will kill anyone you want.
C) Aesthetics. This are choice that are not wrong I just don't like.
1.The maps are far too small even on large.
2.The globe mini-map looks cool but is a pain in the butt to use.
3.There is to little land. In Col1 there was marsh, desert, swamp, and tundra. In Col2 this is almost no squares of bad land.
4.The colors are dark, plain, and ugly.
5.All the resources are far to close even on large maps. Two colonies right next to each other had access to good fur, tobacco, and cotton.
This is the least enjoyable of all the Civ games. If someone could tell me where to download Col 1 with the dosbox, like they said they would, I will probably stop playing Col 2.
. But, i do agree with pretty much all of your statements... Still fun 
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. During Col 2 there is nothing surprising.
I really loved in Col1 that usually the losing ship survived. They just had to return to a drydock to be repaired for a few turns. A pirate ship will rarely sink a cargo ship intentionally. You just wanna steal their stuff. You want to let the ship go to sail again. If you sink the ship, you can't steal their stuff next time they pass through.
