Recent content by Ambo

I, II, III IV made such great changes to the formula that it and V can't even be compared with the older versions. IV, V If pressed, I'd say IV, I, V, II, III I was the one that started it all, lost so many hours to it... II did a great job of building upon I. III was a disappointment for...

I really don't understand this change. Most civs will only trade me a (spare) lux resource if I give them 4 lux resources, a stack of gold and open borders. Seriously.. WTH. Fair enough, their happiness is high already and mine is not but more is always good. If I offer 2 lux for one of...

I played Civ 1 on the Amiga and Civ 2, 3, 4 and 5 on PC. There are other games I play more but I've put in hundreds of hours on each iteration (except 5... yet). Personally, I like Civ 5 but I do find it's weaknesses to be a killer for the game's long term appeal. The biggest problem of...

Certainly in previous Civ games, moving around the massive stacks of units in the very late game has just turned me off enough that I can't be bothered to finish, this was a rare thing though. With Civ 5, even this isn't an issue. I haven't had a game yet that I haven't finished. Edit: btw...

well, this is my first time on here, never really got on with Civ 3 cos it just took too long to play but civ 4 has just the right length games for the amount of free time i have :) Anyway - to buisness - I managed to get space race victory in 1859 following the gauntlet rules. I got lucky...