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What other scenarios are there besides those two?

Who exactly are your rival civilizations in Beta?

Having only played CivII on the PS, I have never had the opportunity to play any Civ scenarios. Just thought they sounded interesting.

Since I won't get my game till tomorrow, I was wondering if any of you have tried these and what are they like. The Beta Centauri seems like it might be pretty good.

Thanks again ydejin. I was just about to hit the sack when I read your last post. I think maybe you're right. The reason the games are so much shorter is because they've simplified things a great deal. I'm sure I will enjoy the game. If not, I can always spring for a newer PC and...

So you think that it's also unlikely that they will add things for more micro-managing as well?

Thanks for the info ydejin. I have to admit I will miss the long games, but maybe the XBox thing you just mentioned might come in handy. I think someone I work with told me they may have downloads for things like longer games, larger worlds and micro-managing.

"...considering how in Civ II your rivals would reject most of your counter-offers I would say that doesn't detract at all." You are definitely right about that! Still, it's fun to try and finagle a foe by giving them a tech or unit that you don't need and then asking them to remove troops...

I must admit I do like the micro-managing, although it does get tedious at the end if you have a lot of cities. Since I find it easier to win with a smaller amount of cities (mainly because of the difficulty in keeping my people happy), I may like this new game. Does it make the game boring...

I had never played any Civ game until about 3 years ago when a friend I work with found an old copy of CivII for the PS. He had loved the game and had not played it for a while. The more he described it, the more I wanted to try it. So I got a copy and have been playing it for the past 3 years...