Recent content by Civ4Brains

don't automate workers!!!

took a while to get back to this thread. because: didn't come across at all preachy.

Being in agreement or disagreement with Rand's definition does not change my point - that people are are reading the term objectivist in the more traditional sense of "without bias or prejudice". I am merely trying to highlight that the OP is using the term in a far more specific sense, one...

Please refer to post #104. As it turned out I was correct.

I did read it, but I chose to ignore it because I suspect we are not strictly talking about the same thing. As you say: You could be referring to the design differences found between the two specific games under discussion or you are speaking about game design more generally. My point was...

making an informed strategic decision does not preclude the possibility of there being multiple choices all with positive outcomes, rather that some will merely be better than others.

I could be wrong but judging by stethnorun's about me page the Objectivist approach to which he refers is most likely that of the philosophical doctrine espoused by Ayn Rand. In which case you are most likely misinterpreting this particular application of Objectivism, being perhaps more familiar...

in the words of James Taylor... "<snip> facebook!" This is a family oriented website, do not post inappropriate language.

Thats cool, at least we can both agree this comes down to the user's experience of the game. I am curious though, what sort of opportunities costs do you mean? Do you lose something by paying some attention to diplo? and in what way is it an effort to maintain diplomacy without jeopardising...

Quite honestly, I don't think I've ever played a game that didn't contain "broken" elements. With regards to CiV I've never suffered any of the serious issues that people have cited, such as the crashes and inability to run on recommended specs (my comp ain't fantastic), but in terms of...

mmmm, well for me this is not a necessary feature at all, but I guess it's good news for those many people who were apparently demanding it's inclusion. It's promising also that Firaxis are starting to deliver what the people want.

you're telling us how bad certain aspects of the game are but truthfully we don't know how good/bad a player you might be. to me it sounds like you don't run a particularly efficient empire, but to verify whether this is the case (because i could be wrong) post a mid to late game save and let...

I guess I never quite understood what you were saying in the first place because the 3D software IS available for free and for anyone to use. Most likely Firaxis know this and see no point spending the time, money and effort creating their own proprietary version when what is currently available...

you realise of course that this would never happen - 3D software is not just gonna be bundled with the next CIV game for free! let alone any kind of software that comes close: what you would call gamer friendly modding tools i guess? (something that Firaxis would have to develop themselves)...

pretty good breakdown. :goodjob: