Recent content by Ravenlock

Thank you. I didn't think civilized discourse was really that much to ask. :p I think you misinterpreted. What I am trying to get across is that developers (programmers) generally actually care about the game they're making. They wouldn't be making it otherwise, because they don't make enough...

I totally agree the gameplay is more important than graphics, but I'm a little confused as to why you think they ignored the AI. Seems to me they focused on refining that as much as any other element of the game, programming-wise. Civ used to only beat you by cheating. If you wanted a...

Look mazy, you jumped into this by being a general jerk about one of my posts, and I responded to you pointing out that your facts were wrong (videogame development is not a gold mine for programmers, release date is usually not within their capability to change so it wasn't "giving in to...

So return it or sell it, if you're never going to like it even if they fix the bugs; only the first two things in your litany of complaints belong in a "technical support" forum anyhow. I love a lot of the changes they've made to gameplay. The game is more about strategic choices and less about...

Heh. Hang in there, buddy, you'll make it.

Ummm, moderators anyone? Seems to me there are some rules that our friend mazy hasn't bothered to read, and not just ones regarding netiquette or common decency. Yes, spellcheck, mazy. Some of us take people more seriously when they act older then eight. :rolleyes: A report is fine - but please...

...Is there a spellcheck button? Seriously? I'm in the advanced interface and don't see it. If there is, then big mazy has no excuse and I take back my concession to him. :p I'm not in the industry, I just make it a point to follow the news of development teams that I like (both independant...

Firstly, reading your posts would be SO much less painful with just a little attention paid to proper spelling or grammar. Really, it'd be a kindness if you'd look into that. Video game publishing is a gold mine. The managers at EA, for example, they are making tons of money churning out...

*Shrug* The major problems most people are having seem to be related to specific video cards. I'm a little surprised that none of the review sites ran into the problems with ATI cards (though not all people with ATI cards saw the problems), but I'm not surprised at all that none of them...

...And you're not required to read this thread - you could go play the game instead of harping on people. I don't think anybody said it was your fault the game was broken for them. I'm very firmly on the "calm down, wait for a patch" side of things, but these folks aren't complaining to annoy...

Heheheh. Or Sean Connery attached to The Avengers. Yeah, I understand. I really hope the patch supposedly coming this week clears up all the major issues. (1) because it would make these forums a nicer place to be with less of the anger and whatnot, but more (2) so people can start really...

"OMG worst release evar!1!!1!"... no. It isn't. It was disappointingly sloppy for a high-profile release, I fully agree, but there have definitely been worse. One of the primary differences is that this game is actually worth waiting for them to fix, if you have the patience. There's supposed to...

Still get stuttering in the intro movie with the new .dll and after clearing cache. Thanks for the tip, though! Glad it's working for some.

Right. Forgot to mention that - if you're building a worker OR a settler, city growth is supposed to stop while that's happening. (If it's really stopping when you're building something else, that's a bug.) Settler spread is no longer a valid early tactic, as of Civ IV. Personally, I say...

"Payola"? Are you serious? Wow. They rated it as a fantastic game because, as a game, it is fantastic. The changes made to the gameplay, interface and graphics from Civ III to Civ IV were almost all extremely positive, and the game (yes, yes, "if it plays") maintains all the addictive quality...