Recent content by Tusike

I thought so too. They were very polite towards me, especially when they landed 3 tanks and a few marines on the island where one of my least important cities were, which I captured from the Persians 400 years ago. I still don't understand the AI. If I were them, and had the option to...

Well that was exciting. The americans demanded ecology and I refused, and they declared war on me. I tried to side allies, but was only able to win the babilonians. The next round, almost everybody declares war on the USA, including Greece, but Greece declares war on everybody except me and the...

What do you mean by "turf"? Also, I don't think I will be able to build any more cities since my island is completely civilized, and having an over-sea war in democracy... well, I don't want to do it. I don't know what the civilopedia means by "over time they'll get tired of war", it should be...

Over 1200 years have passed. I now rule the whole continent, after eliminating the persians, the zulu, the japanese, and the indians. I found all the other civilizations, and almost all of them were ahead of me technologically. After switching to democracy, and trading my monopolized wine to the...

I'm using the normal one, no extensions. I don't know what level it is, first I wrote Regent, then I checked and saw it as Prince and edited the post... anyway, it's the third easiest. I'll try the galleys, although I'm pretty sure that my continent isn't near any other ones. -Tusike

Hi! I'm playing as the Chinese on a huge map, Prince level, and was unfortunate enough to start out on a small continent with 4 other players. In the beginning I tried to get as much land as I could, and the had 3 civs sided with me and defeated the Japanese, so I could have more land. On my...

Thanks! I think I solved it, and I hope the problem won't return. My problem was that I had an "Aquarium theme" and my mouse was a shell, and not the normal windows mouse. After changing it, it worked! -Tusike

In one of my other posts I was given the advice to download the demo before buying the game, so to see how will it works (my laptop doesn't support hardware T&L). The game works fine, I think, although there is one small annoying problem: the mouse. This video demonstrates what happens, I...

Hmm... Unfortunately I must decide quickly, as I live in Hungary and would like an english version of the game, which is also cheaper if bought in the US. Buying a new computer isn't an option, as I'm only 15. I will probably add 1GB of RAM to make it 2. My father is currently in the US, so I...

I forgot to mention that I'm using a laptop. Will the game run smoothly? I have 1GB RAM, and a dual-core 1.6Ghz processor (that's 3.2Ghz in total). I think the video card is an Intel 945 express chipset family, which DOES NOT have support for hardware transformation and lighting. I learned this...

The beyond the swords doesn't work without the real game, right? I have to buy both in order for it to work? (As in AOE2, the conquerors expansion doesn't work without the normal one) Also, you say that I should buy the beyonds the swords expansion. What does it add to the game? New...

Thanks for all the feedback! I read the review and the game still seems as great as it seemed when I first saw it. The fact that instead of 1 unit I see 3 on a single tile is a bit disturbing, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. You said that beyond the sword includes all expansions. Does that...

Hi everybody! Sorry for not posting this in the Sticky section, but for some reason I wasn't able to access that thread... I waited minutes and the page was still not displayed. After reading the manual of Civ. 4 and looking at many videos and screenshots of the game, I decided to buy it. I...

I was able to win the space race by 1975. Unfortunately, even though I was the most powerful nation, I still only got about 1000 points and am remembered as "Elizabeth the Cruel"... And I created a lot of cities, too! Maybe I need more than 25? -Tusike

Thanks Tone! These tips help a lot. By the way, I did ruin my reputation, before I completely destroyed the Chinese (1 town left) I made a treaty with them in exchange for communication with almost every other nation, and most part of the world map. Then I just had to attack them... Next time I...