CGW's Civ3 Preview & Civ3 SCREENSHOTS!

[Pedro]

Originally posted by Thunderfall:
I think the <a href="http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3images/cgw2.gif">second screenshot</a> IS the city view screen... <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/cwm40.gif" border=0>

Well.... I'll be...
You're right!! It displayes the collosseum, the aquaduct and more!!! Do you think this is the actual city screen, i.e. the manageable screen, or the fancy ooh-look-at-my-city-being-beautiful-screen?

 

[MrLeN]

I recon the book thingy is either a quick save option or an improvement queue.

MrLeN

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[willemvanoranje]

Wow!

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[Cedric Greene]

Originally posted by Fry002:
1600x1200!?!?!? my monitor doesn't even support 800x600. although my computers too slow if i were to run it in 800x600. if anyone finds out the minimum requirements for civ3, email me at fry002@excite.com

OMG Fry002 you weren't abducted! <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0> Anyway I haven't played either CTP's so even if Civ 3 is a rip off of them I going to get it anyway to try out what the b*tchin is about. I seriously doubt though, that Sid Meier is going to let this game suck, I just don't think it's in him.

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[Ptolemy]

Originally posted by Thunderfall:
A while ago Infogrames (publisher of Civ3) annouced that the tentative release date for Civ3 is around December this year... It may take a bit longer IMO...

Is this release date only for the US?? What about Europe&JApan????




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[Cedric Greene]

Hey Chips & Bits has a release date of October for Civ 3! And the pre-order price is $48.95. WOOHOO! Civ 3 @ Chips & Bits

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I blew up the picture of the civ 3 boxart. (got to love paint shop pro) kinda fuzzy but you can see the warrior/militia, phalanx, legion, and MIG's. <IMG SRC="http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/cedricgreene/civ3.jpg" border=0>

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[Matrix]

Originally posted by Cedric Greene:
Hey Chips & Bits has a release date of October for Civ 3! And the pre-order price is $48.95. WOOHOO!

Hot damn!! You're right!!!

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[Thunderfall]

Don't get too excited, Cedric and Matrix. Chips & Bits has that pre-order thing for a LONG time, since May or June 2000. Many people have been bugging Firaxis for a release date, but Firaxis has not annouced it yet, not even a temporary release date.

 

[Matrix]

Silly...

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[a_disciple]

WOOOOOW! (i feel dizzy)<IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/crazyeyes.gif" border=0>

Civilization III <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/psycho-eyes.gif" border=0> will defently become the game of the year 2001 or 2002. Why do I say this? The game concept (those who have played Civ I and II know what I am talking about) is just genius <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/scan.gif" border=0>, and thinking about what we know about Civ III and now that we have seen some screen shots also... Civilization RULES! Now that I look upon one of my favorite games of all time, seeing the graphics, I am moved in my heart <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/cry.gif" border=0> - and I say to Sid Meier and those at Firaxis... keep up the good work, and do your best to care about our precious Civilization.

Those comments about that it looks to much like CTP are very weak... try and take a look at CTP again and look at theese screenshots... what is more beutyfull? And by the way, the graphics in CTP was never bad, it was just the game... it was NOT the real Civilizatin... There can be only one! <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/punch.gif" border=0> ... Civilization III is carefully watched by the

and maker of the One and Only Civilization, Sid Meier!

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[Mongol Horde]

B could also just be an quick link to an options screen. Just what can this mystery icon mean....the crowd wait in eager anticipation. MrLen could have hit the nail on the head with the build queue as well.

As for the city view, if it has been improved from civII then I can live with it. I still think it's a bity "frilly" though and despite the rumours I'm not into "frilly".

 

[Thunderfall]

(posted on main page news)

I have scanned the screenshots and OCR all the text from the <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/cgw/" target="link">Computer Gaming World</a> magazine's Civ3 preview. It was a time consuming process, but I am sure you will enjoy reading it.


Also, if you can find the magazine in your city, I strongly encourage you to buy it. It's well worth the cover price($7.99).


<a href="http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3cgwciv3.shtml">Click this link to see the full text of the preview and the higher quality screenshots!</a>

[This message has been edited by Thunderfall (edited April 03, 2001).]

 

[Mongol Horde]

Poor Thunderfall, are your fingers hurting from all that typing?

The preview is excellent, it is good to see the bits where Sid is actually talking that I didn't see before. What more can I say? I can't wait.

 

[Thunderfall]

Originally posted by Mongol Horde:
Poor Thunderfall, are your fingers hurting from all that typing?

Hell no! I am not crazy!

My scanner did most of the work in "extracting" the text to a text file (OCR). But I did need to fix some inconsistencies in the paragraphs because sometimes it's hard for the scanner to distinguish letters that are close together. Checkout one of the output files produced by the scanner.

 

[Håkan Eriksson]

Very nice Thunderfall! Good for us that haven't the magazine in our country!

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[Matrix]

It's nice to read that Sid Meier is such an pleasing person. That might just make the game a bit more pleasing too.

Dan Magaha, should you read this, is Sid Meier really such a nice guy as is stated in the article?

<FONT size="1">It's surprising to hear Meier speak. In a tone that's neither forceful nor slight, and in a manner that's neither outgoing nor shy, he answers questions and offers up his opinions with the simple kind of clarity that has you, two days later, quoting him to your friends. It's easy to think that he likes you.</FONT s>

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[R]

Yes thanks for the hard work Thunderfall! I really liked that article. I'm sure this is going to be great! This site is going to go wild before they release Civ3... Who's going to be the first to get it?


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[TimTheEnchanter]

Ugh, looking at that text file I think it wouuld have been easier to just type it in!

Thanks for making all this available to us!

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[Dan Magaha FIRAXIS]

Originally posted by Matrix:
It's nice to read that Sid Meier is such an pleasing person. That might just make the game a bit more pleasing too.

Dan Magaha, should you read this, is Sid Meier really such a nice guy as is stated in the article?

Absolutely! And I'm not just saying that because he's my boss, either. Sid is so down to earth and is just a really nice guy. He's just a brilliant, creative person who really, really enjoys his work.

Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.

 

[Big_Time_Charlie]

When they say the city view screen is "out" are they referring to the graphical panorama " View City " option when your in the City Screen. You know that silly little option where it shows all the improvements in that city. I know image 2 looks like this, but maybe it was just an example to show the graphics and they are going to remove it laters.

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