Civ 4 Rants Thread

[1984plusplus]

24) Make units move realisticly. example : horses should move 2 forward and 1 to the side.

Yeah, if we did that, castles would become a much more popular build.

 

[AdamCrock]

Yeah, if we did that, castles would become a much more popular build.

and You can use You're "black rook" to slide it throu enemy defenses !

 

[TheMeInTeam]

I love sliding through! It's situational though.

 

[elmurcis]

I guess they add paratroper to do slide job.. but thats not the same.. need some "underground" slide that shows other side of enemy land with big bang and musical effects

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Sliding through combined with a big bang is definitely excellent.

How can you beat that?

 

[AdamCrock]

The true exellence is to slide it thoru without enemy notice ! Sun Tzu

 

[jarhead_leif]

What's with you, guys?

 

[rfcfanatic]

I hate anti-tanks because:

- They can intercept aircraft which is really hilarious
- They can become available before tanks do which doesn't make sense at all.

 

[AdamCrock]

I hate anti-tanks because:

- They can intercept aircraft which is really hilarious
- They can become available before tanks do which doesn't make sense at all.

Well they have those big guns ? How do U use a big gun ? .... hmmm gunning people ! Don't mind me just kidding around like a kitten with a ball of Yarn Seems ludicrous to me too ! Facists ! Not to worry I shall overcome them with my CR macemans and combat-ready trebuchets ! ^^

 

[Qgqqqqq]

18) The model scale is completely wrong. no man was ever born THAT tall.

19) so is the timescale. whats up with 100 year turns?!?! (??!!) it should be 1 day at a time

20) NO TRADINGPOSTS!!!! WHY!!! (!!!)!!

21) Individual city happiness and health??? omg why??? Better remove health and happiness. and culture and wealth and science too. Instead put a big "NEXT TURN" button in the middle of the screen. Its much easier that way, and no micro managements.

22) Thinking of 21 : Why not remove ALL micromanagements. In fact why not remove ALL managements. You get a Civ in 4000 BC, and next time you have to do something is to Vote at UN.

23) if not 22, then how about instead of limited units, or 1upt, we make ONE UNIT PER CIV. hah, good idea right?

24) Make units move realisticly. example : horses should move 2 forward and 1 to the side.

 

[jarhead_leif]

24) Make units move realisticly. example : horses should move 2 forward and 1 to the side.

That's realistic alright. It's called Flanking.

Seige towers moving hor/vertically. And missionaries diagonally.

 

[AdamCrock]

That's realistic alright. It's called Flanking.

Seige towers moving hor/vertically. And missionaries diagonally.

Chess pun. Well You do not have to u sse Your horsies like that

 

[Jatta Pake]

Thank you to those of you who are keeping your posts rants-only. This is a rants thread, not a defend Civ 4 thread.

More complaints:

100. You can't play Civ 4 on a touch screen. Nobody uses a mouse and keyboard anymore. Couldn't the developers be bothered with making a game utilizing current technology.

101. Where are the leader's bodies? Lame.

102. No DLC. Lame that you can't just download new Civs.

 

[Manco Capac]

^
Ok, Jatta, enough trolling! That was entertaining once, but it gets heavy now.
This thread should be closed now.
Seriously, utilizing the current technology is so ridiculous for a game that old. As if Fixaxis is still taking charge on that game...

No DLC...hey just force yourself, do a small intelligent search and try to find some modded leaders/civilizations. Even more, they are prolly tutorial how to make one oneself. You are like 3 times more often than me in mod forum section...

I am not anymore defending CIV4. but fending off logical obscenities of yours.

 

[Funky]

I did find the thread amusing though, thank you Jatta! I don't think you were being serious, most of us didn't take it that way anyway. (In case you were serious, my apology, but be aware that it will be a long and tiresome journey to establish a long rant thread with only one ranter! Well two, if we count TMIT. )

 

[rfcfanatic]

Nobody uses a mouse and keyboard anymore.

I do Just like I did back in the 90s

 

[SouljahAtWar]

103?) Let me gripe: The slider system. It's terrible. It limits anything (science, military, expansion) and leaves you broke ALL THE TIME. You cannot run below 80% without falling far behind in tech with everyone, and you cannot do much about it until you build Markets, so I would usually grow tall until I reach Currency, then build markets and expand one city at a time (two if I'm on a Large/Huge map).

My point is the game would be playable without that <snip>ty slider system in place.

 

[Manco Capac]

Haha, non mais! Those who rants simply doesn't know how to play the game. That's what Obsolete meant; now I fully grasp his mentality.

 

[Jatta Pake]

For those unaware, rant threads exist so folks can vent their irritations rather than clog other threads with arguments. There is a rant thread for Civ 5 and now there is one for Civ 4. So lets keep this thread specific to complaints about Civ 4 and avoid defenses or arguments.

Civ 4 is full of epic failure. Lets keep the posts restricted to how lame and stupid Civ 4 is. Thanks.

 

[Manco Capac]

I understand the very fact rant is always allowed (unless we live by fascism and I am the fascist), but I always had a problem with nigh capricious ones. Everyone is entitled of its opinion, but reactions will accordingly follow.

TMIT perhaps has its whims I guess (I don't know all the panoply of rantings he had done), but the displayed reasons are sometimes pretty superficial. You see, this is the kind of mentality why the world is going badly. We get better, better and better and older things are now obsolete and we want more more and more, think older stuff are backward.

Better Graphics quest has become so intense that game content has decreased on average and now a gigantic team is needed to set up games.
And also what irritates me is the fact there is a humougous amount of modders/mods that can make a game to your taste, because the devs thought about its fanbase (in that regards at least) by allowing a public code+user-friendly programming. Even I, recently, I was near to create a tiny mod about allowing barbs to use nuke and by the level I am now, possibly I can do more I guess. This shows how easy is to change CIV4 to your tastes.

Whims always were something that made me cringed. Why can I be pleased with a pathetic game as HOMM #1 (yes, it is pathetic compared to the second and especially the third) while you cannot be contented with an advanced game as CIV4? To me, all those rants are similar to rich people ranting about their petty problems while most found them ridiculous. Yes, ranting is matter of life experience and taste that set a standard, but some had gotten theirs a bit too high.