mean23machine23
Chieftain
- Joined
- Dec 13, 2005
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People, people! Hello? Civ4 just sucks big time! Forget about all that hype on the game site/magazines out there, they're on the selling game business too. Truth is - and man, I'm a serious CIV fan, trust me on that, been one since CIV1 this latest version just SUCKS. If youre a hardcore fan of Civ like me, dont waste your money and your time, youll just feel bad about the all thing and about the directions the game took.
Dont get me wrong, its not a bad game in itself, except it isnt Civilization, its something else. Or, to loosely quote the manual, its one way to do a strategy game among many other possibilities. (On my home after buying the game I got very suspicious after reading that intro to the game And after a couple of days, it seemed obvious to me the reason behind all that talk Theyre kind of saying sorry about that for the all thing. They know they got it wrong But so should you).
Well, to get to the point, dont call it Civ4, call it Age of Empires or something along the way. Forget all about managing an empire, the all game youre just managing a few armies build on a few cities, and thats it. Thats how shallow it is.
Yeah, they do have some new features that are OK, but most of it its totally useless, and you cant help feeling cheated. If you played Civ for a long time, youll know this version its not for you, its just a way to get new kids to play the game. And thats OK, but the rest of us got screwed. Im not against evolution and doing stuff a little different and a little better, but Civ4 is not Civilization.
If youre new to Civilization and you like Civ4, there other games out there better then Civ4. Trust me. But if you want to experience the rule the world feeling that Civilization used to promise, for-get-about-it.
I cant even begin to list my problems with Civ4, but I must get this out of my system: it sucks! Take it from a guy that postponed his Masters for an year because I used all my free time to play Civ (Well, theres a good side to it: since Civ4 came out, Im catching up )
To resume: its one way to do a strategy game, but no Civ. Ill wait for better days.
Dont get me wrong, its not a bad game in itself, except it isnt Civilization, its something else. Or, to loosely quote the manual, its one way to do a strategy game among many other possibilities. (On my home after buying the game I got very suspicious after reading that intro to the game And after a couple of days, it seemed obvious to me the reason behind all that talk Theyre kind of saying sorry about that for the all thing. They know they got it wrong But so should you).
Well, to get to the point, dont call it Civ4, call it Age of Empires or something along the way. Forget all about managing an empire, the all game youre just managing a few armies build on a few cities, and thats it. Thats how shallow it is.
Yeah, they do have some new features that are OK, but most of it its totally useless, and you cant help feeling cheated. If you played Civ for a long time, youll know this version its not for you, its just a way to get new kids to play the game. And thats OK, but the rest of us got screwed. Im not against evolution and doing stuff a little different and a little better, but Civ4 is not Civilization.
If youre new to Civilization and you like Civ4, there other games out there better then Civ4. Trust me. But if you want to experience the rule the world feeling that Civilization used to promise, for-get-about-it.
I cant even begin to list my problems with Civ4, but I must get this out of my system: it sucks! Take it from a guy that postponed his Masters for an year because I used all my free time to play Civ (Well, theres a good side to it: since Civ4 came out, Im catching up )
To resume: its one way to do a strategy game, but no Civ. Ill wait for better days.
