sela1s1son
King
What will you do in your first game?
Such as, what Civilization, what civics choice will be your personal favorites, etc, etc, etc.
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For me, I have a tradition. When a Civilization game is released I always play as Rome first (this was true for my first game of Civ I, which was just because I thought it'd be fun, and for Civ II it seemed right.).
If they have a world map, I'll play on the largest one they have. I tend to like larger maps. It feels more like civilizations clashing on larger maps, regardless of the type of clash (economic, cultural, military, etc).
I do like how the minimap is zoomed in, so in early expansion-conflicts I will feel I am truly fighting for the world (as my civilization knows it).
For Religion? I'll probably go with whichever religion I end up being first, it seems like that might be easiest to do for my first game of Civ IV while I learn that element of stratagy. It's a VERY nice element to add, and it's good that they are the same. It does give more uniqeness between civs in the game, both in the religion that civ ends up and how they treat religion. I like the more unique civs that are created by this, makes each game more unique and also lets you think that an AI civ is truly unique and different then the others. Kudos to Firaxis on that!
For Civics?
Obviously we start with the basics, but I'll switch to Serfdom for my first change then to Emancipation. I might experiment with the Caste system inbetween (or before Serfdom?) depending on its benefits/losses. I love how having Emancipation creates unrest in other civs, seems to be very appropriate.
For Gov? Basic to Heriditary to Representative. After that, if I'm in a major campaign I'll probably go with Police State... but if I'm in a period of "Pax Romana" I'll probably go with Universal Suffrage. If its that much harder to switch between the two, it will depend on the timing.
Legal? Vassalage and Nationhood. Freedom of Speech in long periods of peace probably.
Economy? Free-Market, although depending on the effects of state property I may go with that when beneficial.
Religion Civics?
Organized Religion when I try to solidify that aspect of my culture. One I start conquering ares with different religions I'll probably switch to Freedom of Religion, depending on how hard it'd be to convert them.
I'll probably be aggressive in the early game, being careful not to bankrupt myself as they indicated cities have upkeep now. When I expand I try to keep my empire to be a solid block geographically. Compare the old Russian Empire to the old English Empire and you'll understand what I mean. When I've established myself as one of the 'top dogs' I'll probably be less aggressive in general, and starts wars with more of a specific objective then simply the conquest of Civilizations. Such an example might be acquiring a port that has access to Ocean X or Sea Y or access to Resource Z.
For some reason, in every game of Civilization III I'd end up (almost always) conquering either Egypt or India first. They always seemed to start as my neighbors. I'm hoping little things like that will be addressed. If we assume we have culutraly linked start as an option, I hope it follows it better.
I'd like to get away from the preset cultures (at least, have this as an option) in which cultures develop in game. IE: Four cultures are on a continent, or major section of a continent and they end up identifying themselves together. That might add more realism to it or it may not.
I'm really looking forward to the new dynamics of the game, Civics and Religion standing out the most. I'll probably play around with those extensively. I wonder if it'll be like Alpha Centauri in that the default settings have no effect at all? I wonder how Emancipation (which makes people in non-Emancipated societies unhappy) woud effect the default setting (Tribalism). Will certain civs derive greater benefit from certain settings (due to a historical consitancy of using that 'setting'). Remember the Hive from Alpha Centauri, and how they didn't suffer the penalties from some of the Civics settings?
My second game will be as the Mali, as they've never been in Civilization before.
Anywhoo post how you'll handle your first game. Should be interesting, and in some cases very amusing or humerous. ;-)
Such as, what Civilization, what civics choice will be your personal favorites, etc, etc, etc.
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For me, I have a tradition. When a Civilization game is released I always play as Rome first (this was true for my first game of Civ I, which was just because I thought it'd be fun, and for Civ II it seemed right.).
If they have a world map, I'll play on the largest one they have. I tend to like larger maps. It feels more like civilizations clashing on larger maps, regardless of the type of clash (economic, cultural, military, etc).
I do like how the minimap is zoomed in, so in early expansion-conflicts I will feel I am truly fighting for the world (as my civilization knows it).
For Religion? I'll probably go with whichever religion I end up being first, it seems like that might be easiest to do for my first game of Civ IV while I learn that element of stratagy. It's a VERY nice element to add, and it's good that they are the same. It does give more uniqeness between civs in the game, both in the religion that civ ends up and how they treat religion. I like the more unique civs that are created by this, makes each game more unique and also lets you think that an AI civ is truly unique and different then the others. Kudos to Firaxis on that!
For Civics?
Obviously we start with the basics, but I'll switch to Serfdom for my first change then to Emancipation. I might experiment with the Caste system inbetween (or before Serfdom?) depending on its benefits/losses. I love how having Emancipation creates unrest in other civs, seems to be very appropriate.
For Gov? Basic to Heriditary to Representative. After that, if I'm in a major campaign I'll probably go with Police State... but if I'm in a period of "Pax Romana" I'll probably go with Universal Suffrage. If its that much harder to switch between the two, it will depend on the timing.
Legal? Vassalage and Nationhood. Freedom of Speech in long periods of peace probably.
Economy? Free-Market, although depending on the effects of state property I may go with that when beneficial.
Religion Civics?
Organized Religion when I try to solidify that aspect of my culture. One I start conquering ares with different religions I'll probably switch to Freedom of Religion, depending on how hard it'd be to convert them.
I'll probably be aggressive in the early game, being careful not to bankrupt myself as they indicated cities have upkeep now. When I expand I try to keep my empire to be a solid block geographically. Compare the old Russian Empire to the old English Empire and you'll understand what I mean. When I've established myself as one of the 'top dogs' I'll probably be less aggressive in general, and starts wars with more of a specific objective then simply the conquest of Civilizations. Such an example might be acquiring a port that has access to Ocean X or Sea Y or access to Resource Z.
For some reason, in every game of Civilization III I'd end up (almost always) conquering either Egypt or India first. They always seemed to start as my neighbors. I'm hoping little things like that will be addressed. If we assume we have culutraly linked start as an option, I hope it follows it better.
I'd like to get away from the preset cultures (at least, have this as an option) in which cultures develop in game. IE: Four cultures are on a continent, or major section of a continent and they end up identifying themselves together. That might add more realism to it or it may not.
I'm really looking forward to the new dynamics of the game, Civics and Religion standing out the most. I'll probably play around with those extensively. I wonder if it'll be like Alpha Centauri in that the default settings have no effect at all? I wonder how Emancipation (which makes people in non-Emancipated societies unhappy) woud effect the default setting (Tribalism). Will certain civs derive greater benefit from certain settings (due to a historical consitancy of using that 'setting'). Remember the Hive from Alpha Centauri, and how they didn't suffer the penalties from some of the Civics settings?
My second game will be as the Mali, as they've never been in Civilization before.
Anywhoo post how you'll handle your first game. Should be interesting, and in some cases very amusing or humerous. ;-)
