How long does an average game take?

[Gump]

I completed my first non-automated worker game last night starting on ancient and normal speed. It took me 15 hours to finish. The games i usally 6 ive played before it were like 3-5 hours. So just wondering what it normaly takes you to finish a game.

 

[NikNak]

Most of my games last about 4 hours. I like to play against 4 comp opponents on standard size maps with various difficulties. The shortest game I've played was about an hour when a large army of barbarians walked into my starting city.

 

[RockTheCazbah87]

Umm... last one I did was on normal speed, starting in Ancient, continents with 10 rivals... took me 6 hours or so. Won the space race as Monty

 

[ohcrapitsnico]

Hmm, I usually do huge marathon games which may take me two weeks or more to finish.

 

[RockTheCazbah87]

I cant play marathons. The whole "Agriculture (24)" put me off straight away...

 

[ohcrapitsnico]

I cant play marathons. The whole "Agriculture (24)" put me off straight away...

I like marathons because I get to savor the graphics and the ancient era more. (EDU)

 

[p dandy]

I cant play marathons. The whole "Agriculture (24)" put me off straight away...

Same here! I usually play normal which averages 5hr/game

 

[RockTheCazbah87]

Mmm... I can see why people like Marathon to see the full sweep of Civ, and I imagine it would be absolutely mental for Conquest-only games. I might try Epic... how long is that compared to Marathon?

 

[ohcrapitsnico]

Marathon is a lot longer in my opinion. Wait that doesn't say much...

 

[Severus]

Mmm... I can see why people like Marathon to see the full sweep of Civ, and I imagine it would be absolutely mental for Conquest-only games. I might try Epic... how long is that compared to Marathon?

I always play epic, standard size continents or fractal, and conquest/domination victories average out at about 14 hours having teched to cannons and rifling.

 

[TheLastOne36]

I tried playing a game with 18 players at Lightning speed on Diety with Duel map.

My conclusion is, Never ever try it.

 

[dcbandicoot]

I play marathon games on huge maps with a dozen civs or more that take me forever, but I enjoy them. Sometimes if I focus or get into them I can get them done in a week but usually closer to a month.

 

[Infantry#14]

Mmm... I can see why people like Marathon to see the full sweep of Civ, and I imagine it would be absolutely mental for Conquest-only games. I might try Epic... how long is that compared to Marathon?

Using Normal as benchmark, Marathon is 3 times longer than Normal, Epic is 1.5 times longer than Normal, and Quick is 1.5 times shorter than Normal (that is, Quick is about .75 speed of Normal)

 

[IAM]

I like to play marathon huge maps with varying peramiters. 15 to 20 hours. But that includes switching all workers to auto if I'm gearing up for a military victory. I enjoy an all out war more if I'm free of micromanaging workers.

"When I come back no more Mr. Nice Guy." Adolf Hitler

 

[hgthechinese]

Marathon is crazy....Epic is not My games take forever cuz A) I don't have 8 hours a day playing it and B) I use 18 civ gigantic (130*110 ish) maps....The Monarch level also makes me slow down since one misstep can cause me the whole game. It is totally awesome to discover 9 new civs (the New World, as you would call it) in the middle of the game, who are all friendly traders w/techs your continent never heard of.

 

[Sjaramei]

I play marathon games standard size in 3-4 hours. Most of the time you press the enter button anyway so it isn't that much quicker on epic/normal speeds.

 

[Yakk]

Marathon, Huge, Monarch, and I usually quit after I'm insanely ahead (Ie, I'm at 2x the next highest player's score).

Workers start out unautomated, and go automated after the scale of the game grows.

 

[LlamaCat]

if I play on normal speed and standard maps, the game will take me a good week to 10 days to finish, about 10-15 hours playing time. much less than that and I don't think you are playing carefully enough. I never automate workers, although I cut out the micromanagement by giving them multiple orders in one turn.

Sjaramei I don't know how you do it... if you are just pressing the enter button but not going through all your units and cities that need orders, it seems you are not playing the game.

 

[hgthechinese]

if I play on normal speed and standard maps, the game will take me a good week to 10 days to finish, about 10-15 hours playing time. much less than that and I don't think you are playing carefully enough. I never automate workers, although I cut out the micromanagement by giving them multiple orders in one turn.

Sjaramei I don't know how you do it... if you are just pressing the enter button but not going through all your units and cities that need orders, it seems you are not playing the game.

Totally agree....I'd rather play the game and spend a lot of time than pushing enter for 3 hours.........................although it is sweet that you can "just push enter" and then win the game; I'd think that you'll be wiped out by Monty be4 you get out of stone age

 

[ohcrapitsnico]

I tried playing a game with 18 players at Lightning speed on Diety with Duel map.

My conclusion is, Never ever try it.

I've done that before.