Imagine you are about to start your first Civ IV game ...

[Drakan]

Imagine you have Civilization IV installed in your PC and you're eager to play your first ever Civ IV game:

1. Supposing the difficulty levels remain the same as in C3C (eight), what level would you play at ? Would you play at the same difficulty level you normally play on C3C or slightly lower ? Or higher ?
2. What Civ will you choose to play with for the first time ?
3. What type of game would you pursue: builder or warmonger ?
4. What type of map setting will you choose ?
5. How many AI rivals ?
6. How long do you think it'll take you to post at CFC your first impressions/critics/strategies on the game ?

 

[KindredSpirits]

Salutations Drakan,

1. A low level--Chieftain perhaps.

2. I would either be English or a custom Civilization.

3. A builder perhaps.

4. Temperate map however varied with some mountains and deserts, it would have to be large!

5. Maximum AI rivals, I wanna meet as many Civilizations as possible.

6. Quite soon I'd say but I wouldn't be on the internet most of the time I would be playing the game!

Peace be upon you~

KindredSpirits

 

[ComradeDavo]

1 - easiest level first, to get to grips with how the new game works. I wouldn't want to spend my first game getting trashed by the AI!

2 - Not a clue, I mgiht just put random on!

3 - See how it plays out

4 - Biggest!

5 - As many as possiable!

6 - about 3 seconds

 

[Superkrest]

1. ill start on cheiftain. cause im a wimp and i want to feel out the game
2. ill probably play as russians or romans.(not sure why)
3.probably builder..so i could feel out the civics and religions. some limited war just to see if navy , Air power and AI's tactics have been stepped up
4. ill probably play large map
5.5 or 6...once again..because im wimp in new games
6. if the navy hasnt been touched i will scream almost imediatly..if the air hasnt been touched..right after i have my first war. and if the AI isnt smart? i will no longer post on cfc and give up on civ and cry for a week or two playing call of duty on ps2 .lol

 

[Janos]

1. Supposing the difficulty levels remain the same as in C3C (eight), what level would you play at ? Would you play at the same difficulty level you normally play on C3C or slightly lower ? Or higher ? Probably an easy level - just to get to grips with the game.

2. What Civ will you choose to play with for the first time ? Arabs.

3. What type of game would you pursue: builder or warmonger ? Builder probably, as i figure out how to play.

4. What type of map setting will you choose ? Standard i guess.

5. How many AI rivals ? A good 4 or 5

6. How long do you think it'll take you to post at CFC your first impressions/critics/strategies on the game ? A couple of days of casual playing perhaps.


Interesting thread!

 

[Robi D]

1. Chieftain, so i can get a chance to understand the changes without too much hassle from the ai

2. Not sure, maybe the greeks

3. A bit of both, i'd want to see how the dynamics worked for both

4. Large with the standard climate, land mass ect.

5. Maximum, again to get a feel of the dynamics of diplomacy ect.

6. When i felt i knew enough about the game to say something informed and worthwhile

 

[doronron]

1. One of the low levels to begin with -- Chieftan or Warlord. The game may be familiar, but the new system can still bite you in the rear.
2. Either the Aztecs or the Romans, most likely.
3. Good question. Depends on the set up. In Civ 3, I consistantly played builder games, attempting to monopolize strategic resources. Civ 1 and Civ 2 were more geared for Warmonger, and that's the way I played them (I loved nuking the Indian Mongol alliances in Civ 1). I'd like to see Civ 4 shift a bit towards the old warmonger style (without losing the value of strategic resources).
4. The largest map available. 5 Billion Years as either Archipelago (sp?) or Continents. A cold or temperate world. Wish there was a setting for the violence of the weather and the tectonics.
5. If possible, all 18.
6. Days, unless something's really off in gameplay -- though I might lurk in between sessions to see others' opinions.

 

[Che Guava]

1. Probably a bit lower, say at warlod (or whatever the second to bottom one is) to start at, until I get a feel for it...

2. I've been eyeing the mongols under Kublai Kahn. Military might and culture advantages seem like a recipe for getting the biggest chunck of the map, along with a fast moving unit like the keshik (at least I assume it'll be...)

3. Half and Half! Fight early on, eliminate your neighbors, then make sure you stay ahead in science and $ by building up your infrastructure!

4. Huge! I need room!

5. As many as I can...I like the compexity of many rivals...

6. about an hour...after I lose horribly and need a place to vent....

 

[vbraun]

1. Cheiftan
2. Random
3. A combo
4. Default
5. Max
6. I'm going to post a story about it at GCF.

 

[bingen]

1. emperor
2. a builder civ
3. builder
4. intermediate
5. default
6. a while

 

[JavalTigar]

1. Lowest level
2. Germans or Greeks
3. Builder
4. Random
5. Maximum
6. After completing my first game

 

[William Wilson]

1. Supposing the difficulty levels remain the same as in C3C (eight), what level would you play at ? Would you play at the same difficulty level you normally play on C3C or slightly lower ? Or higher ?
Regent. I like a fair game.

2. What Civ will you choose to play with for the first time ?
Rome. (Civilization attributes: Off)

3. What type of game would you pursue: builder or warmonger ?
I would most likely play rather discrete, though it comes natural for me to be very expansive.

4. What type of map setting will you choose ?
Game speed: Norma
Map size: Large
Not sure what other settings that I can alter, but landscape and such will just be the average.

5. How many AI rivals ?
7.

6. How long do you think it'll take you to post at CFC your first impressions/critics/strategies on the game ?
A few days. Though only if my rants/praise/strategies seem appropriate to post... I am sure some guys will be pretty damn quick to post

 

[Carver]

1. Probably Regent.
2. France
3. I'll do an agressive builder game, launching wars of opportunity where it looks like I can fight a short war (and win).
4. Continents
5. 8 AIs.
6. I'll be posting reviews within a couple days of the game's release.

 

[joethreeblah]

Imagine you have Civilization IV installed in your PC and you're eager to play your first ever Civ IV game:

1. Supposing the difficulty levels remain the same as in C3C (eight), what level would you play at ? Would you play at the same difficulty level you normally play on C3C or slightly lower ? Or higher ?
2. What Civ will you choose to play with for the first time ?
3. What type of game would you pursue: builder or warmonger ?
4. What type of map setting will you choose ?
5. How many AI rivals ?
6. How long do you think it'll take you to post at CFC your first impressions/critics/strategies on the game ?

1. The easiest level 1st, and then jump onto multiplayer since they say thats where they started
Also I guess there is some type of tutorial. I will do that.
2. random
3. I like to play builder, but build on 66% of the land
4. Random
5. All of them
6. Halfway through the game

Also probably i will wish i hadnt read most of the threads here so that I'm not analyzing the AI's every move and thinking about capacity points.

religion will be weird and fun

 

[Leprechaune]

1. I'd play at the "Even playing field" level where AI plays by the same rules as I do.
2. It woulda been Celts if they were included but I guess I'll likely go with Russia
3. I'll be building
4. Archapelago HUGE size
5. All AI competitors (Max)
6. 15minutes 38seconds

 

[MSTK]

Imagine you have Civilization IV installed in your PC and you're eager to play your first ever Civ IV game:

1. Supposing the difficulty levels remain the same as in C3C (eight), what level would you play at ? Would you play at the same difficulty level you normally play on C3C or slightly lower ? Or higher ?
2. What Civ will you choose to play with for the first time ?
3. What type of game would you pursue: builder or warmonger ?
4. What type of map setting will you choose ?
5. How many AI rivals ?
6. How long do you think it'll take you to post at CFC your first impressions/critics/strategies on the game ?

1) Lowest Possible.
2) Probably China. I'm undecided here; I'll look through their civilopedia first.
3) Builder. Just to see how things are done and to get the basic feel.
4) The defaults.
5) The defaults.
6) Maybe a day or two?

 

[Gogf]

6. I'm going to post a story about it at GCF.

YAY!

1. Chieftain.
2. Probably Rome, as they're generally a solid choice. This is not definite though.
3. I'm not sure. Depends on the map, and how the game ends up playing out. Probably builder though.
4. The standard default ones.
5. The default number.
6. I'm going to post about it at GCF as soon as I start playing.

 

[Urederra]

1. Second lowest, Maybe the lowest would be too easy, and I don't want to open all the christmas presents at once.
2. Probably greeks.
3. Builder, rather than Warmonger, I'll probably focus on building highly speciallized cities and aim for those great people and see how cool their features are.
4. Large map, but no the largest.
5. Default rivals, i suppose 7?
6. That's the trickiest one, I remember I played my first CIV III games without reading the manual and I was quite dissapointed. I have never played Civ II, my previous experience was only SMAC, so for a while I stopped playing Civ III and I went on playing SMAC, because I thought SMAC was much better, but then, one day, I switch back to Civ III and I hardly ever played SMAC again. So, I won't take anybody's first impressions into account. A game of this complexity needs to be played for a while before judging it.

Edit: and I suppose that the quickest ones to submitt reports and strategies will be the beta testers, It seems some habituals are missing from this site lately, Sir Perlb, Moonsinger, and the other top guys are going to be very quick and probably accurate in their reports. (Maybe some reports are already written)

 

[viper275]

1. Monarch or Emperor. Just a bit below what I play at normally.
2. I'd have to see, but either Mali or one of the civs with 2 leaders.
3. I'll probably build a lot of culture in 1 city (20K), and conquer the world with the rest. I'd win one of those.
4. Depends on the map sizes, but since I think they are smaller, either the largest or second largest. Pretty much normal settings (4 billion, 70% continents, temperate, etc).
5. The default for the map size.
6. Probably when I finish the game (2 AM on November 16th, after doing nothing but Civ IV for several hours )

 

[RegentMan]

Supposing the difficulty levels remain the same as in C3C (eight), what level would you play at ? Would you play at the same difficulty level you normally play on C3C or slightly lower ? Or higher ?
Probably regent.

What Civ will you choose to play with for the first time ?
I don't know. I'll probably look at traits and such.

What type of game would you pursue: builder or warmonger ?
Most likely builder with a war or two. I'm sure the penalty for too big of an empire will hit me often as my Civ III settling mode kicks in!

What type of map setting will you choose ?
Continents with 80% water.

How many AI rivals ?
The maximum I can.

How long do you think it'll take you to post at CFC your first impressions/critics/strategies on the game ?
I probably will read threads and reply when I can. I'm not looking forward to reading hundreds of "My Civ IV Impressions" threads, though!