Official Site: Hot or Not?

[diet_punk_rock]

its ok, i love the design but the info sucks donkey balls. they need to update and put videos, mods etc...

 

[FeelGood]

Yea... the design is ok. Quite ok for me but not so much info yet! And I can see some buildings look like from Singapore! Am I right ? The Maybank building and some others... really cool!

 

[Zhahz]

First off, I can't stand the style of the official site. I'm a web dinosaur and I like websites with a more classic feel. Flash is an abomination and should be banished from the planet.

I also don't like the whole empty link thing - links that point to 'coming soon' pages. It's very amateur. It's what I'd expect out of novice web developers (I'm a web app programmer and I've been in the industry for 10 years or so now).

I guess some info is better than no info - but sites like this one and many others have more info than the official site - so I don't see why they put up a weak effort that just looks unprofessional.

I play a lot of games. Many great games have poor websites. It's not like having a great website is a prereq for a great game. But if you're gonna put up an official site and give the impression of providing information then DO IT. Don't tease. Don't publish a website that looks like a high school project. And do create a website viewable by all browsers on all types of machines instead of a steaming pile of "art."

I expect that most people who visit this site and/or post in this thread will be buying Civ IV...period. If you weren't a Civ junkie and saw that site today, and found out the game was coming out in a week - what might you think of the quality of that game?

Fortunately there are sites like this one that DO have good information and a tolerable layout and style.

 

[felder]

I think the site needs a lot more work. It tells you next to nothing about the game.

I'm not sure why they put it up at all.