OneCityChallenge

[BlackAdder60]

Is there a knowledgeable person out there who knows if it will be possible to play an OCC game in Civ4 as its possible in Civ2?

If not why?

Just wonderin'

 

[civzombie]

It was possible in Civ3... why not in civ4? So probably yes.

I doubt you are going to have someone tell you conclusively one way or another b/c ... no of us have played civ4 yet! Any playtesters who might know are under NDAs.

 

[josephstalin]

I guess yes. I don't think that this will cause some major problems with game mechanics.
Knowledgeable person is there, but never going to tell us...

 

[microbe]

From what I've heard, this will be significantly more difficult in CIV4. It's a design issue: in CIV4 you'll need 3 cities for a cultural win. So yes you could play OCC, but not by culture which is currently the majority of OCC games.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

Then it appears we will be seeing more talk about TCC in the future, won't we?

 

[sealman]

Why not a OCC but you are now allowed to accept 2 cities via flip. Oh, wait, I think that flipping has been flipped out the window, so I guess either you go with a much harder OCC or go with a TCC.

 

[BlackAdder60]

Forgive my ignorence... but a TCC is that a *TWO* City Chalenge?

See, I dont know Civ3 well. I have it and I have *started* one or two games but abandoned it in favor of my favorit: Civ-2.

Though I have played FCC:s (*FEW* City Chalenges) but THAT is not exactly a chalenge, at least not in Civ 2.

 

[civzombie]

"Forgive my ignorence... but a TCC is that a *TWO* City Chalenge?"

Negative, I think TCC was meant to refer to three city challenge. In civ4, you need three cities to be elligible for a cultural win. Since cultural wins are allegedly the easist way to win a OCC in civ3, TCC will have to replace OCC in civ4...

 

[Sirian]

Why couldn't they just make a mod that changes the rules to allow one city to win by culture, but give it a higher target?

If Firaxis doesn't, somebody else probably will. I think it would be better if they do it themselves, though. It can't require that much work! And it's such a cool way to play.


- Sirian

 

[Quentin]

I think in Civ4 it might be possible to do 0CCs. No city at all, just the starting settler running around, hoping to win by getting into a permanent alliance with someone strong. That could get very boring very quickly of course, but would give new meaning to "winning by diplomacy".