Well, I'm not a modder. I love ToT for the sheer story-telling potentials and the unintentional humor (did you know that you can teleport Dwarves to the bottom of the sea and to the clouds so they can terraform those terrains?).
Should I play Civ II
- Thread starter DukeofDokken
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Yes, and airborne Kraken and Hawkmen in hell.
LuciusAlexander
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Those sound like great names for bands. Or stories.
Lucius Alexander
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Catfish
Emperor
The editor is also present in FW. It's buggy, making unsanctioned changes to your rules and events files. Experienced scenario designers avoid it and edit the text files directly. Use graphics editors to edit graphics.
That's an option, not a requirement.
There are certainly components of ToT that are more complicated than MGE, but that's because the game has more features. However, quite a few classic FW and MGE scenarios have been converted to ToT, demonstrating that you can retain the simplicity of those versions if you want to. The big advantage of the conversions, aside from allowing people who only own ToT to play these scenarios, is the option to overhaul the limited 8-bit palette with 15-bit Highcolor graphics.
DukeofDokken
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I really got to play II and III. Love the comentary
I have all 4 games thanks to the Chronicles set I have and the Complete Civ4 edition I bought off of Amazon awhile back. I've been working my way through the series to experience all of them. I have not played Civ3 or 4 yet, but I look forward to getting to them soon.
So far, I do like Civ2 the best. I really like Test of Time, although I miss not having the council. I didn't care too much for the Windows version of Civ1, but I do like the DOS version.
I've known about this series for years, but never started playing them until over a year ago.
I would recommend Civ2, if you haven't tried it yet.
So far, I do like Civ2 the best. I really like Test of Time, although I miss not having the council. I didn't care too much for the Windows version of Civ1, but I do like the DOS version.
I've known about this series for years, but never started playing them until over a year ago.
I would recommend Civ2, if you haven't tried it yet.
Roald Amundsen
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Civ 2 is a lot of fun, but veeery easy to break though... I remember me and my friend had to use the cheat mode, put a settler on the north pole (or south for variety) then delete the original one and then start the game from that point to have a challenge! Ha that poor old settler would sometimes have to walk a looong distance before it found a little land . LOL 
(and that was on the hardest difficulty)
Yes the continents did connect with the poles in this one and I remember one of our goals used to be to make the north and south polar railroad haha! Had a lot of fun building a huge army of Tanks in Europe and then using the north pole railroad having then land i North America in 1 turn LOL! That was a lot of fun
(and that was on the hardest difficulty)Yes the continents did connect with the poles in this one and I remember one of our goals used to be to make the north and south polar railroad haha! Had a lot of fun building a huge army of Tanks in Europe and then using the north pole railroad having then land i North America in 1 turn LOL! That was a lot of fun
If you play Civ II make shure you visit the advisors frequently. I miss them so much, I can't understand why they are not back. Yes they are cheesy, but they are OH SO FUNNY. When in the moderen era, I had an over whelming army and I went to my military advisior. What he did, I almost fell out of my chair, I wasn't expecting it.
Civ III was a major disapointment for me. I loved Civ II, it was the best game ever at that time, and Civ III never lived up to Civ II.
Civ III was a major disapointment for me. I loved Civ II, it was the best game ever at that time, and Civ III never lived up to Civ II.
Strategy Master
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Man i still miss those guys too. Actual human advisors back in a civilization game is long over due.
Bestbank Tiger
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Civ II is the best game in the series. A lot of fun, easy to mod to your liking, and a wide range of difficulty levels. There are five "hidden" levels above Deity.
So if it's boring because it's too easy you can crank up the difficulty. If it's boring because you have to micromanage to win, you can turn the difficulty down.
So if it's boring because it's too easy you can crank up the difficulty. If it's boring because you have to micromanage to win, you can turn the difficulty down.
Archbob
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Civ II I see is only for Win 95/98.
Does it even work on XP and windows 7?
Does it even work on XP and windows 7?
Catfish
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Depends on the versions of Win7 and Civ2:
Virtualisation software includes things like Windows Virtual PC/Windows XP Mode, VMware, VirtualBox and DOSBox. MastermindX's compatibility patch for 64-bit systems: right here. On 32-bit systems, I don't even require compatibility mode to run any of them. Need to install and register Indeo codecs for videos to work correctly. See here.
Virtualisation software includes things like Windows Virtual PC/Windows XP Mode, VMware, VirtualBox and DOSBox. MastermindX's compatibility patch for 64-bit systems: right here. On 32-bit systems, I don't even require compatibility mode to run any of them. Need to install and register Indeo codecs for videos to work correctly. See here.
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It's a great game, and the MGE has excellent scenarios that are very entertaining. For me, the highlight of the game was the scenarios because the AI in the normal game is so unforgiving. But still a great game, a nice change from the newer versions.
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