Sid Meier's Civilization Chronicles Announced
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Grohan
Bug-hunter
I already own 3 & 4 so I won't buy this for the games. The bonus material could be interesting but the price is too high if you already own most of the games (especially if the bonus material sucks...).
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Aneurism said:I'd like to get my hands on the civ cardgame as a stand alone product.
The card game does sound somewhat interesting. I would love to see what it's like.
I bet the Praetorian card is way overpowered... 
binhthuy71
Emperor
CivGeneral said:
I doubt that Firaxis would take the time and effort to recode the earlier Civs to make them compatible with XP. However, XP does a pretty good job of emulation on many old games.
Here's a link that explains how to do it:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/expert/durham_og.mspx
And yes, I'm going to buy Chronicles. My CivI is on floppies and they're long past being readable.
El Justo
Deity
this is a farce and nothing but a money grab tactic imo. i won't buy it.
fix some of the hard coded stuff in civ3 and i'd give it a whirl. but that kind of scratch for a friggin' card game?! aren't they software engineers btw? it's all pathetic actually...
fix some of the hard coded stuff in civ3 and i'd give it a whirl. but that kind of scratch for a friggin' card game?! aren't they software engineers btw? it's all pathetic actually...
RegentMan
Deity
Do they not want us to sleep?! 
Laucian
Chieftain
I love card games!!!!! MUST HAVE!!!
But to pay 70$ for a card game (already having the 4 civs)... would it some as a stand-alone prod? would be cool! I have the board game (the old version), and its so complicated I dont even understand the basics.... would love to see a card game of it!
But to pay 70$ for a card game (already having the 4 civs)... would it some as a stand-alone prod? would be cool! I have the board game (the old version), and its so complicated I dont even understand the basics.... would love to see a card game of it!
Im with you. I call this thing a little fan boy kit that none of them should go with out. Its even complete with a card game a Dvd with the hero Soreen Johnson talking tales of Civ4 greatnessEl Justo said:
If thats not enough, you can hear him brag about Civ4 on a pod cast and read more in a book that goes on about his bogus accomplishments making Civ4 .70 bucks? Right on!!
Head Serf
Emperor
I can totally see this being a great deal if you don't own any civilization games.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
I Guess notRegentMan said:Do they not want us to sleep?!
El Justo
Deity
nice dudeT.A JONES said:Im with you. I call this thing a little fan boy kit that none of them should go with out. Its even complete with a card game a Dvd with the hero Soreen Johnson talking tales of Civ4 greatness
If thats not enough, you can hear him brag about Civ4 on a pod cast and read more in a book that goes on about his bogus accomplishments making Civ4 .70 bucks? Right on!!
especially the "little fan boy kit" part. vingrjoe would like that one 
Joseph Stalin
Chieftain
I have all the versions of civ plus all expansion packs, but i still want this!!!
Why?
I tell you why: It all started when i was a little boy playing civI without knowing anything about it or even without understanding a word in the game (I was 6 most dutch do read english when they are 6) 4 years later I would buy my first Civ game: The ultimate CivII classic collection. I even plunderd my savings for it (by this time i could read english so civ became alot better)
years later I've collected every possible Civ game there is but is still want the Civilization Chronicles.
BECAUSE I'M A CIV-ADICT, and i can't help it.
(but will the Civilization Chronicles be buyable in Europe or do i need to steal a credit card to buy it in the USA)
Why?
I tell you why: It all started when i was a little boy playing civI without knowing anything about it or even without understanding a word in the game (I was 6 most dutch do read english when they are 6) 4 years later I would buy my first Civ game: The ultimate CivII classic collection. I even plunderd my savings for it (by this time i could read english so civ became alot better)
years later I've collected every possible Civ game there is but is still want the Civilization Chronicles.
BECAUSE I'M A CIV-ADICT, and i can't help it.
(but will the Civilization Chronicles be buyable in Europe or do i need to steal a credit card to buy it in the USA)
Okay, lemme answer some of the questions here:
Brian was interviewed for the "Chronicles of Civilization" article about the history of the series that's in the book. We've also got a full interview with him that we'll be posting online soon.
We opted not to include CivNet, since it's a somewhat controversial product. If you want it, you can still find it on eBay.
Everything else other than Warlords, we don't own the rights to (plus Call to Power was completely separate from Microprose/Sid anyway). If you really want to do a post-space race game, load up Test of Time and do the extended game.
Warlords is not included because it was just released.
No recoding was needed. Civ for Windows works on XP. We ran compatibility testing, and the only issues we encountered were with Civ 2 and Windows 2000 (and we've got a workaround for that).
The bonus material doesn't suck. I promise.
Sid said:
Brian was interviewed for the "Chronicles of Civilization" article about the history of the series that's in the book. We've also got a full interview with him that we'll be posting online soon.
Aneurism said:How about including:
CivNet (in addition to, or instead of Civ 1), Call To Power I & II, Alpha Centauri, Warlords
and why not Master of Orion I and II? (Microprose)
I used to play Civ2 and if I won the Space Race I'd start up a game of MOO2 and name my Galactic empire after my Civ2 empire
We opted not to include CivNet, since it's a somewhat controversial product. If you want it, you can still find it on eBay.
Everything else other than Warlords, we don't own the rights to (plus Call to Power was completely separate from Microprose/Sid anyway). If you really want to do a post-space race game, load up Test of Time and do the extended game.
Warlords is not included because it was just released.
binhthuy71 said:
No recoding was needed. Civ for Windows works on XP. We ran compatibility testing, and the only issues we encountered were with Civ 2 and Windows 2000 (and we've got a workaround for that).
Grohan said:
The bonus material doesn't suck. I promise.
I'm guessing that rules out any SMAX re-release then 
jaseclimb7
Chieftain
i would buy if it came with warlords and i didn't already have civ 3 or civ 4, but i have both. i think that the card game would be kinda cool and i wouldn't mind a whack at civ 1 and 2 (i played civ 2 a little, but not civ 1) and i think that the dvd sounds like a nice feature
